health equity Archives

Nkem Chukwumerije, MD, writes in Harvard Business Review that inclusive language promotes health equity

July 20, 2022

The Southeast Permanente Medical Group’s president and executive medical director offers 6 principles of inclusive communications for clinicians.

Permanente physician leaders share how technology helps heal health care disparities

July 5, 2022

Speaking at thINc 360, Leong Koh, MD, Nancy Gin, MD, Vivian Reyes, MD, and Edward Lee, MD, highlight how the rapid adoption of technology during the pandemic is yielding good clinical and health equity returns.

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Medical assistants help bridge digital divide in virtual visits

April 13, 2022

Kaiser Permanente research published in JAMA Internal Medicine shows patients participating in video visits with their primary care doctors benefited from having a medical assistant help connect the call.

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Erasing outcome disparities for colon cancer screening

February 25, 2022

A regional Kaiser Permanente program eliminated disparities in colorectal cancer death rates between Black and white members.

PermanenteDocs Chat on health equity

January 25, 2022

Watch a replay of this Facebook Live chat on the current state of health equity featuring guests Shari Chevez, MD, of Southern California Permanente Medical Group, and Lindia Willies-Jacobo, MD, of Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine.

Replay: Permanente Live – The future of equitable care

October 5, 2021

Physician leaders examine lessons learned from pandemic about health equity in a September webinar.

Permanente Live: The future of equitable care

September 22, 2021

Register to watch a replay of our Permanente Live webinar tackling the health equity issues facing medicine today.

Permanente Live webinar to discuss equity in health care

September 9, 2021

An expert panel will explore how the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the challenges of achieving health equity.

Reducing racial disparities in health care delivery

December 14, 2020

Nancy Gin, MD, FACP, The Permanente Federation's chief quality officer, discusses the current health disparities playing out, Kaiser Permanente’s response during COVID-19, and policy solutions that could make a difference now.

Ending the injustice

June 3, 2020

Imelda Dacones, MD, president and CEO of Northwest Permanente, focuses on health disparities and the role of physicians and all of health care to curb injustice.