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A Focus on Women's Health
••Winter 2005/Vol. 9, No. 1

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Clinical Contributions


This special edition of The Permanente Journal features a sampling of the excellent research, innovative programs, and health education that Kaiser Permanente has developed to address women’s health needs. These programs, and others like them, constantly improve the quality of the health care we provide to our female members.

 

RESEARCH
Why Research at KP?
Joseph Selby, MD
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The Women’s Health Research Institute: Mission Overview with Featured Research Projects.
Ruth Shaber, MD
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Fragile Fracture Care Management Program.
Maggie Che, MD; Bruce Ettinger, MD; Jennifer Johnston, MPH; Alice Pressman, MS; Judy Liang, PharmD
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Intrauterine Contraception: Study to Evaluate Clinical Practice and to Increase Utilization.
Debbie Postlethwaite, RNP, MPH
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Management of Menopause and Midlife Health Issues: What Do Midlife Women Want from Primary Care Clinicians?
Tracy Flanagan, MD; Carl A Serrato, PhD; Andrea Altschuler, PhD; Karen Tallman, PhD; Elizabeth Thomas, MD
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The Perinatal Patient Safety Project: New Can Be Great!
Julie Nunes, RN, MS, CPHRM; Sharon McFerran, RN, PhD, CPHQ
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Four Decades of Research on Hormonal Contraception.
Diana B Petitti, MD, MPH; Stephen Sidney, MD, MPH
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INNOVATION
Translating Research into Innovative Practice.

Debbie Postlethwaite, RNP, MPH
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Managing High-Risk Obstetric Cases and Analyzing Neonatal Outcome: The KP Northern California Regional Perinatal Service Center.
Yvonne Crites, MD; Jenny Ching, RN, BSN; Connie Lessner, RN; Deborah Ray, MD
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Minilaparotomy: A Minimally Invasive Alternative for Major Gynecologic Abdominal Surgery.
Mark H Glasser, MD
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Laparoscopically Assisted Vaginal Extraction of the Kidney after Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy.
Christian S Sunoo, MD; Randal A Aaberg, MD; Joyce K Nakamura, MD
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Women at Risk for Coronary Heart Disease: How Research is Translated Into Innovation and Quality Outcomes at Kaiser Permanente.
Eleanor Levin, MD, FACC; Joyce Arango, DrPH
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Mammography Screening: Addressing Myths and Other Reasons for Noncompliance.
Adrienne D Mims, MD, MPH; John Zetzsche, MS; Kecia A Leatherwood, MS
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The Kaiser Permanente Interregional Breast Care Leaders.
Douglas Shearer; Mark Littlewood, MPA, CHE, CPHRM
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Vision, Research, Innovation, and Influence: Early Start's 15-Year Journey from Pilot Project to Regional Program.
Leslie Lieberman, MSW; Cosette Taillac, LCSW, BCD; Nancy Goler, MD
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Family Violence Prevention Program: Another Way to Save a Life.
Brigid McCaw, MD, MS, MPH, FACP; Krista Kotz, PhD, MPH
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Preventing Unintended Pregnancy: Eight Years of Effort at KP San Diego.
Charles I Jones, MD; Wansu Chen, MS; Karen S Mulligan, RNC, CPHQ
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Fighting Breast Cancer: A Call for a New Paradigm.
Mark Binstock, MD, MPH
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Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Patients with Breast Cancer: Five-Year Experience.
Richard S Godfrey, MD; Dennis R Holmes, MD; Anjali S Kumar, MD, MPH; Susan E Kutner, MD
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Kaiser Permanente Women's Health Center of Excellence in Culturally Competent Care.
David Newhouse, MD; Maria Servin, MSW; Mala Seshagiri, MS, RD

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EDUCATION
Can Patients and Physicians Thrive in the 21st Century?

Scott M Gee, MD; Rachelle Mirkin, MPH
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The Women's Health Track of the Kaiser Permanente National Primary Care Conference.
Ruth Shaber, MD
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The Emergency Contraception Online Learning Module.
Debbie Postlethwaite, RNP, MPH
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Teen Challenges.
Jennifer Cullen
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