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Ep. 44 How patient education drives lasting behavior change
What really drives better health outcomes? While access to quality health care is essential, research shows that up to 80% of health outcomes are influenced by factors outside the exam room—including lifestyle, environment, and daily habits.
Ep. 43 Prescribing GLP-1s: Evidence, limits, expectations
In this Permanente Docs Chat, host Alex McDonald, MD (family and sports medicine, Southern California Permanente Medical Group) sits down with Sean Hashmi, MD (board-certified nephrologist and obesity medicine specialist) to discuss lifestyle m...
Ep. 42 The future of care at home
In this PermanenteDocs Chat, host Alex McDonald, MD, speaks with Hemali Sudhalkar, MD, hospitalist, inpatient palliative care physician, and National Medical Director of Strategy for Kaiser Permanente Care at Home, about how Advanced Care at Ho...
Ep. 41 Leading the future of pediatric care
In this episode, pediatric intensivist Eloa Adams, MD (Director of Inpatient Pediatrics Quality & Operations, TPMG) joins host Alex McDonald, MD to explore how integrated, community-based pediatrics keeps kids close to home. We dig into the...
Ep. 40: What every physician should know about care experience (and why it matters)
In this episode of the PermanenteDocs Chat, host Alex McDonald, MD, discusses the latest innovations in care experience with Wadie Marcos, MD, access and experience lead with the Southern California Permanente Medical Group. Dr. Marcos shares h...
