health equity Archives

Virtual oncology: Expert cancer care from anywhere

April 8, 2025

Learn how Kaiser Permanente’s Virtual Cancer Expert Review program is improving cancer outcomes through expert, coordinated and accessible care, powered by innovation, integration and a patient-first approach.

Experts discuss benefits, challenges of anti-obesity drugs in The Permanente Journal

December 16, 2024

An expert panel offered valuable insights on the use of GLP-1 medications to treat obesity.

How value-based care enhances equity, inclusion, and diversity

September 30, 2024

Nkem Chukwumerije, MD, MPH, FACP, shares how inviting everyone to the decision-making table helps fulfill the mission of delivering total health care.

Northwest Permanente President and CEO Leong Koh, MD, honored among Modern Healthcare’s Diversity Leaders in Healthcare for 2024

August 14, 2024

Physician leader recognized for championing Kaiser Permanente health equity initiatives that address racial inequities and close care gaps.

Dr. Koh on advancing health equity, culturally competent care

July 31, 2024

Leong Koh, MD, president and CEO of Northwest Permanente, on why value-based care is ideal for promoting health equity and culturally competent care

It’s time to focus more on inclusion in health care

March 28, 2024

Nkem Chukwumerije, MD, MPH, FACP, joins a diversity panel to stress equity and inclusion in health care as moral and business imperatives.

How physician leadership can restore trust in the patient-physician relationship

March 12, 2024

Ramin Davidoff, MD, shares 3 ways physicians can make the most of every patient encounter to strengthen a sacrosanct bond of trust.

Advancing health equity through improved perinatal care

October 27, 2023

The Black maternal health crisis is fueled by disparities in care and unaddressed social determinants of health. Hereare 6 ways physician leaders can begin to reverse the inequities.

Podcast: Putting equity, inclusion, and diversity at the center of care delivery

June 20, 2023

In the final episode of the 2023 Permanente Medicine Podcast season, Nkem Chukwumerije, MD, and Ron Copeland, MD, join host Chris Grant to discuss the evolution of equity, inclusion, and diversity in medicine.

‘Healthcare for Humans’ podcast shares community voices with clinicians

March 6, 2023

Permanente family medicine physician Raj Sundar, MD, created a podcast to advance health equity by helping clinicians understand the cultural differences of patients.