The Kaiser Permanente Division of Research conducts, publishes, and disseminates epidemiologic and health services research to improve the health and medical care of Kaiser Permanente members and society at large. We seek to understand the determinants of illness and well-being, and to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of health care. Currently, DOR’s 550-plus staff is working on more than 350 epidemiological and health services research projects.
By Janet Byron, Senior Communications Consultant Kaiser Permanente Chairman and CEO Bernard J. Tyson thanks CARDIA study participants for 30 years of contributions to medical research. In 1985, Kaiser Permanente researchers asked Wanda Johnson of Oakland if she would like…
JAMA Viewpoint article highlights uncertainties about risks vs. benefits in elderly While many Americans take statins to protect their heart health, a JAMA Viewpoint article published today by a nationally recognized geriatrics researcher from UMass Medical School and two Kaiser…
Research to focus on preventing deadly blood clots in veins and lungs The University of California, San Francisco and Kaiser Permanente California have received more than $3.5 million to fund a study that will compare the effectiveness of both new…
Kaiser Permanente study finds dramatic, ongoing improvements linked to population-based prevention and care Heart attack rates among an ethnically diverse population of more than 3.8 million Kaiser Permanente members in Northern California fell 23 percent from 2008 to 2014, as…
New $13 million study funded by National Institute on Aging will revisit patients who were first screened as long as 50 years ago A new five-year, $13 million Kaiser Permanente study will revisit physical exams undertaken from the 1960s through…
After more than a decade of steady improvements, the decline in mortality rates from heart disease and stroke has slowed nationally and nearly leveled out since 2011, according to a new analysis from Kaiser Permanente published in JAMA Cardiology. “Continued…
Scientists develop a highly accurate method to predict type 2 diabetes after delivery in women with gestational diabetes An international team of researchers has discovered a simple, accurate new way to predict which women with gestational diabetes will develop type…
Results in the Kaiser Permanente integrated intervention program demonstrate the value of interactive preventive services in alcohol and drug treatment In the first trial of an intervention focused on increasing alcohol and drug treatment patients’ engagement in their own health…
