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Nature contact: A prescription for health and well-beingDr. Jennifer McClure talks about green spaces, forest bathing, and the health benefits of spending time in nature.
mental health, behavioral health, nature, integrative health, complementary health, outdoors, hiking, forest bathing, Jennifer McClure
2019-07-11
6 Building Blocks helps rural clinics to manage opioidsDr. Michael Parchman and colleagues use new ways to enable small clinics to reduce opioid use in the Pacific Northwest.
primary care, opioids, rural health care
2019-07-08
Financial incentives increase stool testingDr. Beverly Green's research explores a novel way to reduce disparities in screening for colon cancer.
health equity, Colon cancer screening, financial incentives
2019-07-05
Why focus on improving smokers’ dental hygiene?After a decade of study, Dr. Jennifer McClure takes stock of the benefits and challenges of the Oral Health 4 Life program.
tobacco, oral health, public health, smoking, oral hygeine, quitlines
2019-06-24
How to prevent suicide by firearms?Julie Richards’ study is one of the first three funded by Kaiser Permanente’s Firearm Injury Prevention Task Force
prevention, suicide, suicide prevention, guns
2019-06-21
Top pediatric physician-scientist chosen to lead Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research InstituteRita Mangione-Smith, MD, MPH, brings expertise in quality improvement and health systems from her leadership posts at Seattle Children’s and University of Washington School of Medicine.
Kaiser Permanente, leadership, vice president, executive director
2019-06-17
Using breast MRI after cancer may lead to unneeded biopsiesKaiser Permanente-led BCSC study among largest to evaluate adding MRI surveillance for breast cancer survivors
2019-06-04
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.