SEPTEMBER 2019
Healthy Hearts Northwest helps smaller primary care clinics improve care
New study shows how a little supplemental support can result in big gains—especially in blood pressure care.
Weight-loss surgery linked to fewer heart attacks and deaths
Death and heart complications were 40 percent less common in people with obesity and diabetes when they had bariatric surgery.
Medical imaging rates keep rising despite push to reduce them
Potential harms should be considered before scanning, conclude UC and Kaiser Permanente researchers.
The ACT study: Looking toward the future
At 25 years, the Adult Changes in Thought study is committed to science, collaboration, and jokes, writes Erin Bowles.
Implementation scientists to meet in Seattle Sept. 12-14
The Society for Implementation Research Collaboration’s 5th Biennial Conference will explore the intersection of research, policy, and practice.
Accountable Communities of Health have made strides
With a new multi-sector collaboration model, Erin Hertel led CCHE’s evaluation showing ACHs can help make a Healthier Washington.
The House of God at 40
We can still learn from a 1970s novel based on real-life doctors, Dr. Eric B. Larson writes, recalling his internship time with them.
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