TPMG Archives

Future of Maternal Care Summit

November 10, 2022

Virtual care and health care technology offer an opportunity to tackle many of the problems within maternal care. Integration of these health care approaches could solve a wealth of problems such as enabling equitable access to care, providing more holistic…

Edward Lee, MD, shares how innovation in AI can be used to improve health care

October 13, 2022

The Permanente Federation’s chief information officer explores the potential benefits and challenges of integrating artificial intelligence into health care.

Permanente physicians lead expansion of at-home colorectal cancer screening

March 27, 2022

Convenient colorectal cancer screening is now recommended for patients ages 45 to 49.

A fresh take on getting air to COVID-19 patients around the globe

December 13, 2021

Physician and educator Ted O’Connell, MD, helps design an oxygen concentrator with increased flow for COVID-19 patients.

Ensuring quality medical care, protecting patient safety

August 30, 2021

Permanente anesthesiologist James Healzer, MD, brings a passion for patient safety and physician peer review to his appointment to the Medical Board of California.

Leading the way in transgender health care

June 23, 2021

Grace Firtch, MD, shares her journey as a transgender woman and the innovative care she helped create for other trans individuals at Kaiser Permanente in Northern California.

Kaiser Permanente Northern California deepens its COVID-19 research agenda

October 13, 2020

Division of Research physician researchers and other investigators examine the pandemic’s effects from all angles.

Back in the game: COVID-19 Return to Sports Playbook

October 7, 2020

Physicians at The Permanente Medical Group published a playbook that provides comprehensive guidance for youth, high school, and collegiate athletes to return to sports safely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Comprehensive, compassionate care for children with cancer

September 15, 2020

Hung C. Tran, MD, shares his journey to becoming a physician leader and the challenges of treating children with cancer during a pandemic.

Physicians promote flu messaging during a pandemic

September 8, 2020

This year’s flu season arrives with the backdrop of a pandemic, prompting physicians and health officials to get creative in promoting flu shots and finding safe ways to deliver the vaccine, according to a recently published Washington Post story.