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.

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Blood, Sweat, and Tears

MAY 24, 2022

You have to be able to laugh at situations, the system, the government, people and especially yourself (Mostly yourself). I was so burnt out, dragging my feet, lugging my head from patient to patient. She was always the first one to notice and address patient difficulties. What if another patient comes in?”

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

These standards would be developed outside the Federal government, leveraging the expertise of the private sector. In short, Voluntary Consensus Standards (VCS) are intended to be exactly what the name conveys – standards that are adopted by consensus and are not mandatory (not legal or regulatory requirements).

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The Health Policy Exchange

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Our recent Georgetown Health Policy Journal Club discussed two editorials in the October 1 issue of American Family Physician that offered contrasting answers to the question: "Would Medicare for All Be the Most Beneficial Health Care System for Family Physicians and Patients?" would not address the deeper problems in our health care system."

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

A positive result, however, is treated as a screen. That is just another way of saying, however, that the rapid antigen tests are best positioned as a screening tool. These tests could have been a valuable screening tool for COVID during the past year or so. PCR, nor will they perform as well in patients with a low viral load.

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GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

But, should we as clinicians care about the social lives of our patients? Are there meaningful ways of assessing loneliness and social isolation in clinical settings and connecting patients with interventions? Has kept me interested, the patient experience and the older adults in the community, their experience.

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GeriPal

APRIL 18, 2024

We discuss, among other things: Findings that in several studies AI was rated by patients as more empathetic than human clinicians (not less, that isn’t a typo). The experience of both patients and clinicians isn’t very good. Bob recently wrote an essay in JAMA on AI and delivered a UCSF Grand Round s on the same topic.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 15, 2024

Ongoing reports from patients about anti-Asian hate experiences Should clinicians screen for Anti-Asian hate? question used to screen for domestic violence. It’s both institutionalized racism where there are policies and practices by corporations, by government that create inequality.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 7, 2023

So if you look at government websites about heat for example, it’s got a line of buttons across the top with affected populations, outdoor workers, athletes and older people are in there. And that’s a good thing to share with an older patient or client that making decisions about your activity. They can save a lot of money.

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GeriPal

APRIL 20, 2023

Today we talk with Margot Kushel about how we got here, including: That sense of powerlessness as a clinician when you “fix up” a patient in the hospital, only to discharge them to the street knowing things will fall apart. It was in the mid-nineties, and about half of the patients that we cared for in the inpatient service were homeless.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 7, 2025

The company is working with governments and health groups in the U.K. But Gilead says the shot should help expand the overall number of people using PrEP in both the U.S. and abroad. Were thinking globally about the public health impact we can have," Mercier said. © 2025 HealthDay.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Care Ecosystem.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 2, 2023

ICE and Policing — Instances of immigration enforcement in healthcare settings are rare, and when they do happen they can look like patients being interrogated at the bedside or even being arrested as they step out of the hospital just after visiting someone. Refer to Good Sanctuary Doctoring for Undocumented Patients for more information.

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GeriPal

JUNE 2, 2022

So you plan on your geriatrician, older patients, getting it every year. And to be very fair, there was a study in 2013 in family practice, this would be important, I think for those who treat older patients. Monica: And the patient said, “I don’t like my doctor wearing masks.” So where are we?

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GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

Clinicians could care for patients across state lines, could prescribe opioids without in person visits, could bill at higher rates for telemedicine than previous to the pandemic. Many patients benefited, not only those isolating due to covid, but also patients in rural areas, patients who are homebound, and many others.

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Physicians News Digest

APRIL 2, 2025

The Medical Procedure Periodic colon cancer screening is recommended for people at average risk starting at age 45 and continuing until age 75, according to the U.S. There are several ways to screen, including noninvasive stool tests. His plan says it covers colon cancer screening at 80% after patients meet their deductible.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

JUNE 20, 2025

HHS has traditionally relied on panels of non-government experts to guide its work in prevention, and after the DOGE-driven cuts that resulted in the departure of 20 percent of its workforce , it needs outside help more than ever. Even worse, the study’s existing data are at risk.

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