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    KPWHRI improves health, well-being, and health equity for our members and all communities through collaborative research and evaluation.

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    Discovering what works best for health and health care.

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    Read about our latest news and findings.

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Welcome to Kaiser Permanente Washington
Health Research Institute

We discover ways to prevent illness and improve treatment.
We're making health and health care better for everyone.


Healthy Findings Blog

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Understanding the needs of people seeking care for substance use

Joe Glass explores how to engage patients with treatment for alcohol or drug use.

New findings

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Resistant E. coli rises despite drop in ciprofloxacin use

Community circulation of ciprofloxacin-resistant E. coli increased after 6-year reduction in antibiotic prescriptions

Research

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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.


Our research

We study health and health care as it happens in everyday settings by everyday people, producing results that are built to work in the real world. We share our results in the public domain to benefit people everywhere.