LAist: Are behavioral health patients getting sufficient care during the Kaiser strike?
AOL: Diverting patients, retraining doctors: How Kaiser was prepping for a strike
Months after Kaiser Permanente reached a sweeping agreement with state regulators to improve its mental health services, the healthcare giant is facing union allegations that patients could be ...
The Real News Network: ‘What they’re offering is stabilization, not care’: Kaiser strands patients in limbo as strike approaches fourth month
‘What they’re offering is stabilization, not care’: Kaiser strands patients in limbo as strike approaches fourth month
New York Post: Desperate patients slam Kaiser strike as life-changing surgeries axed: ‘So damn frustrating’
Desperate patients slam Kaiser strike as life-changing surgeries axed: ‘So damn frustrating’
East Bay Times: Kaiser Permanente to stop gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19
Kaiser Permanente, the largest health care provider in California, will halt gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19 as of August 29. Kaiser, which covers roughly one in four Californians, ...
CBS News: What it might mean for patients if 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers go on strike
What it might mean for patients if 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers go on strike
ABC7 San Francisco: Kaiser strike: What it could mean for patients if 75,000 workers walk off job
Kaiser strike: What it could mean for patients if 75,000 workers walk off job
LAist: Kaiser mental health workers could strike tomorrow. What does that mean for patients?
Kaiser mental health workers could strike tomorrow. What does that mean for patients?
IT’S PROM NIGHT FOR PATIENTS AT KAISER PERMANENTE. ROSEVILLE. THE EVENT GIVES DOZENS OF FORMER AND CURRENT PEDIATRIC PATIENTS A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE MAGIC OF PROM. AND THIS YEAR’S THEME IS ALL ...
WRAL: What it means for patients as 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers go on strike
What it means for patients as 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers go on strike
KPBS: Kaiser mental health workers' strike leaves some patients struggling for care
More than 300 mental health workers at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego have been on strike for seven weeks. Patients say it’s causing delays and challenges for access to therapy. More than 300 Kaiser ...
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For this installment, three AMA members took time to discuss what doctors wish patients knew about the potentially harmful effects of social media. They are: Nusheen Ameenuddin, MD, MPH, a pediatrician in Rochester, Minnesota, and chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Communications and Media.
The discussion was moderated by William B. Jordan, MD, MPH, who is senior director of equity policy and transformation at the AMA Center for Health Equity. Panelists examined the quality of care older-adult physicians provide, how age-related biases affect older-adult physicians, and how ageism affects patients’ care experience.
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines and how to take charge of their health through preventive care.
Getting patients to make healthy lifestyle choices ranks high on every physician’s professional wish list. But realistically accomplishing this goal requires care teams to zero in on what really patients really want.
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines. Three physicians took time to discuss what doctors wish patients knew about vitamins and nutritional supplements. They are: Pieter Cohen, MD, an internist in Somerville ...
Patients with Meniere’s disease “will have episodes of vertigo, usually lasting half an hour to a couple of hours that can be very intense and incapacitating and unpredictable, but they almost always have a symptom of hearing loss or ringing in their ear either immediately before or during the onset of vertigo,” he said.
Public Health Prevention & Wellness What doctors wish patients knew about iron deficiency One in three women under 50 is iron deficient, affecting about 10 million people in the U.S. Two physicians discuss iron deficiency and how to address it.
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines and how to take charge of their health through preventive care. For this installment, two AMA members shared what doctors wish patients knew about sodium consumption. They are:
Most patients are diagnosed at a far less treatable, later stage of the disease. And with about 20% of lung cancer deaths preventable, evidence-based screening recommendations for high-risk patients offer the best hope to catch the disease early and provide the best chance for effective treatment. A medical oncologist shares more.
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines and how to take charge of their health through preventive care. In this installment, Jonathan Stoever, MD, a pulmonologist with Confluence Health in Wenatchee, Washington, discusses bronchitis and what patients should know ...
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines.
Practice Management Digital Make sure health AI works for patients and physicians The AMA House of Delegates outlines steps that must be taken to ensure the technology remains an asset, even as health AI keeps evolving.
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines. Anjali N. Patel, DO, a cognitive neurologist at the Atlantic Neuroscience Institute at Overlook Medical Center, took time to discuss what to know about Alzheimer’s disease.
Patient perspectives around data privacy The American Medical Association partnered with Savvy Cooperative, a patient-owned source of health care insights, to survey 1,000 patients across the U.S. on their perspectives toward the privacy of their medical information. We found that by understanding the patient perspective on data privacy, industry and government can better act to help patients ...