Kate Koplan MD Archives

Kate Koplan, MD, discusses the success of Kaiser Permanente’s National Total Joint Replacement Initiative

March 15, 2021

National Permanente Quality Leader Kate Koplan, MD, tells Managed Healthcare Executive that patient centricity and physician leadership facilitated a dramatic increase in same-day discharges of total hip and knee replacement patients.

Permanente physicians lead charge to reduce overnight stays after joint replacement

January 20, 2021

NEJM Catalyst publishes article by Kate E. Koplan, MD, and Permanente colleagues on quality initiative that safely increased same-day discharges for knee and hip replacements from 7% to 62% in just 4 years.

Kate Koplan, MD, on reducing hospital stays after joint replacement surgery

February 6, 2019

More than 1 million joint replacements are performed every year in the United States, and by 2030 that number is expected to grow to more than 4 million. A typical hospital stay for a total joint replacement is 3 days. However,…

Consistent Care: Spreading Best Practices for Total Joint Replacement

March 8, 2018

Kate Koplan, MD, leads Kaiser Permanente's National Total Joint Replacement Initiative to improve patient care and spread best practices throughout the organization.