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Janssen phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial to begin at KPWHRIThe institute is participating in NIAID tests of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines.
vaccine, COVID, Janssen, Johnson & Johnson
2020-10-30
LHS Program welcomes Dr. Kat BarnesKP Washington family doc joins our Learning Health System Program to help identify and spread best practices.
Kaiser Permanente, learning health system, primary care, KPWA
2020-10-28
KPWHRI to lead network to address social needsKatie Coleman and Cara Lewis will co-direct a national network that supports work to address members’ social health.
social determinants of health, learning health system, SONNET, MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation
2020-10-19
Delta Center announces funding for 8 more statesKPWHRI’s MacColl Center will continue as a partner in the effort to advance value-based payment and care in the safety net
primary care, behavioral health, safety net, RWJF, health care reform
2020-10-15
Which women are receiving MRI to screen for breast cancer?An epidemiologist identifies who is appropriately undergoing this imaging for breast cancer and who is not.
breast cancer, screening, MRI, mammogram
2020-10-07
HEAL responds to double crisis: Opioids and COVID-19Health care is increasingly online—KPWHRI is studying telehealth options for opioid use disorder and chronic pain.
chronic pain, patient safety, opioids, addiction, opioid use disorder
2020-10-05
3 concrete steps to lessen disparities in health careLatinos are underrepresented in U.S. research studies. Magaly Ramirez, PhD, explains how to achieve greater diversity.
research, equity, systemic racism, Latino, Hispanic, diversity
2020-10-01
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.