Upcoming and Recent ARMs Events
March Luncheon
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March Luncheon
Tuesday, March 24, 2026 | 11am - 2pm
The afternoon includes a social hour, lunch, and special guest speaker
The speaker for March 24th will be Thomas Payne, MD, FACP, FACMI, FAMIA, Professor of Medicine Emeritus, University of Washington.
Dr. Payne will be discussing Artifical Intelligence in Clinical Care: Benefits and Potential Harms.
Dr. Payne is a past Board Chair of AMIA and served as Medical Director of UW Medicine IT Services for 20 years. He is Professor of Medicine Emeritus and prior to 2025 was Professor of Biomedical Informatics & Medical Education, and Adjunct Professor in Health Services, in the School of Public Health. He was for 24 years attending physician at University of Washington Medical Center and Harborview Medical Center. He led the installation of the Veterans Administration CPRS electronic medical record at VA Puget Sound in Seattle for which VA Puget Sound was awarded the 2000 Nicholas E. Davies CPR Recognition Award. He served on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, and as Senior Editor of Applied Clinical Informatics. He is a fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics, the American College of Physicians and of the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) and as Chair of the AMIA EHR-2020 Task Force. He is the author of 107 articles in the field and edits a book on Operating Clinical Computing Systems in a Medical Center now in its second edition. His research interests include natural language processing and electronic documentation in EHRs.
Dr. Payne attended Stanford University, the University of Washington School of Medicine, completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Colorado, and completed a fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in the Harvard Medical Informatics Fellowship program. From 1989-94 he was post-doctoral fellow, Research Associate then Assistant Scientific Investigator at the Group Health Cooperative Center for Health Studies (half-time). From 1989-97 he was a (half-time) Primary Care Internal Medicine physician at the GHC Downtown Seattle Medical Center and Central Hospital, and Medical Staff Member of the GHC Clinical Computing Project. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Clinical Informatics.
Marriott Tacoma Downtown
1538 Commerce Street
Tacoma, WA 98402
Chambers Ballroom 3
Cost to attend is $40/person
Please RSVP by Monday, February 23, 2026
Unfortunately there will be no virtual option for this luncheon.
July Luncheon
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July Luncheon
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Salty’s on Alki
1936 Harbor Avenue SW
Seattle, WA 98126
(more information / registration link coming soon)
October Luncheon
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October Luncheon
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Location to be announced at a later time
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Thank you so much to those that were able to join Tuesday’s ARMS luncheon.
If you were unable to attend the meeting, or if you would like to view again, the video can be viewed here.
Please take a few minutes to fill out our post-luncheon survey. This will help us in preparing for our future meetings as well as making ARMS what you -- its members -- want it to be.
Please click here to complete the survey.
Don’t forget to email wpmgretirees@kp.org if you:
Would like to share something with ARMS members in our Newsletter or on our website (news about work, travels, family, experiences, obituaries/memorials of members, etc.)
If you have any speakers to recommend or would like to present something of interest at our luncheons
Would like to be a part of the ARMS Advisory Committee
Have any questions for me (Hugh) or ARMS
July Luncheon
Thank you so much to those that were able to join Wednesday’s ARMS luncheon.
If you are interested in getting Jim deMaine’s book, please take a look at your local bookstore, or it can also be found on Amazon.
Please take a few minutes to fill out our post-luncheon survey. This will help us in preparing for our future meetings as well as making ARMS what you -- its members -- want it to be.
Please click here to complete the survey.
Don’t forget to email wpmgretirees@kp.org if you:
Would like to share something with ARMS members in our Newsletter or on our website (news about work, travels, family, experiences, obituaries/memorials of members, etc.)
If you have any speakers to recommend or would like to present something of interest at our luncheons
Would like to be a part of the ARMS Advisory Committee
Have any questions for me or ARMS
Please continue to visit our website for the latest happenings and announcements at https://www.wpmgretirees.com/
Please save the date for our next luncheon, which will be on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. (invitations will be sent out in August)
Thank you all,
- Hugh
March Luncheon
Thank you so much to those that were able to join Thursday’s ARMS luncheon.
If you were unable to attend the meeting, or if you would like to view again, the video can be viewed here.
Please take a few minutes to fill out our post-luncheon survey. This will help us in preparing for our future meetings as well as making ARMS what you -- its members -- want it to be.
Please click here to complete the survey.
For those interested in signing up for the Senior Caucus, you can fill out their membership form
Don’t forget to email wpmgretirees@kp.org if you:
Would like to share something with ARMS members in our Newsletter or on our website (news about work, travels, family, experiences, obituaries/memorials of members, etc.)
If you have any speakers to recommend or would like to present something of interest at our luncheons
Would like to be a part of the ARMS Advisory Committee
Have any questions for us (Ruth & Annie) or ARMS
Please continue to visit our website for the latest happenings and announcements at https://www.wpmgretirees.com/
The speaker for March 27th Bill Affolter, MD. Bill Affolter, a retired family physician talked about a personal project he started last summer called Story Bench. He stressed the importance and joy of staying socially connected
His story was covered by a local TV station. (can be seen here)
Lester Thompson relating a story to Sara Thompson
Murray Rouse and Ann McKee
Guest speak Bill Affholter with Marshall Eaton and web master Suzanne Spencer
Older retired “Groupies”
Senior Caucus is not part of the Retired Medical Retirees Group. However ARMS supports access of Kaiser members to timely topics important to Seniors and a link is provided for access to these talks. Caucus membership is open to all adults who receive their health care at Kaiser Permanente, but it is particularly relevant to those aged 60 years and older. There are no fees or dues associated with membership. Currently all meetings are online.