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In time for your New Year’s resolutions: Anne Renz has a book recommendation for usSwitch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard provides a framework for organizational and personal change.
decision-making, organizational change, personal improvement
2015-12-30
Group Health’s guidelines helped our Group Practice reduce doses of opioids for chronic painDr. Michael Von Korff discusses how Washington state guidelines also appeared to lower opioid doses, but large dose reductions followed health plan initiatives.
2015-12-28
Deep sedation raises risk of complications from colonoscopyDr. Karen Wernli asks: If deep sedation during colonoscopy raises your risk, is it worth the cost to wake up quickly?
colonoscopy, anesthesia, propofol
2015-12-22
‘Concussion’ movie sheds light on discoveries that may prevent dementiaActor Will Smith plays a hero who discovers how football injuries lead to brain disease. At GHRI, Group Health members are contributing to a similar cause.
dementia, brain trauma, concussions, NFL
2015-12-21
Thanks to Group Health research, I helped save a lifeRecruiting participants for a colon-cancer screening study wasn’t easy. But a young interviewer discovered her work may have prevented someone’s untimely death.
research, screening, colon cancer
2015-12-17
The inventor’s dilemma: What's unique about health care technology?Dr. Eric B. Larson finds a link between the recent Kaiser acquisition news and a friend’s JAMA essay on health care innovations.
health care, Kaiser Permanente, innovation
2015-12-16
Public health on the big screen in ChicagoCenter for Community Health and Evaluation researchers star in a video about achieving real changes in health care.
2015-12-11
