Permanente Medicine

MAY 20, 2025

Khang Nguyen, MD, chief transformation officer of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, discusses how AI can increase clinicians’ joy in medicine and improve patient outcomes with Chris Grant, chief operating offer and executive vice president of Kaiser Permanente, The Permanente Federation, and host of the Permanente Medicine Podcast.

Patient-Centered 52

Patient-Centered Patients Medical IT 52

GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

My great-grandmother in particular had a very profound hearing loss and I don’t know, as a kid, I was obsessed with taking them apart and wanted to do more of the engineering side. And honestly in undergrad I was like, “Engineering is really hard. I don’t like this anymore.” He is one of those superstars here.

IT 102

IT Screening Hospital Clinic 102

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

We learned this and much more, and I had a great time making engine noises singing the Woody Guthrie song “driving in my car.” . Emmy: But we know that physiologic changes with aging, like decreasing night vision and so forth, as well as medications, as well as medical conditions, can all affect whether you can drive.

Families 102

Families IT Family Diagnosis 102

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Somebody shouts at my front Desk staff because they’re pissed off about their appointment time. I said, you know, I don’t usually start my appointments in laughter. And I think that’s why by the end of the appointment, we were able to go to equally deep places that were pretty dark and pretty heavy together.

Illness 125

Illness IT Patient-Centered Patients 125

GeriPal

JUNE 15, 2023

Five minute appointments. It’s great that saying this patient has these symptoms in a conversation that’s very long, but then it actually may volunteer saying, “I think this symptom is from this medication or it could be from the,” and I didn’t even ask for that. Is there a true relationship with that?

IT 99

IT Patient-Centered Patients Healthcare 99

New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Providers at New South Family Medicine and MedSpa can address the patient's deeper needs, rather than trying to rush through a hectic day full of too-brief appointments. Instead, they establish a direct patient-provider relationship, for a flat fee. You can continue to use your insurance for medications and for labs as well.

DO 40

DO Family Medicine Families Family 40