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Health Research Institute
We discover ways to prevent illness and improve treatment.
We're making health and health care better for everyone.
Electronic health records
EHR study offers insights on medical cannabis use
New research examines providers’ notes to understand patients’ cannabis use and health conditions.
Healthy findings blog
Mentoring and funding support researcher diversity
Kayne Mettert reflects on lived experience — and his drive to reduce stigma around mental health disorders.
News
Examining racial inequity in suicide prediction models
Kaiser Permanente researchers stress need to test how prediction models perform in all racial, ethnic groups.
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.
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.