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Five Key Takeaways from “Mind the Gap: Putting Evidence into Practice in the Era of Learning Health Systems”

Stories - Aug 30 2018

Three experts in the field of Learning Health Systems—including Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research Director Lucy Savitz—propose a new strategy for bridging the gap between health research and clinical practice.

Weighing the Alternatives: Complementary and Integrative Medicine Services at Kaiser Permanente Northwest

Stories - Aug 30 2018

Kaiser Permanente Northwest covers a range of complementary services—and the Center for Health Research plays a key role in understanding how well they work, how cost-effective they are, and what patients and doctors are saying about them.

A Shot in the Arm — CHR Team Gives Vaccine Safety Research a ‘Boost’

Stories - Aug 15 2018

Vaccination plays a major role in maintaining public health locally and across the globe. Many families in the United States immunize their children according to medical guidelines, and many adults stay on top of their own vaccinations, but public opinion on vaccine safety ranges from all-out approval to the belief that vaccines lead to severe medical issues. Available data suggest we have a lot of room to improve vaccination rates for both adults and children.

One Year In, CHR Director Lucy Savitz Is Focused on the Future

Stories - Jul 24 2018

In May 2017, for only the third time in its 53-year history, the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research (CHR) welcomed a new director. In the year since, Lucy A. Savitz, PhD, MBA, has both familiarized herself with CHR’s long history and set a course for the future with a new three-year strategic plan.

Soaring Cost of Cancer Care Prompts New Research and Dialogue

Stories - Jun 29 2018

Health systems are under significant pressure to improve patient outcomes while also controlling costs.

A Perilous 2020 U.S. Census: Why the Count Counts

Stories - Jun 21 2018

Proposed changes to the collection of census data may have troubling implications, argues CHR Director Lucy Savitz in a blog for the Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy.

In the Right Place at the Right Time: Patient Partners Attend HCSRN 2018

Stories - Jun 18 2018

For the second year, patient partners from the PORTAL network have attended the annual conference of the Health Care Systems Research Network.

Our 2017 Annual Report

Stories - Jun 05 2018

Here at Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Health Research, 2017 was a year of change, ongoing discovery, and forward momentum.

View the 2017 Annual Report

Addressing Social Needs to Improve Health at Kaiser Permanente—and Beyond

Stories - Dec 13 2017

Social determinants of health contribute greatly to health disparities, and addressing these factors can often be just as important to overall health as meeting medical needs.

Timely Publication on Opioid Dependency Makes a Splash on Twitter

Stories - Dec 07 2017

As the opioid epidemic deepens, the public looks to researchers to help explain and confront the crisis.

Stories

Five Key Takeaways from “Mind the Gap: Putting Evidence into Practice in the Era of Learning Health Systems”

Three experts in the field of Learning Health Systems—including Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research Director Lucy Savitz—propose a new strategy for bridging the gap between health research and clinical practice.

Weighing the Alternatives: Complementary and Integrative Medicine Services at Kaiser Permanente Northwest

Kaiser Permanente Northwest covers a range of complementary services—and the Center for Health Research plays a key role in understanding how well they work, how cost-effective they are, and what patients and doctors are saying about them.

A Shot in the Arm — CHR Team Gives Vaccine Safety Research a ‘Boost’

One Year In, CHR Director Lucy Savitz Is Focused on the Future

Soaring Cost of Cancer Care Prompts New Research and Dialogue

Health systems are under significant pressure to improve patient outcomes while also controlling costs.

A Perilous 2020 U.S. Census: Why the Count Counts

Proposed changes to the collection of census data may have troubling implications, argues CHR Director Lucy Savitz in a blog for the Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy.

In the Right Place at the Right Time: Patient Partners Attend HCSRN 2018

For the second year, patient partners from the PORTAL network have attended the annual conference of the Health Care Systems Research Network.

Our 2017 Annual Report

Here at Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Health Research, 2017 was a year of change, ongoing discovery, and forward momentum.

Addressing Social Needs to Improve Health at Kaiser Permanente—and Beyond

Social determinants of health contribute greatly to health disparities, and addressing these factors can often be just as important to overall health as meeting medical needs.

Timely Publication on Opioid Dependency Makes a Splash on Twitter

As the opioid epidemic deepens, the public looks to researchers to help explain and confront the crisis.

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Three experts in the field of Learning Health Systems—including Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research Director Lucy Savitz—propose a new strategy for bridging the gap between health research and clinical practice.

Kaiser Permanente Northwest covers a range of complementary services—and the Center for Health Research plays a key role in understanding how well they work, how cost-effective they are, and what patients and doctors are saying about them.

Health systems are under significant pressure to improve patient outcomes while also controlling costs.

Proposed changes to the collection of census data may have troubling implications, argues CHR Director Lucy Savitz in a blog for the Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy.

For the second year, patient partners from the PORTAL network have attended the annual conference of the Health Care Systems Research Network.

Here at Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Health Research, 2017 was a year of change, ongoing discovery, and forward momentum.

Social determinants of health contribute greatly to health disparities, and addressing these factors can often be just as important to overall health as meeting medical needs.

As the opioid epidemic deepens, the public looks to researchers to help explain and confront the crisis.

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