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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 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.
2025 in review
Top 2025 research highlights
From acupuncture for chronic back pain to improved cancer screening, these are the research stories that made headlines over the last year.
Research
Helping first-time screeners know when to return
Well-timed outreach in print and video can boost awareness of repeat screening for lung cancer, study finds.
Research
Integrating social health into primary care
ACT Center findings provide insights on screening patients for social needs and helping them connect to social services.
Research
Screening tool links alcohol use to mortality
New findings enhance clinical value of AUDIT-C screening for addressing unhealthy alcohol use in primary 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.