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Is a picture worth 1,000 words if patients don’t understand it?Graphic data displays, like on a Fitbit app, are meant to motivate patients to change behavior and understand their care. But do they work?
2016-01-28
Memoirs offer insiders’ view of mental health careVirginia Immanuel recommends two books with firsthand testimony about our nation’s mental health care system.
2016-01-25
‘You’re never more creative’: New directors Paula Lozano and Diana BuistDr. Eric B. Larson welcomes new GHRI leaders in research collaborations and translation.
2016-01-21
Better together: Dyad structure is key in health department’s successEvaluators find Seattle/King Country Public Health nails a whopping 22 of its 24 strategies in a $25 million initiative to improve public health.
quit smoking, exercise, public health
2016-01-19
Closing the knowledge gap on prevention in pediatricsDoes routine screening for autism, high cholesterol, and other problems improve kids’ health? We need better research to find out, Dr. Grossman says.
preventive medicine, pediatrics, well-child visits
2016-01-13
Group Health’s new lung cancer screening program shows promiseA project to find early cancers is saving lives, thanks to teamwork, writes Jennifer Nazarko, Group Health director of medical specialties.
2016-01-08
Our top 6 reasons why ‘it was a very good year’See how 2015 was the Institute’s best year yet—for funding and practical impact, improving people’s health at Group Health and across the country.
research, breast cancer, screening, anticholinergic drugs
2016-01-07
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