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  Irrational … but predictable

  Seattle—home of “Book Lust” librarian Nancy Pearl—is a city of books. Here’s a recommendation from Anne Renz.
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  Medical Care special issue features Safety Net Medical Home Initiative

  Progress report on landmark initiative to improve care for vulnerable populations.
• 7 big cost-cutting ideas from the Birnbaum panel

  With the nation’s health care cost crisis worsening, we invited three leading experts on the topic to address Group Health’s annual Birnbaum Endowed Lecture. Challenging our community to deliver on its promise of affordable care for all, the panel offered plenty of ideas—along with some comic relief.
• Triple wins for the 2014 Birnbaum Award

  Each year at the Birnbaum Lecture, Group Health Research Institute presents the Birnbaum Award to Group Health staff who’ve made extraordinary contributions to the organization’s development as a learning health care system. At the 2014 Lecture, the award will be presented to people involved in three outstanding projects, all funded by Group Health’s Partnership for Innovation.
• Greatest hits: How Group Health research changed the world in 2013

  How did Group Health research influence care in the real world? Whether our results made an immediate splash or rippled out more gradually, our year-end review shows our work is improving health outcomes, practice, and policy—at Group Health and beyond
• 2014: From uncertainty to confidence

  We at Group Health Research Institute (GHRI) felt unsure in early 2013 how sequestration and threats of government shutdown might harm our research, which is mostly federally funded. But we ended the year with confidence and hope.
• Back pain: Research on new Group Health guidelines will shine light on changing systems of care

  Few health conditions are as common and confounding as back pain, the second leading cause of all doctor visits.