• 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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Understanding adoption of Lock to Live, a decision aid supporting suicide prevention

KPWHRI research finds ways to increase use of a firearm safety tool.

News

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Filling evidence gaps on obesity treatment

Several new grants will fund research on effectiveness, safety, and equitable use of anti-obesity medications.

Research

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Identifying patients in need of social support services

Kaiser Permanente researchers develop predictive model to help adults with multiple health conditions.


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.