Ep. 31: Navigating change and challenges facing health care with Dr. Maria Ansari

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Dr. Maria Ansari discusses her first 100 days as co-CEO and the challenges facing health care.

Through her first 100 days as co-CEO of The Permanente Federation and executive leader of 2 Permanente Medical Groups, Maria Ansari, MD, FACC, has been at the center of critical discussions focused on the present and future of health care. In this bonus episode of the Permanente Medicine Podcast, Dr. Ansari offers a glimpse into her areas of focus while supporting the work of nearly 24,000 Permanente physicians and 80,000 staff who serve 12.6 million Kaiser Permanente members. She...

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Guest: Dr. Maria Ansari

Topics covered

• health care
• leadership
• Permanente Medical Groups
• Kaiser Permanente
• health system challenges

Keywords

• health care
• leadership
• Permanente Federation
• Kaiser Permanente
• medical groups
• physicians
• staff

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Permanente Federation, Kaiser Permanente

Places: United States

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