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Restoring Provider Confidence In FDA-Approved Drugs

The Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy's experts Samantha Dupont, Krysten Joyce and Murray Ross join Kaiser Permanente's Senior Vice…

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To reduce health inequities, clinics need lawyers on the team

Social ills, such as substandard housing and food insecurity, fuel sicknesses that our health care system must then address. What we don't often consider—but should—is that many of…

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California models universal coverage goals

By John Garcia, Vice President, Government Relations The following was published on www.aboutkaiserpermanente.org in August 2021

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Digital therapeutics at Kaiser Permanente: The growing role of telehealth in mental health care

For decades, policy and workforce experts alike have been concerned about the shortage of mental health professionals, as the number of individuals needing mental health services outpaces the numbers of mental health practitioners.
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