Go behind the scenes of a surgery as Orthopedic Surgeon Divya Singh does the "dance of the OR"
Everyone on the team has a role in a safe, smooth operation. A little background music keeps them all in step.  watch the video >>

Pharmacy choices keep patients from harm
Group Health’s evidence-based approach to selecting medications for its formulary started 20 years ago. A drug must be proven safe and effective over time to pass our Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee’s rigorous standards.   read more >>

GHP doctors share a passion for teaching
“As a doctor, teaching the next generation of providers is professionally satisfying and fun,” says David Kauff, MD. “It reminds you of everything you know, what you don’t know, and reaffirms why we chose this profession.”  read more >>

Group Health Gets Medicare 5-Star Rating
Group Health Cooperative's 2012 Medicare Advantage HMO plans have received a five-star rating — the highest from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). We are the only combined Medicare C and D health plan in our service area to receive this prestigious five-star rating.  read more >>

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Got a mobile device? Group Health goes where members go
The online services Group Health members have come to love and rely on—including sending secure e-mails to their doctors, viewing lab results, and making appointments—are available through a groundbreaking mobile app.  watch the video >>

Air Force Surgeon General seeks innovations here
We recently hosted Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Charles Green for a tour of our Capitol Hill Campus and in-depth conversations about how we practice. Trained as a family medicine doctor and flight surgeon, Gen. Green was interested to learn what shared decision making and patient-centered specialty care can mean for his work in the Air Force, and potentially for every branch of the armed services.  read more >>

The value of innovation—real impacts in tough times
We’ve built the programs and the data to show that our integrated system and evidence-based practices really can make a difference. King County Executive Dow Constantine has credited Group Health with contributing to a dramatic drop in the cost of providing employee health care – $61 million below budget over two years, including $38 million in 2012.  read more >>

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Beyond the blues: treating mind and body together
The results of our research institute’s integrated TEAMcare approach, published in the New England Journal of Medicine show that a study group of patients with chronic illness had greater improvements in blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol as well as decreased depression scores. Elizabeth Lin, MD, MPH, is a Group Health family physician and researcher who worked on the study. “There is a lack of mental health care that works in sync with primary and chronic care,” says Dr. Lin. “There can be no global health without mental health.”  watch the video >>

National recognition for our midwife-physician collaboration
Teamwork at our Family Beginnings birth center is so strong—and so significant to women’s health—that it recently brought national recognition from the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) in the September 2011 issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology.  read more >>

New cancer care affiliation broadens treatment options in Western WA
“Our patients will have more options to stay with their Group Health oncologist while accessing some of the clinical studies offered by SCCA,” says Oncology Medical Chief Eric Chen, MD. SCCA is a world-class cancer treatment center that unites doctors from Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center, University of Washington Medicine, and Seattle Children’s. It only invites affiliates that meet its high standards as a clinical partner.  read more >>

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