Permanente Medicine in Action

For the 10th year, KP Northern and Southern California are the only health providers to earn the highest rating for clinical effectiveness from California’s Office of the Patient Advocate (OPA).

KP’s Mindfulness Program helps breast cancer patients as they go through their unique journey, including diagnoses, treatments and the complicated feelings that occur.

Keith Fabisiak, MD, assistant chief of pediatrics at KP Campbell, discusses a new study that found that many popular foods for infants and babies test positive for arsenic.

Joshua Weil, MD describes KP Santa Rosa Medical Center’s reopening after the wild fires, a scene of amazing grace and resilience, where staff greeted each other and patients.

The North Bay Business Journal provided a Latino Business Leadership Award to KP Santa Rosa’s La Clinica/Latino Module and its Latino Advisory Council.

Carol Glaser, MD, TPMG’s lead for pediatric antimicrobial stewardship at KP Oakland, describes the impact of these important efforts.

Kaiser's Santa Rosa Medical offices reopened and employees, many of whom worked at evacuation stations, embraced their role as healers.

Kaiser Permanente Northern California is helping people with chronic pain to reduce their use of opioid pain relievers and get on with their lives. 

Using mindful-based skills, Kaiser Permanente Northern California members learn to relate to chronic pain in a new way.