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James Ralston, MD, MPH

Patient-centered IT

Researcher Dr. James Ralston and colleagues urged the nation’s policymakers to include patient experience in health IT funding criteria.

Improving health and health care for everyone

David Grossman, MD, PhD, and Cindy Johnson

Value-based insurance

Researcher Dr. David Grossman and Human Resources Executive Vice President Cindy Johnson helped create Total Health, one of the first plans linking wellness and insurance design.

Improving health and health care for everyone

Sarah Paige, PhD, MPH, and DeAnn Cromp, MPH

Community health

Program evaluators Dr. Sarah Paige and DeAnn Cromp review King County’s CDC-funded obesity and tobacco prevention initiative to see what really works.

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Michelle Seelig, MD, MPH, and Robert Reid, MD, PhD

Medical home

Researcher Dr. Robert Reid and colleagues found the patient-centered medical home model improved patient experience, cost, care quality, and work environment.

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Gary Riggins and Sue Ruedebusch, RN

Coordinated ‘TEAMcare’

Patient Gary Riggins took control of his diabetes with help from his care team, including nurse care manager Sue Ruedebusch.

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MacColl Center’s LEAP study scans the nation to solve workforce crisis. Read our research newsletter.
‘Choosing Wisely’ initiative may be a tipping point for costs and ethics. Read Notes from Eric.
Team care of chronic diseases seems cost-effective. UW–Group Health approach to depression and diabetes pays off.
Risk factors may inform breast cancer screening. Mammograms might benefit women in their 40s with family history or dense breasts.
Naturopathic care can improve blood sugar, mood in diabetes. Holistic approach added to benefits of usual care in joint Group Health–Bastyr University study.
Problems in cancer care are not uncommon. Difficulties occur more often in communication than in medical care.
Yoga eases back pain in largest U.S. yoga study to date. Group Health randomized controlled trial in Archives of Internal Medicine.
AHRQ’s Michael L. Parchman to lead MacColl Center. Center, founded by Ed Wagner, is in Group Health Research Institute.
Group Health establishes major initiative to prevent opioid abuse and overdose. Health Affairs report describes ground-breaking effort.