Focused eye care for newborns
New specialty care at Kaiser Permanente Washington provides expert care in the neonatal intensive care unit for babies at risk for blindness.
Tweetcap: 2019 PCORI Annual Meeting highlights patient-centered research
The 2019 Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Annual Meeting took place in Washington, D.C. this week, highlighting how patients, researchers, clinicians, payers, and others across the health care community are working to make health care research more useful and relevant.
Washington Permanente Medical Group ratifies Paul Minardi, MD, as new president and EMD
Dr. Minardi assumes his new role on July 1, 2019, with the retirement of current WPMG President and Executive Medical Director Steve Tarnoff, MD.
Identifying suicide on the front lines of health
Through screening and intervention, primary care may be the most effective place to address suicide risk.
Stephen Tarnoff, MD, in Modern Healthcare on improving patient health literacy, outcomes
Kaiser Permanente’s personalized approach to disseminating information to its patients, resulting in better informed patients and outcomes, is highlighted in a recent Modern Healthcare story, which quotes Stephen Tarnoff, MD, president and executive medical director of the Washington Permanente Medical Group.
Building communities through volunteering
Jenny Pang, MD, MPH, a pediatrician with the Washington Permanente Medical Group, will be helping to provide high quality care to the Special Olympics athletes and coaches.
Keeping Athletes at the Top of Their Game
Susanna Block, MD, will help provide preventive health screenings and education to athletes at the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games so they can live a healthful life.
Helping Athletes See the World
Ophthalmological surgeon Michelle Carle, MD, serves as healthy athlete director for the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games in Seattle.
Planning for Life’s ‘What-Ifs’
Matt Handley, MD, of Washington Permanente Medical Group talks about the important role doctors play in a patient’s life care planning.
Stephen Tarnoff, MD, Named 2018 Outstanding Medical Director by Seattle Business
Dr. Tarnoff spent the first 25 years of his career as a family physician, happy in providing the full spectrum of care in family medicine.