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The Power of Words, 16 Years Later

A Country Doctor Writes

This was in part because we shared patients and patient experiences between our departments and had a bidirectional way of making warm handoffs. If a primary care patient was going through a difficult time with their social life or mental health, we would walk them down the hall to meet a therapist right then and there.

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Dr. Davidoff: Applying fire response & recovery lessons from Maui to LA

Permanente Medicine

As wildfires devastated the Los Angeles region earlier this year, health care services and medical resources were quickly deployed across the area, thanks to the timely efforts of Permanente medical staff and disaster planning by physician leaders.