A Kaiser Permanente study finds Black heart attack survivors from disadvantaged neighborhoods face higher risk of death within 5 years than those from wealthier areas.
Kaiser Permanente study finds history of being consistently active was strongly associated with a reduced risk of hospitalization, ICU admission, and death in people with COVID-19.
American medicine has a history of failing African Americans, notably the Tuskegee experiment and case of Henrietta Lacks; physicians must understand black mistrust to help turn COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy into vaccine confidence.
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.