NWP Archives

Oregon-based medical group Northwest Permanente announces affiliation with The Permanente Medical Group of Northern California

April 16, 2025

Affiliation will allow groups to drive high-value care and innovation PORTLAND, ORE, April 16, 2025 – Oregon-based Northwest Permanente (NWP) and The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG) of Northern California announced a formal affiliation today. NWP and TPMG are physician-led, independent…

PermanenteDocs Chat on climate change and its impact on human health

April 3, 2023

Northwest Permanente physician Anne C. Toledo, MD, discusses the impact of climate change on health and how physicians can help.

Kaiser Permanente cardiac care excellence

At the heart of quality cardiac specialty care

February 15, 2023

Permanente physicians practicing Permanente Medicine excel in state-of-the-art cardiac surgeries.

Joel Womack, MD, says communication is key to success of acute care-at-home programs

October 5, 2022

Northwest Permanente’s regional chief of hospital medicine discusses innovation and progress made through the care-at-home model.

PermanenteDocs Chat on women in medicine

March 1, 2022

Watch the replay of this Facebook Live chat on the advancement of women physicians and continued challenges to address.

Climate change: ‘In our lane’ as physicians

April 22, 2020

Imelda Dacones, MD, president and CEO of Northwest Permanente, says physicians have an obligation to reduce the causes and mitigate the effects of climate change.

Imelda Dacones, MD, shares how Kaiser Permanente addresses social determinants of health through ‘Thrive Local’

November 20, 2019

Imelda Dacones, MD, president and CEO of Northwest Permanente (NWP), joined other health care experts earlier this week in Washington, D.C. at the U.S. News Healthcare of Tomorrow conference, which focused on social determinants of health often looking at factors such as housing, transportation, and access to health food.