MedCity News November 11, 2019
Just two weeks ago, Bernard J. Tyson strode onto the mainstage at the HLTH conference in Las Vegas, one hand in pocket, laying out a vision for the dignity of life. Tyson, chairman, president and CEO of Kaiser Permanente, spoke forcefully about the moral obligation that leaders like him have to care for those in need as he announced that Kaiser is joining a nutrition assistance program offered by the state.
That vision which he articulated and launched will now have to be completed by someone else. In a stunning reminder of how fickle life is, death claimed Tyson in his sleep on Sunday. He was only 60.
“Bernard’s greatest contributions were in the areas of diversity and social determinants...