All Articles on Health

• Group Health & UW showcase analytic methods built for the real world

  Unlike traditional randomized controlled trials—which collect data on carefully selected populations under ideal conditions—pragmatic clinical trials take place in everyday settings and take advantage of existing data sources, such as electronic health records (EHRs). These methods will take center stage this September at the First Seattle Symposium on Health Care Data Analytics.
• Recently using some birth control pills may raise breast cancer risk

  Women who recently used birth control pills containing high-dose estrogen and a few other formulations had an increased risk for breast cancer, whereas women using some other formulations did not, according to a report about Group Health patients published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
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  Group Health nurse midwives test innovative care model

  Nurse midwives test innovative care model: combining individual care with group support
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  How to prevent disparities in colon cancer screening

  Group Health, Kaiser Permanente researchers in JAMA Internal Medicine
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  FDA warnings on antidepressants may have backfired

  Changes in antidepressant use may have led to more teen suicide attempts.
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  Families like practical wellness program

  Group Health tests behavioral treatment for obesity in real-world setting
• 7 big cost-cutting ideas from the Birnbaum panel

  With the nation’s health care cost crisis worsening, we invited three leading experts on the topic to address Group Health’s annual Birnbaum Endowed Lecture. Challenging our community to deliver on its promise of affordable care for all, the panel offered plenty of ideas—along with some comic relief.