Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research News Archive 2019
december 2019
November 2019
- HOME Trial Team wins 2019 Birnbaum Award
- Mailing home HPV tests may provide alternative to Pap screening
- What drives Karen Wernli to study breast cancer?
- FDA to expand drug-safety monitoring system
- Stopping violence: What can health care do right now?
- Katie Coleman appointed MacColl Center director
- Fellows launch 6 projects to reduce medical overuse
- NIH funds study to identify high-risk suicide patients
october 2019
- Diabetes is more common among minorities at lower weights
- Opioids: Encouraging trends and new challenges
- NIH awards KPWHRI 3 HEAL grants totaling over $15 million
- Watch our new video, ‘Research for the rest of us’
- Dr. Eric Larson to deliver Birnbaum Lecture Nov. 13
- How women are breaking academia’s glass ceiling
September 2019
- Healthy Hearts Northwest helps smaller primary care clinics improve care
- Weight-loss surgery linked to fewer heart attacks and deaths
- Medical imaging rates keep rising despite push to reduce them
- The ACT study: Looking toward the future
- Implementation scientists to meet in Seattle Sept. 12-14
- Accountable Communities of Health have made strides
august 2019
- What drives Dr. Rita Mangione-Smith?
- CT scan use in pregnancy rose in US and Canada over two decades
- Primary care patients say ‘it’s important to ask’ about suicidal thoughts
- Could ‘deprescribing’ anticholinergic drugs prevent dementia?
- What does ‘patient-centered, family-centered care’ mean?
- Mindfulness: Practicing what we preach (and study)
july 2019
- Nature contact: A prescription for health and well-being
- How to prevent suicide by firearms?
- Financial incentives increase stool testing
- Change and constancy in a time of transition
- Six Building Blocks help small rural clinics to manage opioids better
- Oral Health 4 Life: A decade of research to improve smokers’ health and dental health care
june 2019
- Top pediatric physican-scientist chosen to lead Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institue
- Why does Nora Henrikson study patients' cost of treatment?
- Breast MRIs after cancer may lead to unneeded biopsies
- Bebe Rexha can call herself whatever she wants
- Suicide prevention efforts must embrace complexities, nuance
- 6 Value Champions tackle medical overuse in safety net
- Symposium sparks learning for health care transformation
may 2019
- Training for caregivers of people with dementia: How to scale up
- Dr. Greg Simon wins national suicide prevention award
- Preventing firearm injury and death: A priority for care providers and researchers
- What drives Dr. Bradley to study preventing alcohol use disorders?
- Health systems researchers foster enduring partnerships at 25th anniversary
- Of big data, systems change, research partnerships, and planting redwoods
April 2019
- Washington state members begin joining the KP research biobank
- Using phentermine for weight loss longer term found to be safe, effective
- No magic bullet to prevent Alzheimer’s, but encouraging healthy behaviors could be key
- Study shows benefits of 3D mammography
- Do drugs cause falls for adults with dementia?
- SPARCC learns from communities about improving racial equity
March 2019
- How to maximize screening for colon cancer?
- Think globally, act locally: KPWHRI helps set state guidelines for care
- Esketamine: How to assess new antidepressant’s efficacy
- Can targeted flu vaccines lower hospitalization risk?
- KPWHRI appoints Dr. Marlaine Figueroa Gray assistant investigator
- Annual mentorship award honors Deborah King and Dr. Diana Buist
February 2019
- How should we study the health of neighborhoods?
- Tackling opioids: Rethinking a ‘medicalized’ approach to pain
- Can being mindful and accepting help you stop smoking?
- As the flu spreads, vaccination offers protection
- Patient perceptions shine light on preventing unexpected suicide attempts
- Why does Dr. Cara Lewis study implementation science?
January 2019
- Partnership with rural-health expert aims to improve heart care throughout three states
- Four CATALyST scholars selected to train as learning health system scientists
- What motivates Dr. David Arterburn to study obesity?
- Co-designing health care with patients: A how-to guide
- Let's put measurement-based care in behavioral health treatment
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