Stephen Parodi MD Archives

Tweetcap: AMA, Permanente Federation host chat on safely reopening country during COVID-19 pandemic

May 1, 2020

On Thursday, the American Medical Association (AMA) and The Permanente Federation co-hosted a tweet chat, "Clinical Perspectives on Safely Reopening America," which generated an online conversation centered on a path for safely steering Americans through the COVID-19 pandemic and toward a return to normalcy.

Pulse oximeter use to detect COVID-19 can’t replace a doctor’s visit

April 29, 2020

Many patients with severe cases of COVID-19 have extremely low levels of oxygen in the blood. That may be one reason why interest in pulse oximeters — medical devices that measure the saturation of oxygen in red blood cells — has increased recently.

New Kaiser Permanente study provides information on coronavirus planning for health systems

April 24, 2020

A new Kaiser Permanente study of COVID-19 patients published today as a research letter in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) provides estimates for the percentage of test-positive patients requiring hospitalization and admission to the ICU.

CBC News quotes Stephen Parodi, MD, on how California’s early COVID-19 response delayed a surge

April 9, 2020

Evidence is mounting that California may have temporarily relieved pressure on hospitals by issuing the first statewide stay-at-home order in the United States, according to this CBC News report.

Stephen Parodi, MD, discusses use of baby monitors to limit high-risk interactions with COVID-19 patients

April 3, 2020

Stephen Parodi, MD, discusses how front-line medical workers have leveraged baby monitors to help address some of the day-to-day challenges of treating those with the highly contagious COVID-19.

Stephen Parodi, MD, shares California’s progress on flattening the curve with the Today Show

April 2, 2020

A recent NBC News segment on the Today Show highlighted new evidence that some states’ early warnings to stay home could be paying off.

Stephen Parodi, MD, calls for calm, focus, and ingenuity to beat COVID-19

April 2, 2020

In an opinion piece in MedPage Today, Stephen Parodi, MD, executive vice president of The Permanente Federation, calls for calm, focus, and ingenuity among private and public health care professionals as they work to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

California’s stay-at-home efforts paying off, Stephen Parodi, MD, tells Associated Press

April 2, 2020

Kaiser Permanente, which serves more than 9 million members in California, has witnessed a promising trend over the past 2 weeks since social distancing measures were implemented across the state, Stephen Parodi, MD, executive vice president of The Permanente Federation, told The Associated Press.

Stephen Parodi, MD, shares cautious optimism on social distancing with Politico

April 1, 2020

Stephen Parodi, MD, an infectious disease physician and associate executive director with The Permanente Medical Group in Northern California, said in a statement to Politico that Kaiser Permanente is “seeing a leveling off of COVID-19 cases in our hospitals” across Northern California, where it serves 4.4 million members.

Stephen Parodi, MD, discusses evaluating the impact of social distancing with Politico

March 26, 2020

Stephen Parodi, MD, associate executive director and infectious disease specialist with The Permanente Medical Group, explains the uses of data to determine whether social distancing is working in a Politico story published today.