How did Group Health research influence care in the real world? Whether our results made an immediate splash or rippled out more gradually, our year-end review shows our work is improving health outcomes, practice, and policy—at Group Health and beyond
We at Group Health Research Institute (GHRI) felt unsure in early 2013 how sequestration and threats of government shutdown might harm our research, which is mostly federally funded. But we ended the year with confidence and hope.
Few health conditions are as common and confounding as back pain, the second leading cause of all doctor visits.
Last month brought good news for those interested in preventing or delaying dementia—which is predicted to triple between now and the year 2050, affecting 115 billion people worldwide.
Research teams at Group Health Research Institute have been approved for funding awards by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study opioid therapy and asthma—and to help expand a health data network that will be part of PCORnet: the National Patient-Centered National Clinical Research Network.
When we say that Group Health Research Institute (GHRI) does practical research to help people like you and your family stay healthy, what do we mean? The short answer: We study what works—and what doesn't—to achieve the most important outcome for people.
For Group Health Research Institute’s (GHRI) 30th anniversary, we asked our faculty and staff: How will your work today influence health and health care 30 years from now, in the year 2043?
Land Acknowledgment
Our Seattle offices sit on the occupied land of the Duwamish and by the shared waters of the Coast Salish people, who have been here thousands of years and remain. Learn about practicing land acknowledgment.