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Real-time in-hospital alerts associated with lower patient mortality

  • November 11, 2020
  • Critical care, Delivery Science, Hospital systems, Press Release, Uncategorized
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A sophisticated system that analyzes electronic data about hospital patients, identifies those at risk of deteriorating, and issues an alert to a centralized team of specially trained nurses resulted in a lower mortality rate, Kaiser Permanente researchers reported in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Three clinicians join innovative Kaiser Permanente Northern California research cohort

  • November 9, 2020
  • Delivery Science, Uncategorized
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Three Kaiser Permanente physicians have joined The Permanente Medical Group Physician Researcher Program, which allows them to continue their clinical work while pursuing specific research projects.
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Easy-to-implement intervention reduced prostate cancer screening in men 70 and over

  • November 5, 2020
  • Uncategorized
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Kaiser Permanente research found a computerized alert that notifies health care providers when a prostate cancer screening test is not recommended improved adherence to PSA screening guidelines.
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Standardized reporting of chest CT scans improves odds of early lung cancer diagnosis

  • November 4, 2020
  • Cancer, Hospital systems, Lung diseases
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Kaiser Permanente study finds new classification and automated referral system benefits patients.
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Pediatricians at Kaiser Permanente find advantages to video visits with children, families

  • November 2, 2020
  • Adolescent Health, Children’s health, Puberty, telehealth
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Parents, children, and pediatricians with Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC) have found advantages to home-based video medical visits, which have increased markedly since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Girls who do not live with both parents more likely to start puberty early

  • October 28, 2020
  • Adolescent Health, Children’s health, Disparities, Endocrinology, Environmental exposure, Health disparities, Nutrition, Obesity, Prevention, Puberty, Social determinants
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New study by research scientist Ai Kubo, MPH, PhD, adds to the evidence suggesting a link between early life family structure and onset of puberty.
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COVID-19 antibody research to illuminate pandemic’s course in Northern California

  • October 27, 2020
  • COVID19, Uncategorized
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Researchers with Kaiser Permanente are launching a study using blood tests for antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 virus to estimate the prevalence and incidence of COVID-19 disease in Northern California and explore whether antibodies confer protection from recurrent disease.
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Home recovery after surgery is now a mainstay for mastectomy patients

  • October 26, 2020
  • Cancer, Uncategorized, Women’s health
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In this new episode of KP Research Radio, we talk with Brooke Vuong, MD, a breast cancer surgeon at the Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center, about her research on the Surgical Home Recovery Program and the impact the program has had on her patients.
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Kaiser Permanente Northern California deepens its COVID-19 research agenda

  • October 13, 2020
  • Clinical trials, COVID19, Feature, Infectious disease, Podcast, Uncategorized, Vaccine research
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Researchers and clinicians with Kaiser Permanente Northern California are developing a wide-ranging research agenda to beat COVID-19, working at the accelerated pace demanded by a worldwide pandemic.
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It’s flu season: What you need to know about the research

  • October 9, 2020
  • Infectious disease, Podcast, Vaccine research, Vaccines
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What does it take to be sure the annual flu vaccine is effective and safe? Research. In a podcast, Nicola Klein, head of the Vaccine Study Center, tackles some common questions about the vaccine and recent findings.
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