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Letitia Bridges, MD, MBA, appointed to chief quality officer at The Permanente Federation

Permanente Medicine

The Federation is the national leadership and consulting organization for Permanente Medical Groups and their more than 25,000 physicians. Dr. Bridges joined SCPMG in 2008. Bridges oversees coordination of national clinical quality care programs across Kaiser Permanente for its 12.6 million members.

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Psilocybin in Serious Illness: James Downar, Ali John Zarrabi and Margaret Ross

GeriPal

And I think unfortunately, when anything kind of is moved into the clinical arena, similar to mindfulness in that way, where all of a sudden people became passive recipients, like they went and they got mindfulness in a consulting office. Now they’re getting psychedelic experiences, you know, and transformation in a consulting office.

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Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

GeriPal

And the Ryan Haight Act I think was passed in 2008, which was in response to a young person who died of an opioid overdose. But in California where I practice medical aid and dying is legal and similar to other issues that are controversial in some places, many physicians do not prescribe or do visits for medical aid and dying consultations.