Conducting Research at Kaiser Permanente
The partnership between OHSU and the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research (KPCHR) brings together an innovative managed care organization and an academic medical center that offers a robust range of scientific expertise and extensive laboratory capabilities. KPCHR facilitates access to a large member population and can leverage both sophisticated bioinformatics capabilities and long-standing prowess in population-based research.
Browse the research services that are provided at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research (KPCHR) below.
Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research Services
To facilitate collaborative research with the KPCHR, OCTRI offers a number of services for investigators to ensure the success of research conducted at Kaiser or in collaboration with KPCHR investigators. Services include, but are not limited to, the following:
Forming a research team
- Identifying a collaborator
- Accessing practice-based research networks, including OCHIN
Designing a study
- Customizing your study protocol and procedures to the KPNW environment
- Using electronic medical record (EMR) data, such as Epic, for research purposes
- Data management consultation
Getting funding
- Identifying funding opportunities within OCTRI
- Budget development
- Letter of support for external funding applications
Fulfilling compliance requirements
- Compliance preparation and submission (e.g., IRB and HIPAA)
- Assistance with organizational review and approval
- FWA assistance for community partners
Implementing a study
- Project management or study coordination
- Preparation of study documentation
- Designing research databases
- Designing survey tools
- Recruitment, scheduling and consenting study participants
- Survey administration
Evaluating the data
- Statistical analysis and data management
Learning More about Collaborating with Kaiser
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