Kaiser Permanente’s personalized approach to disseminating information to its patients, resulting in better informed patients and outcomes, is highlighted in a recent Modern Healthcare story, which quotes Stephen Tarnoff, MD, president and executive medical director of the Washington Permanente Medical…
Lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, and queer communities across the nation this month hold pride observances to recognize hard-won civil rights battles and to celebrate sexual diversity. Despite progress in securing freedom, rights and acceptance, LGBTQ communities still struggle with limited…
Margaret Ferguson, MD, MBA, president and executive medical director of the Colorado Permanente Medical Group, writes a guest commentary in Modern Healthcare on the importance of mentorship, training, and empowerment in developing physician leaders. In the commentary "Empowered physician leadership…
Advances in precision medicine – including predictive analytics, genomics and even the use of social and non-medical data – gives physicians the ability to better predict future outcomes for patients and customize treatment plans for individuals. Over the past 10…