A pilot program supported by Kaiser Permanente will boost clinical, operational, and financial performance of safety net clinics, with CCHE evaluating.
When more people are covered, clinics have more patients. Maggie Jones writes that safety net clinics are adjusting, supported by private foundations.
In The BMJ, NIH Collaboratory provides guide to success for pragmatic trials.
Dr. Eric Chen, MD, PhD, is among the Group Health physicians and leaders to receive this new appointment.
Lisa A. Jackson, MD, MPH, is leading a study of pneumococcal vaccine in older adults at six Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Units (VTEUs) across the nation, including at Group Health. Dr. Jackson, a senior investigator at Group Health Research Institute, leads the Seattle-area VTEU. Dr. Jackson and her colleagues plan to see if a higher dose of a pneumococcal vaccine will create a stronger immune response in older adults who received an earlier-generation vaccine against pneumonia and other pneumococcal diseases.
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