Health Professionals

Our scientists study health care as it happens in everyday clinics and hospitals, turning research into better health for patients everywhere.

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Physician/researcher Dr. Sascha Dublin practices family medicine at Kaiser Permanente's Federal Way Medical Center. 

Our research

Helping health care teams better meet patients’ needs

Health research often happens in experimental settings that differ from clinics and hospitals where most Americans get their care. But at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, we study care as it’s delivered to a real-world population of health plan members over time. We collaborate with health care teams at Kaiser Permanente Washington and beyond to ensure that we’re asking the right questions—and that our findings can be used to improve everyday patient care.

Through the Center for Accelerating Care Transformation (ACT Center), we’re helping to transform care nationwide by developing and testing innovative models of care, and providing the training and technical assistance that health care teams need to better meet patients’ needs.


Research

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Is medical use of cannabis as risky as nonmedical use?

New findings indicate medical cannabis use is associated with a lower risk of moderate to severe cannabis use disorder.

News

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Toolkit offers guidance for people with persistent pain

The new comprehensive resource was written from the perspective of patients experiencing ongoing pain.  

New findings

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Some adolescents are more likely to use patient portal than others

A new study aims to understand trends in digital care communication among teens.

Research to practice

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Home blood pressure monitoring: From study to clinic

Beverly Green, MD, and Kaiser Permanente work to improve hypertension care.


Visit the ACT Center

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Moving research into action, together

KPWHRI’s Center for Accelerating Care Transformation improves health for people and communities by streamlining the path from research to practice.