Winston Wong MD Archives

Winston Wong, MD, joins AMA panel discussing equity issues and COVID-19 pandemic

April 6, 2020

The medical director of Community Benefit at The Permanente Federation joined an American Medical Association panel to discuss ways in which the novel coronavirus may uniquely impact physicians from different racial backgrounds, communities of color, and minority patient groups.

Winston Wong, MD, co-authors paper on addressing issues in health equity

February 11, 2019

One longstanding goal of the medical care system has been to provide high-quality care to patients. However, a 2000 report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) chronicled that up to 98,000 Americans die each year due to medical errors. A…

Addressing Health Equity in a Changing America

February 9, 2017

How organizations provide health care to America's increasingly diverse population was the focus of a recent article, "Health care's new majority," published on politico.com. The article talked about the changing demographics and how whites are no longer the majority in…