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By The Permanente Federation
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The podcast currently has 38 episodes available.
The backdrop of rapid innovation, consolidation, and evolving patient needs means value-based care and its impact on medicine is changing. Think AI and robotics, emerging health disparities, and new corporate competitors challenging the status quo. What does all this mean for the present and future of patient-centered, integrated care?
In the 2024 season finale of the Permanente Medicine Podcast, Sachin Jain, MD, CEO of SCAN Group and SCAN Health Plan, joins Chris Grant, COO and executive vice president of Kaiser Permanente, The Permanente Federation, to survey the shifting landscape of the health care industry and explore its impact on patients and communities.
As health systems across the country are navigating clinician shortages, preparing the next generation of physician leaders is more important than ever. Innovation and transformation in medical education that trains early-career doctors for the modern workforce is essential to ensure that the practice of high-quality, integrated care remains strong.
In this episode of the Permanente Medicine Podcast, Chris Grant welcomes Ted O’Connell, MD, director of medical education for Kaiser Permanente Northern California and family medicine doctor for The Permanente Medical Group, and Lindia Willies-Jacobo, MD, senior associate dean for Admissions and Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity, and professor at the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine in Southern California. Together, they survey the landscape of physician recruitment and retention, as well as share how Kaiser Permanente is working to address the clinician shortage.
On this episode of the Permanente Medicine Podcast, we dissect the emergence of AI and how Kaiser Permanente can use this technology to augment its approach to high-quality, patient-centered care. Brian Hoberman, MD, executive vice president and chief information officer for The Permanente Federation and chief information officer with The Permanente Medical Group and Ainsley MacLean, MD, chief medical information officer and chief AI officer for Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, join the show to share their perspectives on how AI can play a supportive role for medical practices.
The Permanente Medicine Podcast kicks off its 2024 season with this special extended episode featuring The Permanente Federation co-CEOs Maria Ansari, MD, FACC, and Ramin Davidoff, MD. Join the conversation with host Chris Grant, the Federation's chief operating officer, as the two physician executives share their leadership insights and vision for excellence when it comes to advancing the practice of Permanente Medicine. Dr. Ansari and Dr. Davidoff offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse into their co-CEO partnership and delve into some of the critical work taking place throughout the Permanente Medical Groups around improving patient outcomes, maintaining a human touch while adopting new technology, and supporting physician well-being, as the medical groups care for more than 12.5 million Kaiser Permanente members.
Through her first 100 days as co-CEO of The Permanente Federation and executive leader of 2 Permanente Medical Groups, Maria Ansari, MD, FACC, has been at the center of critical discussions focused on the present and future of health care. In this bonus episode of the Permanente Medicine Podcast, Dr. Ansari offers a glimpse into her areas of focus while supporting the work of nearly 24,000 Permanente physicians and 80,000 staff who serve 12.6 million Kaiser Permanente members. She also shares some of her keys to navigating this transformational period in medicine while championing Kaiser Permanente’s model for value-based integrated care.
A pandemic, social unrest, natural disasters, and rapid innovation are among the factors that have led health care to reevaluate what it means to provide equitable care. In this last episode of the 2023 season, Nkem Chukwumerije, MD, president and executive medical director of The Southeast Permanente Medical Group , and Ron Copeland, MD, senior vice president of National Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Policy for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals, join host Chris Grant to discuss Kaiser Permanente’s latest equity, inclusion, and diversity efforts; examine how the medical community can better serve the underserved in health care; and reflect on their personal journeys in equity, inclusion, and diversity.
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· Learn more about Robert Livingston’s PRESS model for promoting racial equity in the workplace
· Find additional details on Kaiser Permanente’s equity principles and Belong@KP
· Watch a Permanente Live webinar on the future of equitable care
Over the last few years, health care has experienced rapid transformation and innovation. These changes have led to the increasing integration of technology into daily medical practices. This evolution brings both benefits and challenges that physicians and medical teams must navigate when caring for patients.
In this episode of the Permanente Medicine Podcast, host Chris Grant speaks with Ruth Chang, MD, family medicine physician and chief people officer for Northwest Permanente , and Ed Lee, MD, internist and executive vice president for information technology and chief information officer with The Permanente Federation, about the evolving dynamics of technology and its impact in health care. Listen to the discussion, including a look at the factors to consider for supporting physician well-being and analyzing how they fit in with the tremendous health care innovation that has taken place in recent years.
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Emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, advanced care at home programs have evolved into a promising option for bringing hospital-level care directly to where patients live. In-home hospital-level care has the potential to make care more cost-effective while meeting growing consumer demands. Vivian Reyes, MD, regional medical director of Strategic Hospital Initiatives for The Permanente Medical Group in Northern California, and Margaret Paulson, DO, medical director for Advanced Care at Home and Home Health with Mayo Clinic, speak with host Chris Grant, chief operating officer of The Permanente Federation, about how these programs are growing and what the future has in store.
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So far in 2023, there has been an average of 1 mass shooting a day. In this episode of the Permanente Medicine Podcast, host Chris Grant, chief operating officer of The Permanente Federation, examines the relationship between gun violence and public health. Pavan Somusetty, MD, a psychiatrist specializing in suicide prevention and chief of Mental Health with Northwest Permanente, and Garen Wintemute, MD, director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at University of California, Davis, join the conversation and share their valuable perspectives on how to address this public health crisis of gun violence in America.
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The Permanente Medicine Podcast’s 2023 season kicks off with this episode looking at the latest advancements in quality care improvement. Host Chris Grant welcomes Nancy Gin, MD, executive vice president of Quality and chief quality officer of The Permanente Federation, and Kedar Mate, MD, president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, as they explore the latest advancements and challenges facing the medical field.
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The podcast currently has 38 episodes available.
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