Findings suggest that a targeted round of vaccination among young people should instead be considered to limit local outbreaks of whooping cough A new study from Kaiser Permanente’s Vaccine Study Center found that the Tdap booster vaccine provides moderate protection…
Findings indicate that health plan’s systematic efforts to improve risk-factor control may help reduce or eliminate racial and ethnic disparities In a study of more than 1.3 million Kaiser Permanente members in Northern California that stretched over 10 years, researchers…
Adherence to recommended annual screening high among health plan members When used in a large health care system, the fecal immunochemical test (FIT) was sensitive for detecting colorectal cancer and adherence to recommended annual follow-up testing was high,making the non-invasive…
32 percent of patients with chronic conditions report better health OAKLAND, Calif., December 21, 2015 — A third of patients with chronic conditions who exchanged secure emails with their doctors said that these communications improved their overall health, according…
In the first large-scale genetic study of hernia risk in adults, researchers at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Kaiser Permanente have identified variations at four locations in the genome that underlie the risk of inguinal hernia, the most…
A diabetes prevention program administered within the nation’s largest, integrated health care system was effective in helping women with a history of gestational diabetes reach weight loss goals and increase physical activity following the birth of their children, according to…
Breastfeeding more often and for longer durations helps mother’s health Women with gestational diabetes who consistently and continuously breastfeed from the time of giving birth are half as likely to develop type 2 diabetes within two years after delivery, according…
The American Cancer Society honored Kaiser Permanente’s Theodore R. Levin, MD, for his leadership in raising the health care system’s screening rates for colorectal cancer to among the highest in the nation, at its 6th annual Jewel Ball on Saturday,…
Colleagues celebrate Collen’s life and work at American Medical Informatics Association conference in San Francisco Nov. 15 The last published work of Morris F. Collen, MD, one of the original founding doctors of Kaiser Permanente, has been published almost exactly…
Kaiser Permanente study also shows barriers remain In the first trial to compare different approaches to delivering substance use and mental health screening in primary care for adolescents, training for physicians and embedding behavioral health clinicians produced better results than…
