Permanente Medicine Podcast

About Permanente Medicine Podcast

Physician leaders of the Permanente Medical Groups at Kaiser Permanente and other industry thought leaders come together to discuss solutions to health care, transformational innovation within the industry, and the future of medicine. Join us as we seek the answer to health, health care, and physician wellness in America.

Publisher

The Permanente Federation

Category

health & fitness · science · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Jul 2018

Latest episode

6 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

40 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Aug 2026

   Ep.40: Rooting care in Hawaii's communities

   In this episode of the Permanente Medicine Podcast, host Chris Grant sits down with John Yang, MD, president and medical director of the Hawaii Permanente Medical Group (HPMG), to explore the unique culture and community-oriented approach to health care delivery in Hawaii. As the leader of the state's largest physician-led multi-specialty practice, Dr. Yang explores the geographic, demographic, and public health challenges of delivering care across the Hawaiian islands. The conversation digs...

2. 

   21 May 2026

   Ep.39: Designing care that delivers quality, access, and affordability

   In this episode of the Permanente Medicine Podcast, Chris Grant speaks with Ameya Kulkarni, MD, executive medical director of the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, about the future of physician-led, value-based care. The conversation explores how integrated care models can improve access, affordability, quality, and patient trust while reducing friction for both patients and physicians. Dr. Kulkarni also shares insights on physician well-being, meaningful work in medicine, and why rebuil...

3. 

   17 Dec 2025

   Ep. 38 Quality care in a value-based system

   In this episode of the Permanente Medicine Podcast, host Chris Grant, COO of The Permanente Federation, speaks with Letitia Bridges, MD, MBA, executive vice president and chief quality officer for The Permanente Federation and co-chair of Kaiser Permanente’s National Quality Committee. Dr. Bridges shares a powerful and deeply human perspective on what it means to lead quality for one of the nation’s largest integrated care systems—where millions of patients rely on safe, evidence-based, empat...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

357,114

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

27 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 40 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

25

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

51

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