Dr. Koh, co-lead of Kaiser Permanente's
national health equity workgroup, recognized for championing a new
center to improve the health of Black members, screening for social
determinants of health, and supporting anti-bias training for
health care team members
OAKLAND,
Calif., Aug. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The
Permanente Federation today announced that Leong Koh, MD, president and CEO of
Northwest Permanente, was named among Modern Healthcare's "Top
Diversity Leaders in Healthcare" for 2024. The Modern Healthcare
recognition program honors individuals and organizations working to
further equity and inclusion at their organizations and across the
industry.
Modern Healthcare recognized Dr. Koh for his role in championing
the Kaiser Permanente Center for Black Health and Wellness, due to
open next spring in Portland,
Oregon. He was also honored for collaborating with Kaiser
Foundation Hospitals to implement screening practices, facilitate
rigorous data analyses to help identify areas of service inequity,
and decrease the amount of time patients need to spend in the
hospital. In addition, Modern Healthcare recognized Dr. Koh for
supporting a program that requires senior physician leaders and all
administrative staff to undergo anti-racism and anti-bias
training.
"This recognition highlights the long-standing commitment of our
physician leaders, clinicians, nurses and staff to provide
equitable care and improve the health of our communities by
addressing racial inequity and closing care gaps," said Dr. Koh,
who serves as executive sponsor and co-lead of Kaiser Permanente's
national health equity group. "It also underscores our
willingness to train ourselves to understand our biases and learn
how best to care for our patients in a culturally responsive
way."
Modern Healthcare's complete list of honorees and their profiles
are available at Diversity Leaders in Healthcare - 2024 | Modern
Healthcare and in the September
9 issue of Modern Healthcare magazine. A digital
subscription is required to view the online profiles.
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About Permanente Medical Groups
The Permanente Medical
Groups are self-governed, physician-led, prepaid,
multispecialty medical groups composed of more than 24,000
physicians. We are dedicated to the mission of improving the health
of our patients and communities. Together with the Kaiser
Foundation Health Plans and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, we are
Kaiser Permanente — an award-winning health care system
that delivers Permanente Medicine, care that is person- and
family-centered, compassionate, evidence-based, technology-enabled,
culturally responsive, team-delivered and physician-led,
to 12.5 million Kaiser Permanente members. We work
collaboratively, enabled by state-of-the art facilities and
technology, to provide world-class preventive and complex care
centered in eight states — from Hawaii to Maryland — and the District of
Columbia.
About The Permanente Federation
The
Permanente Federation LLC is the national leadership and
consulting organization for the Permanente Medical Groups,
which, together with the Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Kaiser
Foundation Hospitals, comprise Kaiser Permanente. The Federation
works on behalf of the Permanente Medical Groups to optimize care
delivery and spread Permanente Medicine — care that is
person- and family-centered, compassionate, evidence-based,
technology-enabled, culturally responsive, team-delivered and
physician-led. The Federation, based
in Oakland, California, fosters an open learning
environment and accelerates research, innovation, and performance
improvements across the Permanente Medical Groups to expand the
reach of Kaiser Permanente's integrated care delivery model and to
lead the nation in transforming health care delivery.
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