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Advance Alert Monitor Results in Lower Patient Mortality
Kaiser Permanente’s Advance Alert Monitor uses a combination of sophisticated informatics tools, clinician guidance, and system integration.
Three Clinicians Join Innovative Kaiser Permanente Northern California Research Cohort
Physician Researcher Program now hosts a baker’s dozen of doctors pursuing research to influence care delivery.
COVID-19 Antibody Research to Illuminate Pandemic’s Course in Northern California
Kaiser Permanente among 25 recipients of grants from National Cancer Institute’s SeroNet program.
Kaiser Permanente Northern California Deepens Its COVID-19 Research Agenda
Division of Research investigators examine the pandemic’s effects from all angles.
Active Tuberculosis Linked To Higher Long-term Risk of Death
In a retrospective Kaiser Permanente study, people who recovered from active tuberculosis had a higher long-term risk of death from any cause than similar patients who never had active tuberculosis.
Telehealth Appointments Improve Follow-up Care in Patients with Heart Failure
Kaiser Permanente study is first to compare early telehealth approach to early in-person follow-up.
Teens, Parents, Physicians Support Screening Young People for Gender Identity, Study Suggests
Kaiser Permanente physician researchers say screening could improve care for gender diverse adolescents.
Could Heart Drug Reduce COVID-19 Risk?
Scientists at the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research started a clinical trial in August, called MITIGATE COVID-19, that will look at whether a drug used to reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke can also prevent or reduce the risk of COVID-19, [...]
Fewer Endometrial Cancer Diagnoses During COVID-19 Pandemic
New Kaiser Permanente study one of first to show novel coronavirus impact on cancer detection.