Why bringing joy back to medicine matters
Leong Koh, MD, on why a clinician's wellness is inextricably linked to the quality and safety of patient care, and how innovation can help.
Navigating AI’s impact on health care
Brian Hoberman, MD, CIO of The Permanente Federation, on how Kaiser Permanente is maximizing technology to benefit patient care.
Edward Lee, MD, shares how technology can help reduce physician burnout on Reuters panel
The Permanente Federation chief information officer talks about the importance of physician leadership in identifying and refining technologies to reduce the burden on physicians and improve quality of care.
Richard Isaacs, MD, writes that COVID-19 has blasted health care into the future
The COVID-19 pandemic has sped the adoption of many technologies — including flat-screen video calls, drone deliveries, and robotic maids — that once seemed far-fetched.
Sameer Awsare, MD, discusses leveraging technology to provide 24/7 health care access
Sameer Awsare, MD, FACP, associate executive director of The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG), was quoted in a recent Modern Healthcare story on the rise of concierge services and innovative, technology-based access to health care in the San Francisco Bay Area.
A curious mind
Permanente Federation Chief Information Officer Ed Lee, MD, continuously searches science and technology for ways to improve patient care.
Patricia Conolly, MD, speaks on Bloomberg Radio on connected devices revolutionizing health care
The Permanente Federation's chief information officer was in Washington, DC, for this week's Bloomberg Government: Next conference, speaking on a panel on disruption in the age of information technology.
Send Permanente Medicine to SXSW 2019: Vote Today
The public has an opportunity to vote on the panels they’d most like to see presented at the event
Revolutionizing Diabetes Monitoring
New technology lets Kaiser Permanente patients in Southern California conveniently submit their glucose levels.
CIO Patricia Conolly, MD, on How Kaiser Permanente Uses Electronic Health Records
In a recent San Francisco Chronicle article about the pros and cons of electronic health records (EHRs), Patricia Conolly, MD, chief information officer and executive vice president of Information Technology at The Permanente Federation, gave an example of how Kaiser…