The Kaiser Permanente Research Program on #11;Genes, Environment and Health
January 30, 2013 | Grantee
Building a unique databank that will enable groundbreaking studies of genetic, environmental, and social determinants of common disease.
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Building Big Data, One Swab at a Time
March 14, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
PBS NewsHour recently featured Pioneer grantee Kaiser biobank. In her blog post, Nancy Barrand shares how Pioneer first became involved with Kaiser's biobank.
A Health Care Identifier for Each Patient
October 29, 2012 | Program Result
Researchers at Western Health Information Network demonstrated the technical feasibility of using a voluntary universal health care identifier card to link each person with their health record.
OpenNotes: A "New Medicine" with Clear Benefits
October 1, 2012 | Video
OpenNotes, a year-long study set out to answer a simple, but revolutionary, question: What happens when we give patients access to the notes their doctors write about them? The answer: Patients become more active partners in their own care.
Kaiser Permanente "Biobank" Receives $25-Million Grant from National Institutes of Health
October 12, 2009 | News Release
New platform for cross-researching genetic, health, environmental data could lead to better treatments, new ways to prevent illness.
Mining a Treasure Trove of Essential Information about People’s Health
November 27, 2012 | Story
Some of the richest information about people’s health lies in their attention to the details of their own lives.
Project HealthDesign: Rethinking the Power and Potential of Personal Health Records
January 30, 2013 | National Program/Grant/Grantee
Rethinking the power and potential of personal health records.
Project HealthDesign: Rethinking the Power and Potential of Personal Health Records
October 1, 2010 | Program Result
Project HealthDesign addresses the challenge of giving people the information tools they need in personal health records to help manage their health conditions.
A Patient's View of OpenNotes
October 2, 2012 | Journal Article
The authors discuss the positive outcomes from a year-long experimental study, OpenNotes, where patients could access their doctor’s notes.
Pushing the Envelope of Electronic Patient Portals to Engage Patients
October 2, 2012 | Journal Article
This editorial discusses OpenNotes, an experiment where patients were allowed to access their primary care providers’ electronic notes via patient portals.