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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

I’m a family physician by training. In Kaiser Permanente here, we exist to provide high-quality, affordable health care for our patients in the communities we serve. Khang Nguyen (02:24): Thank you so much for asking that question. Like most everyone else, I started off really just taking care of patients.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

You know your patients’ evolving story as well as their family, friends, coworkers, and the peculiarities of their local community. Over time, communication improves. 22 Family physicians are the sole care providers for 86% of hypertensive patients and for 71% of diabetics (based on 2.7 million Canadian patients).