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Our scientists study health care as it happens in everyday clinics and hospitals, turning research into better health for patients everywhere.
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Physician/researcher Dr. Sascha Dublin practices family medicine at Kaiser Permanente's Federal Way Medical Center.
Our research
Helping health care teams better meet patients’ needs
Health research often happens in experimental settings that differ from clinics and hospitals where most Americans get their care. But at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, we study care as it’s delivered to a real-world population of health plan members over time. We collaborate with health care teams at Kaiser Permanente Washington and beyond to ensure that we’re asking the right questions—and that our findings can be used to improve everyday patient care.
Through the Center for Accelerating Care Transformation (ACT Center), we’re helping to transform care nationwide by developing and testing innovative models of care, and providing the training and technical assistance that health care teams need to better meet patients’ needs.
Research
Is medical use of cannabis as risky as nonmedical use?
New findings indicate medical cannabis use is associated with a lower risk of moderate to severe cannabis use disorder.
News
Toolkit offers guidance for people with persistent pain
The new comprehensive resource was written from the perspective of patients experiencing ongoing pain.
Research
Some adolescents are more likely to use patient portal than others
A new study aims to understand trends in digital care communication among teens.
Research to practice
Home blood pressure monitoring: From study to clinic
Beverly Green, MD, and Kaiser Permanente work to improve hypertension care.
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Moving research into action, together
KPWHRI’s Center for Accelerating Care Transformation improves health for people and communities by streamlining the path from research to practice.
Land Acknowledgment
Our Seattle offices sit on the occupied land of the Duwamish and by the shared waters of the Coast Salish people, who have been here thousands of years and remain. Learn about practicing land acknowledgment.