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Detecting, assessing suicidal ideation during COVID-19Drs. Greg Simon and Megan Gary share how new processes improved suicide risk identification when mental health visits went virtual.
mental health, suicide prevention, COVID-19, telehealth, suicidal ideation
2021-07-06
Deprescribing: Less may be moreDr. Sascha Dublin explains why sometimes not taking medications may be a safer and healthier choice.
aging, deprescribing, Medication Use & Patient Safety
2021-06-15
How to become a clinical value championKPWHRI’s MacColl Center launches online training to help clinicians identify and curb overused services in clinical practice.
MacColl Center, low-value care, medical overuse, value champions, free training
2021-06-14
Bringing community to the tableKPWHRI research partner Neely Williams shares her views on hesitancy in health research in the Black community.
research hesitancy, Tuskegee study, Black community
2021-06-10
Is bariatric surgery helpful in chronic kidney disease?In a study in Annals of Surgery, Kaiser Permanente researchers and colleagues share new findings that bariatric surgery is linked to lower death risk in persons with chronic kidney disease and obesity.
bariatric surgery, obesity, weight loss, chronic kidney disease, CKD, dialysis
2021-06-09
How infrastructure projects can better accommodate health and equityA new brief spotlights health impact assessments as a process to improve planning for major developments.
CCHE, community health, RWJF, equity, health impact assessment, infrastructure, urban planning, Pew Charitable Trusts
2021-06-01
Built environment doesn’t play expected role in weight gainNew research suggests fast food and other aspects of built environments don’t affect weight, contrary to earlier findings.
obesity, built environment, urban density, weight gain
2021-05-28
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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.