Kaiser Permanente joins National Academy of Medicine in fight against opioid crisis
Podcast: Permanente Medicine’s prescription for the opioid epidemic
Reducing Opioids Not Associated with Lower Patient Satisfaction Scores
Successful Kaiser Permanente Opioid Management Leverages Physician Leadership, Customized EMR, and Prevention
Prescription Opioids and Infection Risk: Research and Caution Needed
Sascha Dublin, MD, PhD, who studies the effects of prescription medications on patient populations as associate investigator at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWRI), recently co-authored an editorial on opioids and infection in the Annals of Internal Medicine.…
Ensuring Opioid Safety for Patients and Communities
Edward Ellison, MD, Shares Permanente Medicine Approach to Opioid Safety on SiriusXM
Edward M. Ellison, MD, executive medical director and chairman of the board, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, was recently tapped for his opioids expertise in an interview on Doctor Radio Reports on SiriusXM. He and other physician experts spoke with…
Edward Ellison, MD, Testifies Before the President’s Commission on Opioid Crisis
Edward M. Ellison, MD, executive medical director and chairman of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, testified last Friday before the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis. He described Kaiser Permanente’s Safe and Appropriate Opioid Prescribing…
PBS NewsHour Highlights Efforts by Permanente Physicians to Reduce Opioid Prescribing
A recent PBS NewsHour report from its series, “America Addicted,” highlights the growing opioid epidemic and the recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines recommending doctors avoid or limit prescribing legal painkillers to their patients. The story features a…