• Our History and Impacts

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  • Our Mission

    KPWHRI improves health, well-being, and health equity for our members and all communities through collaborative research and evaluation.

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  • Our Research

    Discovering what works best for health and health care.

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    Read about our latest news and findings.

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Welcome to Kaiser Permanente Washington
Health Research Institute

We discover ways to prevent illness and improve treatment.
We're making health and health care better for everyone.


Research

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Linking financial and public records with health care data to help predict suicide risk

New study reveals people find linkage acceptable if data is protected.

News

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Researchers begin trial for high-dose flu vaccine

KPWHRI is seeking volunteers ages 50 to 64 who have not received this season’s flu vaccine to join the trial.

Research

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A single question helps identify patients at higher risk of cannabis use disorder

1 in 5 people who use cannabis daily at risk for moderate to severe use disorder.


Our research

We study health and health care as it happens in everyday settings by everyday people, producing results that are built to work in the real world. We share our results in the public domain to benefit people everywhere.