Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research News Archive 2020
DECEmber 2020
- 10 ways we helped chart a safer passage
- NIH-Moderna COVID-19 vaccine receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization
- Tips for a safe and sane holiday — despite COVID
- The next stage in COVID-19 vaccine research
- A deep dive into KPWHRI’s Virtual Data Warehouse
- COVID-19 pandemic: A great reason to quit smoking
november 2020
october 2020
- Which women are receiving MRI to screen for breast cancer?
- COVID-19 vaccine generates immune response in older adults
- HEAL responds to double crisis: Opioids and COVID-19
- 3 concrete steps to lessen disparities in health care
- Flu shot Q&A: Does COVID-19 change our approach?
- Vaccine hesitancy in the time of COVID-19
september 2020
august 2020
- COVID-19 vaccine well tolerated, generates immune response
- Decades in the making: A look back at what makes MacColl, MacColl
- Benefit of 3D mammogram less with very dense breasts
- Integrating personalized and population medicine
- New Lancet report offers hope for preventing dementia
- COVID-19 pandemic research at KPWHRI
july 2020
- No going back: We must rise up now to end structural racism
- COVID-19 vaccine trial registry opens for volunteers
- We decreased people’s sedentary time—by an hour a day>
- Medication in pregnancy: Better data for healthier kids
- What defines outstanding primary care leadership?
- Seattle team to build hi-res brain map of Alzheimer’s disease
- How effective is acupuncture for chronic back pain?
june 2020
- Future is now: Virtual care
transforms health systems - 5 questions with a flu and COVID-19 epidemiologist
- Delivering on promise of virtual mental health care
- How seniors can build resilience during pandemic
- Online journal launches for implementation research
- Back pain: Do's and don’ts to get you back in action
may 2020
- Coronavirus vaccine trial now includes older people
- How epidemiologists predict the future of COVID-19
- Making self-care videos in the age of pandemic
- Alcohol and drug use care goes virtual with COVID-19
- Pandemic highlights need for pragmatic clinical trials
- Supporting safety net clinics: Successes and challenges
- 7 ways to protect your brain—and your thinking power
APRIL 2020
- Research versus COVID-19
- Surviving an FFP: COVID-19
- Ask an epidemiologist: Where to learn online about COVID-19
- 30 years of evaluations to improve community health
- Weight loss lasts long after bariatric surgery
- Doctor, how long do I have? New tool estimates cancer survival
- Evidence for managing menopause symptoms
March 2020
- KPWHRI enrolling participants in coronavirus vaccine study
- Learning what works to bridge care and coverage
- Best weight-loss surgery for diabetes, severe obesity?
- Artificial intelligence: Aiding, not replacing radiologists
- CATALyST adds scholar positions for learning health systems research
- Read Marsha Linehan’s book: Building a Life Worth Living
- How do you know when you’re depressed?
FEBRUARY 2020
January 2020
- Partnering with research, CRS program addresses social needs in primary care
- Lessons in screening for adverse childhood experiences (ACES)
- From 17 years to 17 months: Implementation of suicide risk assessment
- When does your child need antibiotics?
- Vaccines: Benefits outweigh the risks
- 2019 mentorship awards go to Jane Anau and Dr. Jessica Chubak
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