Benjamin Thomas, MD, calls for COVID vaccine campaign in Black community
In a New York Times op-ed, two emergency medicine doctors call for a public health campaign with trusted voices from the Black communities.
Edward M. Ellison, MD, discusses emotional toll of COVID-19 on health care workers with The Wall Street Journal
Edward Ellison, MD, was quoted in an article by The Wall Street Journal sharing how the COVID-19 pandemic takes its toll on frontline physicians and nurses.
Amanda Williams, MD, discusses coronavirus effects on labor plans of expectant mothers
The maternity director at Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center discussed how the organization is offering inducement of labor for pregnant women at 39 weeks in light of the coronavirus outbreak.
Robert Sallis, MD, joins sports medicine experts offering fitness tips for the holidays
A recent New York Times article offered tips from sports medicine physicians and fitness experts on how to incorporate exercise into the holidays.
Tweetcap: Stephen Parodi, MD, shares op-ed on health care and wildfires
Stephen Parodi, MD, associate director at The Permanente Medical Group, shared his insights on the California wildfires through the lens of health care In a recent New York Times opinion piece, prompting activity on social media.
Kaiser Permanente researchers weigh in on algorithm that predicts risk of H.I.V. infection
A recent article in The New York Times examines an that doctors can use to assess patient risk for H.I.V and recommend a daily pill to prevent infection – a strategy referred to as PrEP. The idea to use data from electronic health records to determine if patients are at high risk for H.I.V. infection was borne from researchers at Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Northern California and Harvard.
Strengthening the Patient-Doctor Relationship Can Improve Patient Health and Reduce Costs, Report Says
The challenges of primary care doctors in finding time to connect with their patients is the focus of an in-depth feature in the New York Times Magazine’s special Health Issue that published this week. In an article, “Trying to Put…