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Aug 1–31, 2014
Group Health establishes major initiative to prevent opioid abuse and overdose
In interviews with prominent media outlets, Michael Von Korff, ScD, continued to weigh in on the discussion over national trends in long-term prescribing of opioid drugs for chronic noncancer pain:
- USA Today (syndicated in 50 other outlets), Aug 15, 2014
Millions with disabilities get heavy-duty painkillers in potentially fatal doses
Collaborative care improves depression in teens
Depression outcomes after a year were better for teens with collaborative care than with usual care, according to a joint Seattle Children's, Group Health, and University of Washington study in JAMA by authors including Laura Richardson, MD, MPH; Evette Ludman, PhD; Jeff Lindenbaum, MD; and Wayne Katon, MD:
- Fox News, Aug 27, 2014 (and Yahoo! News, Aug 26, 2014)
Teens with depression benefit from 'collaborative care'
- The Huffington Post, Aug 26, 2014
Could this treatment approach better help teens with depression?
- Health News Digest, Aug 26, 2014
Primary care treatment for depression in teens
- Medical Daily, Aug 26, 2014
Teen depression sees marked improvement with collaborative care, reducing symptoms within 1 year
- Alliance of Community Health Plans, Aug 26, 2014
Collaborative care improves depression in teens
Recently using some birth control pills may raise breast cancer risk
Diana Buist, PhD, MPH, and Susan Reed, MD, MPH, found women who recently used birth control pills containing high-dose estrogen and a few other formulations had an increased risk for breast cancer, whereas those using some other formulations did not:
- Nursing Times, Aug 15, 2014
Combined Pill may raise breast cancer risk
- Step into My Green World, Aug 11, 2014
Birth control pills may increase breast cancer risk
- Before It's News, Aug 8, 2014
Combined Pill may raise breast cancer risk
- Oncology Nurse Advisor, Aug 8, 2014
Recent use of some birth control pills may increase breast cancer risk
- Puget Sound Business Journal, Aug 1, 2014
Seattle scientists say some birth control pills can increase breast cancer risk
CCHE studies health impact assessments around the country
Diana Charbonneau, MA; Carol Cahill, MLS; and Emily Bourcier, MPH, MHA, studied what can make health impact assessments more likely to succeed:
- Healthcare Informatics Blog, Aug 21, 2014
Of oceans, orcas—and HIEs
Why aren't pregnant women getting flu vaccine?
Both mother and fetus are at increased risk for complications of flu infection during pregnancy. Prenatal care providers say they're advising women to get the flu vaccine, but many pregnant women opt out, according to Robert Arao, MPH:
- Medical News Today, Aug 20, 2014
Some mothers-to-be opt out of vaccination for flu
Introducing decision aids may lower surgery for arthritis
David Arterburn, MD, MPH, was interviewed about shared decision making:
- NowU, Aug 21, 2014
Here's what to consider before choosing a knee replacement
Domestic violence
Amy Bonomi, PhD, wrote about traumatic brain injuries of abused intimate partners of professional sports players:
- The Huffington Post, July 29, 2014
Dear NFL, Put your money where all the concussions are
Amy Bonomi, PhD, and Melissa Anderson, MS, found readers of Fifty Shades of Grey were more likely to experience intimate partner violence:
- Fox 47 News, Aug 22, 2014
Reading 'Fifty Shades' linked to unhealthy behaviors
Cancer control
Group Health and National Cancer Institute researchers explored obstacles and facilitators of high-quality cancer care:
- CNN iReport, Aug 22, 2014
Cancer care that meets patient expectations
Health informatics
Group Health was represented at the Health IT Summit in Seattle August 19-20:
- Healthcare Informatics, Aug 14, 2014
Improving population health outcomes by creating patient registries in Washington state
July 1–31, 2014
Recently using some birth control pills may raise breast cancer risk
Diana Buist, PhD, MPH, and Susan Reed, MD, MPH, found women who recently used birth control pills containing high-dose estrogen and a few other formulations had an increased risk for breast cancer, whereas those using some other formulations did not:
- KING-5 TV, Jul 31, 2014
New research examines birth control pills–breast cancer link
- Medpage Today, Jul 31, 2014
The pill linked to breast cancer risk
Mental health
Gregory Simon, PhD, was interviewed about depression and suicide:
- The Seattle Times, Jul 10, 2014
Filmmaker saw girl as 'someone who could change the world'
Researchers including David Carrell, PhD, found electronic health record data can help predict the diagnosis of depression up to a year in advance:
- EHR Intelligence, Jul 2, 2014
EHRs enable researchers to predict patient depression
Breast cancer screening
When radiologists do the diagnostic workup on the screening mammograms that they have recalled, they read screening mammograms with higher sensitivity and cancer detection rate—but also with more false positives, according to Diana Buist, PhD, MPH; Diana Miglioretti, PhD; and Melissa Anderson, MS:
- HealthImaging, Jul 1, 2014
Working own recalled cases may help rads improve mammography screening performance
The U.S. transition to digital breast cancer screening has raised screening mammography costs for possibly small or no health gains, resulting in screening mammography being less cost-efficient than in the past, according to Rebecca Hubbard, PhD:
- Medical News Today, Jul 18, 2014
Detection rates of early stage breast cancer in older women unchanged despite increase in screening costs
- ThirdAge, Jul 18, 2014
Breast ca screening for older women = high cost but no benefit
- Modern Healthcare, Jul 16, 2014
Digital mammography costlier, shows no detection-rate advantages: study
Safety Net Medical Home Initiative
The AHRQ Innovations Exchange now includes the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative: Resources and Tools (Qualis & MacColl):
- AHRQ Innovations Exchange, Jul 2, 2014
Safety Net Medical Home Initiative: Resources and tools
Introducing decision aids may lower surgery for arthritis
Apart from Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire, Group Health Cooperative in Seattle, and a few comprehensive cancer care centers, U.S. adoption of patient decision aids—valuable educational materials that explain patients' options—has been spotty:
- JNCI (news), July 2014
Decision aids help patients but still are not widely used
Medical home pays off, improving primary care and cutting cost at 2 years
Robert Reid, MD, PhD, found transforming primary care into a "patient-centered medical home" model paid off at Group Health:
- KevinMD, Jul 14, 2014
How doctors can change the way they work and care for patients
Health services & economics
How use of telephone calls, secure messaging, and in-person visits by adults with diabetes changed as Group Health's primary care clinics implemented the patient-centered medical home:
- Medscape, Jul 14, 2014
Secure messages, telephone calls may increase office visits
Group Health establishes major initiative to prevent opioid abuse and overdose
In interviews with prominent media outlets, Michael Von Korff, ScD, continued to weigh in on the debate over national trends in long-term prescribing of opioid drugs for chronic noncancer pain:
- Mercola, Jul 15, 2014
Misleading statistics used to push narcotics onto the market
- Portland Press Herald, Jul 12, 2014
Commentary: Exaggerating our pain
Behavior change
Jennifer McClure, PhD, commented on zero-tolerance employment smoking bans.
- MedPage Today, Jul 11, 2014
Zero-tolerance employment smoking bans?
Dementia risk tied to blood sugar level, even with no diabetes
Kudos continue for this Group Health–UW study led by Paul Crane, MD, MPH, and Eric B. Larson, MD, MPH—including as one of the year's top NIH-funded papers in Alzheimer's disease; and one of the top-10 papers for endocrinology:
- National Institute on Aging, 2013-2014
2013-2014 Alzheimer's Disease Progress Report
- Healthline News, Jul 13, 2014
Treating Alzheimer's disease could be much simpler than we think
- Annals of Internal Medicine, Jun 3, 2014
Update in endocrinology: Evidence published in 2013
Health informatics
James Ralston, MD, MPH, found Group Health physicians could better manage insulin-dependent patients when both the patients and the clinicians understood how daily activity patterns, family dynamics and eating preferences disrupted or supported an insulin routine:
- KevinMD, Jul 20, 2014
Personal health data: 5 key lessons to better health
Immunization & infectious diseases
Outpatient clinics may have underprescribed antiviral medications—and overprescribed antibiotics—for patients with flu, according to Lisa Jackson, MD, MPH, and Michael Jackson, PhD:
- Medscape, Jul 17, 2014
Too many antibiotics, too few antivirals for influenza
June 1-30, 2014
Group Health establishes major initiative to prevent opioid abuse and overdose
In interviews with prominent media outlets, Michael Von Korff, ScD, weighed in on the debate over national trends in long-term prescribing of opioid drugs for chronic noncancer pain.
- Forbes, Jun 25, 2014
What if the figure that justifies Zohydro's existence is fake?
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jun 25, 2014
Chronic pain statistic called exaggerated, misleading
- USA Today (widely syndicated), Jun 10, 2014
Seniors' use of potent meds via Medicare staggering
How to prevent disparities in colon cancer screening
People living in poverty are less likely to be screened for colorectal cancer—and more likely to develop the disease and die from it. Mailing a stool test promises to help end these disparities, wrote Beverly Green, MD, MPH, and a Kaiser Permanente colleague in JAMA Internal Medicine:
- Medpage Today, Jun 18, 2014
Intense outreach boosts colon ca screening rates
- Reuters(syndicated), Jun 17, 2014
Calls, texts help patients stay current with colon cancer screening
- Health Imaging, Jun 17, 2014
An intervention that may improve colorectal cancer screening rates
- HemOnc Today, Jun 16, 2014
Multifaceted intervention improved colorectal cancer screening adherence
Families like practical wellness program—and lose weight
Many children are obese these days, but what can be done about it? Group Health tested behavioral treatment for obesity in a real-world setting. Paula Lozano, MD, MPH, reported on the Family Wellness Program, which showed it was feasible and acceptable to give behavioral treatment to groups of families in primary care:
- Medical News Today, Jun 16, 2014
Practical wellness program popular with families - behavioral treatment for obesity in real-world setting
- eWallstreeter, Jun 16, 2014
Focusing on families to tackle childhood obesity
FDA warnings on antidepressants may have backfired
The Food and Drug Administration's warnings in 2003, 2004, and 2007 appear to have led to unintended consequences. Changes in antidepressant use may have led to more teen suicide attempts, according to a BMJ study whose co-authors included Greg Simon, MD, MPH, and Rob Penfold, PhD:
- BBC News, Jun 19, 2014
Antidepressant suicide warnings 'may have backfired'
- Bloomberg News, Jun 18, 2014
Teen suicide attempts rise as warning cuts medicine use
- NPR, Jun 18, 2014
Warnings against antidepressants for teens may have backfired
- NBCNews, Jun 18, 2014
Warned to death? Antidepressant 'black box' backfires
- CBS News, Jun 18, 2014
As antidepressant warnings toughened, teen suicide attempts rose
- Washington Post, Jun 18, 2014
Report: Government warnings about antidepressants may have led to more suicide attempts
Medical home adds value beyond electronic health record
In the Annals of Internal Medicine, Robert Reid, MD, PhD, and Michael Parchman, MD, MPH, noted that electronic health records alone may be insufficient to account for care improvement that medical homes achieve:
- Fierce EHR, Jun 4, 2014
Quality of care better in medical homes using EHRs
Medical home pays off, improving primary care and cutting cost at 2 years
Robert Reid, MD, PhD, found transforming primary care into a "patient-centered medical home" model paid off at Group Health:
- Pharmacy Practice News, Jun 16, 2014
Medical home model shows some cracks
- Medical Economics - Modern Medicine, Jun 3, 2014
PCMH model unlikely to yield cost reductions
Health informaticsJames Ralston, MD, MPH; Matt Handley, MD; and Joann Elmore, MD, MPH, were interviewed about new ways to track personal health records give patients more control over their health care picture:
- Seattle magazine, July 2014
Top Docs '14: Tracking personal health records
Eric B. Larson, MD, MPH, spoke at the AHIP Institute Data Analytics Forum in Seattle. Interoperability. He said that interoperability will improve research and population health in addition to patient care, and systems must be able to share data:
- FierceHealth Payer, Jun 11, 2014
Interoperability: it's not just 'nerd talk'
Health services and economicsGroup Health's work on Choosing Wisely is mentioned:
- Seattle magazine, July 2014
Top Docs '14: The patient is in
The essay by Eric B. Larson, MD, MPH, in the last issue of this newsletter was reprinted:
- Spokane County Medical Society Newsletter, June 2014
Health care for more Americans: the future we wished for is here (see p. 11)
High-risk women get breast MRI—but room remains for improvement; national BCSC study led by Group Health in JAMA Internal Medicine
This National Cancer Institute publication highlighted a variety of Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium projects including this one by Karen Wernli, PhD:
- NCI Spotlight on Applied Research, June 2014
BCSC drives new knowledge about breast density
May 1–31, 2014
Newer medications help problem drinkers
Katharine Bradley, MD, MPH, was widely interviewed about her Annals of Internal Medicine editorial on effective medications for alcohol use disorders:
- New York Times, May 14, 2014
Effective drugs to curb alcoholism are ignored, study finds
- NPR, May 13, 2014
Meds can help problem drinkers, but many doctors don't know that
- Bloomberg (syndicated, including Daily Herald, Yakima Herald, and Washington Post), May 13, 2014
Alcoholism drugs work in study that may dispel doubts
- HealthDay (syndicated, including WebMD), May 13, 2014
Several medications can help people quit drinking: Study
- CNN iReport, May 19, 2014
Affordable Care Act puts addiction rehabilitation in spotlight
Women's Health Initiative reports $37.1B economic return on combined hormone therapy clinical trial
Joshua Roth, PhD, first-authored an Annals of Internal Medicine analysis concluding that large, prospective trials with high potential for public health effects can give big returns on investment
- MPR, May 7, 2014
Considerable savings from WHI estrogen + progestin trial
Back pain: Research on new Group Health guidelines will shine light on changing systems of care
Daniel Cherkin, PhD, was interviewed about back pain and overtreatment:
- Washington Post (syndicated), May 26, 2014
Going to doctor for back pain can be a slippery slope
Obesity research: Creating healthier families and neighborhoods
Paula Lozano, MD, MPH, was interviewed about less recess at school—and childhood obesity:
- KUOW, May 14, 2014
Recess shrinks at Seattle schools; Poor schools fare worst
What characteristics make up effective patient engagement?
Paula Lozano, MD, MPH, was interviewed about patient engagement:
- EHR Intelligence, May 19, 2014
Patient engagement becomes critical as care gets accountable
Introducing decision aids may lower surgery for arthritis
David Arterburn, MD, MPH, was interviewed about shared decision making:
- Leadership magazine, Healthcare Financial Management Association, Spring 2014
The patient's role in achieving value
Dementia risk tied to blood sugar level, even with no diabetes
Coverage continues of this Group Health–UW study led by Paul Crane, MD, MPH, and Eric B. Larson, MD, MPH, which has been featured in more than 450 outlets:
- Emaxhealth, May 6, 2014
When to check blood sugar levels: Tips and surprises
Behavior change
Jennifer McClure, PhD, commented on e-cigarettes.
- Medpage Today, May 23, 2014
Friday feedback: E-cigs for cessation
Incentives studied to align care, coverage, and wellness
- Forbes, May 8, 2014
Obamacare hater, lover harmonize on "clinical nuance"
Medication use and patient safety
- MedPage Today, May 7, 2014
Aspirin: FDA says 'no,' others say 'yes'
April 1–30, 2014
Medical home pays off, improving primary care and cutting cost at 2 years
Robert Reid, MD, PhD, explored changes in the outpatient care of patients with treated hypertension after a primary-care redesign was spread throughout Group Health:
- The Chicago Tribune, Apr 23, 2014
When it comes to primary care, there's no place like a medical home
- Before It's News, Apr 14, 2014
UK Ministers model primary care clinics after Group Health
Health informatics
- The Atlantic, Mar 19, 2014
Why doctors still use pen and paper
Chronic illness management
- HealthDay (widely syndicated), Mar 27, 2014
Depressed diabetics may face higher risk of kidney disease
- Amazines, Apr 1, 2014
Database of more than 1 million diverse diabetes patients used tofind better treatment & prevention
Health services & economics
Quotes David Grossman, MD, MPH, on the Washington Health Alliance:
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Apr 24, 2014
The long road to lower health care costs
- Alliance of Community Health Plans, Apr 22, 2014
Phototherapy more cost effective than biologics for psoriasis
- ACHP Blog, Apr 2, 2014
2014 ACHP Symposium: collaborating toward better care
LEAP: The Primary Care Team: Learning from Effective Ambulatory Practices
- RWJF Human Capital Blog, Apr 17, 2014
Sharing innovative practices in primary care delivery
Alternative approaches to healing
Cites Karen Sherman, PhD:
- SBWire, Apr 15, 2014
Study revealed professional massage helps decrease chronic neck pain
- The Examiner, Apr 10, 2014
Making the transition from winter blues to summer fun
March 5–31, 2014
Adequate doses of massage treatment necessary for relief of neck pain
Karen Sherman, PhD, MPH, found that two or three one-hour massage sessions a week reduced neck pain and improved functioning.
- HCPLive, Mar 17, 2014
Multiple 60-minute massage sessions effective for neck pain
- HealthDay (widely syndicated), Mar 14, 2014
Timing is key to massage's benefits for neck pain: Study
- More magazine, Mar 13, 2014
Massages are a viable treatment for neck pain
- Medical News Today, Mar 12, 2014
Adequate doses of massage treatment necessary for relief of neck pain
Two spine surgeons are three times safer than one
Rajiv K. Sethi, MD, led the effort to improve the safety of surgery for spine deformities like scoliosis and kyphosis with Group Health and Virginia Mason colleagues:
- Medical News Today, Mar 28, 2014
New approach to spine surgery dramatically improves safety
- Medical Daily, Mar 26, 2014
Spinal cord double whammy: Two spine surgeons are 3 times safer (and actually cheaper) than just 1
New online care from dietitians helps control weight
Beverly Green, MD, MPH, led the e-Care for Heart Wellness study in which Group Health patients who were overweight and had hypertension had secure online access to a dietitian: "like a dietitian in your pocket":
- Healthcare Informatics, Mar 7, 2014
Online care from dietitian effective in weight loss, study reveals
- Alliance of Community Health Plans, Mar 4, 2014
New online care from dietitians helps control weight
Epidemic of E. coli infections traced to one strain
Group Health patients, Delia Scholes, PhD, and Kim Riddell, MD, were involved in the finding that virulent, drug-resistant forms of Escherichia coli that have recently spread around the world emerged from a single strain of the bacteria:
- Dark Daily, Mar 17, 2014
Unexpected discovery of source of lethal, antibiotic-resistant strain of E. coli could lead to new medical laboratory tests and preventative treatment
Medical home pays off, improving primary care and cutting cost at 2 years
Robert Reid, MD, PhD, explored changes in the outpatient care of patients with treated hypertension after a primary-care redesign was spread throughout Group Health:
- Kiplinger's Retirement Report, March 2014
There's no place like a medical home
- Medpage Today, Mar 8, 2014
MedPAC iffy on patient-centered medical homes
Health services & economics
Edward Wagner, MD, MPH, will speak at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Summit:
- Technology News, Mar 10, 2014
IHI gathers healthcare leaders and primary care teams for summit in Washington DC
Cancer control
An article coauthored by Elizabeth Loggers, MD, PhD, was covered:
- Press-News.org, Mar 26, 2014
Preoperative PET cuts unnecessary lung surgeries in half
Behavioral health
Jennifer McClure, PhD, was quoted:
- KIRO Radio, Mar 4, 2014
House committee approves 75 percent tax on e-cigarettes
Colleen McBride, PhD, who did research as a postdoc at Group Health, joins Emory's Rollins School of Public Health as the Rollins professor and chair in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education.
- Emory University, Mar 3, 2014
School of Public Health welcomes new chair of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education
Alternative approaches to healing
- Yahoo Shine!, Mar 11, 2014
5 Natural back pain remedies that work
Chronic illness care
- Hospitals & Health Networks, Mar 11, 2014
As baby boomers age, a huge spike in chronic illness poses a thorny problem to an evolving health care system
- Bariatric News, Mar 5, 2014
Study to examine whether surgery reduces cancer risk
January 23–March 4, 2014
Team care of chronic diseases seems cost-effective
Team-based care (TEAMcare) for people with depression and either diabetes, heart disease, or both appears at least to pay for itself:
- Wall Street Journal, Feb 18, 2014
The doctor's team will see you now
New online care from dietitians helps control weight
Beverly Green, MD, MPH, led the e-Care for Heart Wellness study in which Group Health patients who were overweight and had hypertension had secure online access to a dietitian: "like a dietitian in your pocket":
- Medical Xpress, Mar 4, 2014
New online care from dietitians helps control weight
Mailing free tests to patients' homes boosts colon cancer screening rates
Beverly Green, MD, MPH, co-wrote a study showing colon cancer screening rates increased by nearly 40 percent when free stool tests were mailed to patients' homes:
- NPR Health blog, Feb 26, 2014
You got what in the mail? Home test boosts colon cancer screening
- Oregon Live, Feb 26, 2014
Mailing free tests to patients' homes boosts colon cancer screening rates in underserved populations
- The Austin American Statesman, Feb 26, 2014
Mailing free tests to patients' homes boosts colon cancer screening rates in underserved populations
Hypertensive patients' specialty use changed with medical home
Robert Reid, MD, PhD, explored changes in the outpatient care of patients with treated hypertension after a primary-care redesign was spread throughout Group Health:
- Medical News Today, Feb 5, 2014
Hypertensive patients' specialty use changed with medical home
How SCCA implemented Washington's Death with Dignity Act
Elizabeth Loggers, MD, PhD, of Group Health, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA), described how SCCA implemented Washington state's Death with Dignity Act:
- HemOnc Today, Feb 10, 2014
Expansion of 'death with dignity' laws raises practical, ethical questions for patients, providers
Group Health honored with four awards
Elizabeth Loggers, MD, PhD, was honored with one of the four 2014 Leaders in Health Care Awards that Group Health received, which also included research collaborators, Claire Trescott, MD; Sean Adelman, MD; and Group Health Foundation:
- Seattle Business, Feb 25, 2014
2014 Leaders in Health Care Awards: Outstanding Health Care Practitioner
Women's health
Katherine Newton, PhD, studied women at Group Health and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care to see how best to help them to quit taking hormone therapy without menopause symptoms recurring:
- Medscape, Feb 14, 2014
Physician assistance may help women stop hormones
- Medical News Today, Feb 12, 2014
The safest way to stop postmenopausal hormone therapy
Domestic violence
Melissa Anderson, MS, and Amy Bonomi, PhD, found that women are more likely to experience repeat abuse by their male partners if a weapon is used in the initial abuse incident:
- Fox 47 News, Jan 31, 2014
Weapons tied to repeat domestic abuse
Alternative approaches to healing
Dan Cherkin, PhD, studied patients' experience of complementary and alternative medicine treatments for back pain:
- Health.com, Feb 12, 2014
5 natural back pain remedies that work
- Huffington Post, Feb 11, 2014
Secret sauce and the positive side effects in whole-person, integrative medical care
Latino health
Leo Morales, MD, PhD, is a leader of the inaugural conference on Latino Health Research, Practice, and Policy: Identifying our Strengths and Growing our Collaborations:
- ITHS News, Feb 26, 2014
First Latino Health Conference will be held April 17-18
Dementia risk tied to blood sugar level, even with no diabetes
Coverage continues of this Group Health–UW study led by Paul Crane, MD, MPH, and Eric B. Larson, MD, MPH, which has been featured in more than 450 outlets:
- Times News Online, Feb 15, 2014
Evidence that eating is serious business
JAMA commentary: Empathy is part of the healing process
Eric B. Larson, MD, MPH, co-wrote an article exploring how treatment outcomes are better when doctors show more empathy and take the time to make sure patients understand what's going on:
- New York Times blog, Feb 8, 2014
Lost in clinical translation
Aging and geriatrics
Eric B. Larson, MD, MPH, is quoted on the failure of once-promising drugs to improve Alzheimer patient cognition:
- Modern Healthcare, Jan 23, 2014
Trials of beta amyloid inhibitors fail to show improvements in Alzheimer's patients
Research methods
Eric Larson, MD, MPH, helped write this user's guide about single-patient trials:
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Effective Health Care Program, Feb 12, 2014
Design and Implementation of N-of-1 Trials: A User's Guide
Patients feel more control of their health when doctors share notes
James Ralston, MD, MPH, found that patients feel more in control of their health when they have access to doctors' notes:
- Examiner, Jan 22, 2014
Do you have access to your doctor's notes about you?
Health informatics
A health information exchange collaborative founded by five leading health care organizations, including Group Health, announced the addition of its new member, OCHIN, Inc.:
- KING 5, Feb 24, 2014
Care Connectivity Consortium announces OCHIN membership at HIMSS14
Medical home pays off, improving primary care and cutting cost at 2 years
Robert Reid, MD, PhD, found transforming primary care into a "patient-centered medical home" model paid off at Group Health:
- KevinMD.com, Feb 25, 2014
The shocking lack of data behind the medical home
- Reporting on Health Blog/University of Southern California, Feb 6, 2014
Medical homes part III: The true cost
- Reporting on Health Blog/University of Southern California, Jan 30, 2014
Medical homes part II: The depressing data
January 1–22, 2014
Chronic illness managementEd Wagner, MD, MPH, is interviewed about the Chronic Care Model, with emphasis on careful monitoring, teaching patients self-management skills, and engaging and activating them:
- The Wall Street Journal, Jan 12, 2014
Patients can do more to control chronic conditions
A profile of Margaret Flinter, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation scholar and leading advocate of nurse practitioners in primary care, hails the work of Group Health's MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation in increasing effectiveness, access, outcomes, and provider and consumer satisfaction with primary care:
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Jan 13, 2014
Stronger primary care system is goal of RWJF scholar
Dementia risk tied to blood sugar level, even with no diabetes
Coverage continues of this Group Health–UW study led by Paul Crane, MD, MPH, and Eric B. Larson, MD, MPH, which has been featured in more than 450 outlets:
- Prevention, Jan 15, 2014
25 ways to stay sharp for life (click to p. 7)
High-risk women get breast MRI—but room remains for improvement
Karen Wernli, PhD, reported in JAMA Internal Medicine with the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC) about how breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is being used across the United States, including at Group Health:
- Diagnostic Imaging, Jan 6, 2014
Breast MRI use stabilized after 10-year rise
This outlet features other recent BCSC findings as well as Dr. Wernli's:
- NCI Spotlight on Applied Research, Jan 6, 2014
BCSC reports novel findings in breast cancer risk & screening effectiveness
Health informaticsGroup Health patients who have completed their online Health Profile risk assessment tend to be middle-aged women with a recent well-care visit and fewer comorbid conditions, according to Diana Buist, PhD, and colleagues. They concluded that health systems need more outreach and engagement strategies to encourage target populations to use the assessments:
- FierceHealthIT, Jan 21, 2014
Promoting electronic health risk assessments takes work
- Chilmark Research Connected Health blog, Jan 17, 2014
Three big questions for stage 3 & patient engagement
Immunization & infectious diseasesMichael Jackson, PhD, used the Group Health immunization registry as a benchmark to evaluate the completeness and accuracy of statewide data:
- Allergy/Immunology News, Jan 14, 2014
Evaluating Washington state's immunization information system as a research tool
Group Health approved for funding awards by PCORI
GHRI research teams have been approved for funding awards by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study opioid therapy and asthma—and to help expand a health data network that will be part of PCORnet: the National Patient-Centered National Clinical Research Network:
- eWeek, Jan 15, 2014
Kaiser Permanente gets $7 million to make PORTAL
- Fierce Health IT, Jan 14, 2014
Kaiser data network aims to improve cancer, heart disease outcomes
- EHR Intelligence, Jan 14, 2014
How does patient engagement transform into useful EHR data?
- Healthcare Informatics, Jan 13, 2014
Kaiser-led network looks to improve outcomes
- KXXV-TV News Channel 25, Jan 10, 2014
Kaiser Permanente-led team to become integral part of new national clinical research network


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I bought the Sporting News College Football yearbook over the weekend and was surprised to see the Georgia Bulldogs picked third, behind South Carolina and Florida, in the SEC East. (South Carolina I can understand. Florida I can't.)
According to the Birmingham News' annual poll of SEC sports information directors, none of whom could vote for his own team, I shouldn't have been surprised. Because this survey has it the same way: Gamecocks first, Gators second, Bulldogs third. And not a close third, either.
South Carolina received five first-place votes. (Only the East SIDs were asked to predict the East outcome, FYI.) Florida drew the other. Georgia took an 0-for-6 collar.
In the overall league power rankings, Georgia finished sixth — five points behind Florida, nine ahead of both Auburn and Mississippi State. Alabama was first, LSU second, South Carolina third and Arkansas fourth.
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Sonoma winemaker Ben Flajnik's season of ABC's hit show, "The Bachelor" concludes tonight. And you guessed it, my blog for "The Voice" will be late again this week. The sad thing is, I already know what happens on the finale and the "After the Rose" special that will air BUT I still cannot turn away. Mr. Flajnik supposedly went on this show to promote his wine (he even received a gold medal for one at the latest SF Chronicle competition) but really who knows at this point. At the end of the day I would like to think that he and the entire female cast were simply just, "Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places."
In all of the 16 seasons of "The Bachelor" and 7 seasons of "The Bachelorette," only one couple has made it to wedded bliss. Those aren't great odds folks! However, this crazy past season might just end up solidifying another happily ever after couple. Why do I say this? Check out their happenings in February:
-February 7th: Boy dumps girls he proposed to in November (back when they were filming, the chosen was Courtney Robinson)
-February 14th: Girl doesn't even get carnations from boy on Valentine's Day! She also returns free Neil Lane engagement ring to producers after they learned the couple had split.
-February 24th: Girl and boy get back together around this time, life is good?
-February 29th: Around this time boy is seen lip locking 3 different women in the tabloids, girl is photographed trying on wedding gowns.
Fast forward to March 4th, when "After the Rose" taped, at the end of the episode, boy goes down on one knee to propose again with a new ring.
Wow, what a February, if a couple could last through all that nonsense, they are meant to be. Now tune in tonight to see if all these spoilers were correct!
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By Howard Pousner
Many novelists don't 'fess up to the truth behind their fiction. Not Tucker author Deborah Wiles, who was a finalist for the 2005 National Book Award for "Each Little Bird That Sings," a children's book about death, inspired by the loss of her parents. The Georgia Center for the Book included "Bird" on its list of "25 Books All Young Georgians Should Read," released last week.
Wiles' new children's book, "Countdown" (Scholastic Press, $17.99), features an 11-year-old protagonist, Franny Chapman, much like Deborah Wiles at 11: living with her family in suburban Maryland outside Andrews Air Force Base, where her father held high rank, and experiencing typical 'tween social dramas and traumas. And like Wiles in 1962, Franny frets as the dark cloud of the Cuban missile crisis forms. The author and her character both composed sensible, peace-seeking letters to Nikita Khrushchev in their troubled minds as they drifted off to sleep every night.
Wiles, 57, was so determined to be true to this key time in her life that she revisited her childhood haunts while researching the book: the old neighborhood, her elementary school (now a service center for seniors) and Andrews.
"I didn't understand what a time warp I was going to fall into," recalled the author, who will appear at the AJC Decatur Book Festival on Saturday. "I allowed myself to go back there as much as I could and just open up my mind, my heart, my gut to all of it. It was weird to be in it, deep in it. And it was hard to come out of it, to come back into the world again."
Her publisher is billing "Countdown" as a "documentary novel." The phrase was invented to describe the newspaper clippings, "duck and cover" instructions, movie ads, cartoons, quotes and other period materials before each chapter that help tell the broader American story while Wiles spins Franny's.
"Countdown" is the first book in a planned "Sixties Trilogy," and Wiles is hard at work on the second, about the 1964 Freedom Summer and set in Greenwood, Miss. (She's chronicling her progress on her blog, deborahwiles1.blogspot.com.)
The new title is appropriate for fourth-graders up to adults, Wiles said. And the '60s setting doesn't seem to impede interest from kids growing up in a digital world. The author said that a 10-year-old girl told her at last weekend's Suwanee Festival of Books what other readers have also said: that Franny's travails reminded her of her own life.
"In their own lives, kids have fights with their friends, fall in love with the boy across the street, don't get along at home sometimes and feel invisible at school," Wiles said. "Those are the things I was going for. To be able to connect with [readers] on that level, you can do that no matter what decade you're writing about. It could be yesterday, it could be 100 years ago."
Wiles' eventual 400-page tome, which started out as a picture book but got "richer and deeper as more characters showed up," had been rolling around in her brain for 15 years. The idea for it came after she had a flashback of the fear President John Kennedy stirred in her in 1962 when he announced that Russian missiles were in Cuba.
She admitted she had some concerns during those years of stopping and starting on the manuscript that contemporary kids might have trouble relating to a chapter in American history that occurred, in most cases, before even their parents were born.
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215th DTES Street Market
215th DTES Street Market and 30th Street Market of 2014
Roland Clarke, Coordinator of the DTES Street Market says:
The day was slightly rainy, with on and off showers throughout the day.
The usual chalking did not get done due to the wetness of the park and sidewalks.
The rain was not intense enough to keep away the vendors, however, with over 140 vendors counted at noon.
The market was very successful today, with only one scuffle that happened over in the drinker's lounge area of the park.
We also had a disagreement between two vendors, which resulted in the confiscation of a possible weapon (an ice climbing pick).
Other upgrades that were made were the addition of more hanging tarps along the east side of Carrall St., with 11 tarps hanging this Sunday.
Total numbers to complete the Art Mural is approximately 20 tarps along the Greenway.
It was amazing to see what a great job the 11 tarps are already doing to keep the Greenway clear..
Another 34 vendors signed up for badges during the day, with our total number of badges now up to about 110.
The board voted to create a deadline of August 17th when the vendors will be required to wear badges in order to vend at the market.
We are still waiting for our new uniforms, but they should be here in a week or two.
214th DTES Street Market in Vancouver
214th DTES Street Market and 29th Street Market of 2014
Roland Clarke, Coordinator of the DTES Street Market says:
In the heat of the day, we sold a large amount of pop, freezies and popsicles, making this an all time record for Street Market revenue!!!
Operations Upgrade Report
The Greenway Mural project progressed a little bit with the addition of a few more tarps. We now have 5 tarps hanging along the edge of Carrall St. in order to keep the shoppers inside the market and make for a clearer greenway.
We signed up another 30 vendors throughout the day. We now have over 80 vendor tags created and about half that many have been distributed to the vendors. They wear them proudly. We hope that this will enable us to keep track of who is not a resident of the DTES, and who should not be selling at our market.
We wanted to have a test run of independent security, but the guy that we hired for the day was stuck in Mission with a broken down car.
We found a local person, Ken, who has a BST certification that needs to be renewed. We used this as an opportunity to test out how a security guard would work and how they would interact with the RPICs.
Freezer cart was a great hit. This contributed to a record day in pop/popsicle sales.
This was a purpose built cart using our Great Beginnings money. Thank you, City of Vancouver!
213th DTES Street Market in Vancouver
213th DTES Street Market and 28th Street Market of 2014
Roland Clarke, Coordinator of the DTES Street Market says:
It was on and off spotty with rain today.
This kept the market calm, but made it a little more unpleasant for the volunteers during the day.
There were a number of great things to talk about that were made possible at the market by the Great Beginnings grant from the City of Vancouver.
First, We made our first vendor ID tags. The system arrived on Friday, and that gave us a couple of hours to play with the system, set up the database, and create a vendor tag template. Here is an example of a vendor ID tag.
After 6-8 weeks or so, we should have a large enough penetration among our regular vendors to start demanding that vendors where tags, and to start kicking out vendors that do not have tags.
We had a vendor meeting, where we introduced a number of the upgrades to a little over 40 vendors – with widespread support. Tanya Fink from the planning department attended the meeting as well.
We introduced the concept of ID badges, the Greenway Mural, and the private security guards. Most vendors were quite supportive of the fact that we will have better security at the market.
After the vendor meeting, we accepted about 30 membership forms, and processed a little more than 20 badges to hand out on Sunday. All the vendors that got their badges were extremely happy and proud. The market is a big source of pride in the Downtown Eastside.
At the market, we started hanging tarps along the east side of Carrall St. in order to simulate the Greenway Mural, before the canvas hangings are ready. This Sunday, we hung 3 tarps. Next week, we will hang 5-6, and so on until the tarps are hanging the entire length of Carrall St.
We also began increasing the number of early morning clean up staff. This way we can have an impact on the early vendors. As the percentage of ID tags increases, we can also start to crack down on vendors that come too early in the morning.
DTES Street Market Vendor Meeting – Sat July 5 2014
212th DTES Street Market – Happy Canada Day Long Weekend!
212th DTES Street Market and 27th Street Market of 2014
Roland Clarke, Coordinator of the DTES Street Market says:
The Canada Day Market started off with great weather, sunny, slightly overcast…Not too hot for a summer's day, but great for keeping the atmosphere friendly and welcoming.Later in the day, around 3pm, the rain started. This killed our 50/50 raffle take for the day, but help us clean up the park and open up the street without incident.
Lego Chicken SuitThere was a man walking around the market wearing a Lego chicken suit. Why? What sort of a question is this? It is the DTES Street Market and anything can happen. Even a giant Lego chicken suit.The guy said that his project was called "Nomis Art Dome", and that there was a group of 81 artists that all made giant Lego chicken suits and plan to walk around Vancouver and make people smile.I love Vancouver!
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211th DTES Street Market – Happy Summer Solstice!
211th DTES Street Market and 25th Street Market of 2014
Roland Clarke, Coordinator of the DTES Street Market says:
It was wonderful weather this Sunday – our solstice market.
This Sunday, we took the opportunity to beef up some of our operations, in preparation for the approval of our new operational grant.
We added an extra few people in the morning – to clean up the park and also to prevent people from setting up early. They will also be responsible for deploying the extra fencing when the security guards are hired.
We added an extra tent/table person to help distribute the tables after the tents are set up. In the coming weeks we will add more tables and make sure that all the vendors have an opportunity to raise their items off of the ground.
We also did a count of vendors on the three blocks east of the market while the market was going on. We found only 15 vendors on these three blocks at noon.
At 7:30pm, I went back and counted the same three blocks and found 61 vendors up and down the sidewalk from Gore to Carrall St.
We had one notable incident with the police where a couple that dresses in hippy clothes where taken away. The RPICs said that the items that the police found in their bag was not ok – items had price tags and looked brand new (such as socks, clothing, and electronic items). We will discuss this at our board meeting and make sure that they are not allowed back into the market.


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Alan Turing was a brilliant English mathematician who, in the darkest days of World War II, led a successful effort to crack the Nazis' secret code. His triumph let the Allies know what the Axis was up to, and was one of the keys in the victory over Germany. But unlike the discoveries of many wartime researchers, Turing's work had implications beyond the battlefield; it was his ideas that helped lead to the creation of the first digital computers. For all this, he won the Order of the British Empire, and as one of the characters in Breaking the Code, Hugh Whitemore's compelling play on Turing's life, says, "Winston thought the world of him."
He thought the world, anyway, of Turing's public accomplishments; his private life might have been another matter. Turing was homosexual, and while any number of accomplished Englishmen have shared his sexual preference without government prosecution, once the war ended and his mathematical insights were no longer crucial to England's survival, Turing was not so fortunate. His breaking of the military code was applauded; his breaking of Britain's moral code (and the English anti-sodomy laws) was not.
This background might seem to make Breaking the Code little more than another gay pride play. It isn't. Though Turing's sexuality resulted in his persecution, it was not the sum total of his life. And in his brilliant stage adaptation of Andrew Hodges' biography of Turing, Whitemore focuses as much, if not more, on Turing's passion for science and thought as he does on Turing's passion for more physical things. Theater LaB Houston and director Ron Jones have given Breaking the Code a capable and often moving production, but not one without problems.
The complicated burden of portraying Turing is ably borne by Jerry Miller, who, according to the program notes, is an astronaut trainer and flight controller at the Johnson Space Center. Miller looks perfect for the part. He has a lean, muscular body (Turing was a marathon runner), a thick head of blond-brown hair cut in period style and a warm, sympathetic, Sam Waterston kind of face. One can believe in this face and, what's more, believe that behind it lurks an intelligence capable of solving world-class problems.
Whitemore gives Turing several speeches in which to detail -- wittily and clearly -- the history and nature of the mathematical problems that consume the scientist's attention. In one scene in particular, Turing explains the nature of his work to the man who's about to hire him to crack the Nazi coding machine, which has been given the name Enigma. It's a speech in which this Cambridge researcher must explain, as though to a college sophomore (both his potential boss and the audience), a breakthrough in the understanding of the nature of mathematical systems. It's a long speech but a fascinating one. The names of mathematicians that are (probably) unknown to the audience are invoked, and through Turing's talk we can see the workings of a mind that takes us past the conclusions at which ordinary minds would prefer to rest.
This speech demands the utmost clarity of speech and rhythm; it must be spoken with the confidence not just of a man who knows the lines, but who has thought the thoughts. Miller tended to rush through it at a breakneck pace. He was full of enthusiasm and intensity, but the sound of a man thinking -- the lyricism of a man so in love with his thought that he ponders whether God is a mathematician -- was lost.
Perhaps this was the result of opening night jitters, but I don't think so. For Kenn Cullinane, as Turing's boss, rolls his eyes too frequently and too comically, as if to say, "This is beyond me, but I know a good man when I see one." Though Cullinane's character makes disclaimers about his mathematical background, this is still a man who's interested in mathematics, who needs those mathematics to aid the top secret government task force he's leading against a foe that's about to destroy his country.
So shouldn't he be more rapt than distracted? His distraction creates a distraction for the audience as well. Are we meant to follow his cue and give up trying to understand Turing's reasoning, or are we meant to absorb it? I think we're supposed to absorb it. For in other passages of the play, as when Turing explains the mathematical sequencing of the distribution of leaves in a fir cone, Miller much more successfully conveys Turing's knowledge and his attendant sense of wonder and beauty.
Another distraction is the accents. Nothing seems more difficult for American actors than British accents. And while dialogue coach Deborah Kinghorn has done an admirable job of getting the actors to go as far as they do, with the exceptions of Morgan Redmond and Scott Wierschem (whose character talks only in Greek), the actors speak a refined American with strongly ingrained features of British dialect.
Nevertheless, Breaking the Code frequently rises above these problems, in part because it's so wonderfully well-written and so fully informed by the texture of the life on which it was based. Why, for example, does Turing draw the police into his private life by reporting an unimportant burglary, one committed by a friend of a working class youth he's picked up in a pub? Quite possibly, the playwright seems to say, Turing doesn't fully know why he would open himself up to possible persecution just to take care of a small crime. The reason might well be allied to Turing's sense of right and wrong, the central terms for his explanation of how mathematical systems work. In mathematics, there is either a right answer or a wrong answer, and if we have a wrong answer that simply leads us more firmly toward the question of what the right answer is. This is the guide that led Turing to break the Nazi code, but this same guide never makes the code of Turing's own heart quite clear.


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Rapper J. Cole is raising eyebrows for recent comments he made about race in America, specifically how they relate to President Barack Obama.
Cole, who just earned 10 BET Hip Hop Awards nominations, frankly weighed in on light- vs. dark-skinned divide that continues to embroil hip-hop.
As BET noted, music videos often feature light-skinned models, and J. Cole has made a concerted effort to challenge that paradigm of late.
Why is that? He says, "I can't say for sure but I just think we're still in America. We're still Black Americans. Those mental chains are still in us."
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The Blugolds are 1-8 overall. UWEC head coach Todd Glaser says it's been a challenging year, but despite that, players' attitudes are still good.
"It's been a hard season for everybody," says Glaser, "you know, coaches, players, my family members, my dog, it's frustrating you know, but the one thing I think that keeps you going is our players and their effort, and it's never stopped in practice, or in games, and you know, we have one game left and that's what we talked about this week is we want to finish on a good note."
Seventeen seniors will wear the Blugolds uniform for the final time, including running back Joel Sweeney, who's third on the all-time rushing list at UWEC. This season, Sweeney has 996 rushing yards, and is looking to go over the 1,000 yard mark for the third time in his college career.
"Just hitting one thousand for three seasons is an honor, it's a privilege," says Sweeney, "I guess, coaches putting their trust in me to carry the ball, my offensive line, wide receivers, and everybody blocking, for believing in me to just get those yards, and it's just been a fun ride."
"You know," says UWEC senior safety Coltan Ellis, "any chance you get to win one last football game, and for us seniors, it would be the way to go out on top, I guess, as a Blugold."
"We've got a good group of guys here, and good coaches, and the program," says UWEC senior linebacker Sean Graham, "where nobody's given up, we're all here playing for each other, and playing for our future right now, for the future of the Blugold program."
Part of the pregame Saturday will include a Veterans Day Ceremony. Jason Church, a Menomonie native and former UWL football player will be honored. Church is also a U.S. Army veteran, who will receive an NCAA Inspiration Award this January, given to those who serve as a role model after confronting a life-altering situation with perseverance, dedication and determination.
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Adding Flavour To Rice - Simple Sauces/Seasonings
- pancake Sep 27, 2007 02:07 PM
I just bought a rice cooker and am waiting for my mounds of long grain rice to cook (meanwhile enjoying the ease of the entire process) . . . .
I am stumped on how to add flavour to the rice?
Some family members are going to add a tomato based sauce, some butter and cheese.
I am not feeling either of those today.
I am craving something else, something different. I am curious to learn how other chows use their rice cooker and what sauces or seasonings they add to their rice?
re: mainsqueeze
I do the same, but I am Asian and grew up eating it that way.
re: seconds
I have been eating it plain since I started eating it more by way of healthier eating habits my Asian sister-in-law has encouraged me on and a diet consisting of fish as the main meat and more veggies than in the American diet. The selections we now have are great, since we import them from other countries and now have been able to find some veggies I like coz there wasn't many I liked before we started importing more. I feel better eating this way.
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You can also just fry up your own onions and spices in a separate pan and add them in -- when I do this sort of thing, I cook the rice in that same pan, but if you really want to use the rice cooker, go for it. My sisters-in-law make top-grade main dishes of rice and meat in the rice cooker, so anything is possible!
You can get mild flavor by just adding in sweet spices (cinnamon, cardamom, that kind of thing, whole not ground) to your water.
re: willownt
I actually do cook my rice on the stove. The OP just asked for what can be done with a rice cooker.
You can always prepare the rice flavorings in a pan and add to the rice cooker. For example if you wanted a Latin flavor, you could make a sofrito of pureed garlic, onion, cilantro, tomatoes and cumin and fry it in some annatto oil with the rice. Add that into the rice cooker and cook as regular. For Peruvian green rice, just saute the rice with chopped cilantro, cumin and onions and cook in the rice cooker with diced carrots and onion and corn niblets. When I make biryani, I cook the rice in my rice cooker with bay leaves, cinnamon, cumin, cardamom, peppercorns, cloves and butter. The possibilities are endless.
re: JungMann
JM, is "sofrito" always pureed? I thought the vegetables were fine chopped.
The Peruvian green rice recipe sounds delicious, thanks for that! It will be my next rice dish. Can I use brown rice?
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I prefer a pureed sofrito as I don't normally want chunks in my rice unless I'm making some sort of pilaf. And anyway that "Mexican" rice is normally incorporated into something else, so I don't want too much texture.
Peruvian green rice can be made with brown rice, but the results are really less than satisfactory. When made with white rice, not only is it surprisingly delicious, it's incredibly easy as well.
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Thank you very much for your clarification. We normally make Jasmine or Basmati, either white or brown. I'll take your advise!
Make a simple rice pilaf. Sautéing the rice and orzo pasta in butter and then cooking in chicken broth add wonderful flavor.
And, if you love cilantro, you can also flavor it AFTER it is cooked by using Robert Lauriston's Cilantro Rice recipe on this board...it is awesome and easy! Just made it again last weekend.
you can make a bit of tea (lapsang souchong, darjeeling etc) and mix it with the water to infuse the rice...
I almost always use just plain white rice, but there are quite a few things you can do.
Substitute beef, chicken, or vegetable broth for the water and Add some diced meat of your choice.
Add any of; fresh corn, peas, or soaked beans and ham chunks, season with a small amount of salt, pepper, & garlic.
Use your favorite soup recipe & mix with the rice (make sure the liquid portion of the soup is slightly more than the amount of water you would have used for plain rice).
Broccoli crowns, carrots, or any other brightly colored hard vegetable would work well.
This might be heretical, but sometimes for flavor I'll throw in one of those seasoning packets out of a package of ramen noodles. There always seem to be extra ones of those laying around.
Heat up some olive oil in a fry pan, throw some chili flakes in, add some chopped macadamias and cook until fragrant, not burnt. Add to basmati rice cooked in some vegetable or chicken stock, and stir, or put the rice in the fry pan to fry the rice.
I also cook brown rice with some chicken stock and add scallions at the end. Or lately, basmati rice with some cardomom pods, a pinch of saffron, and some raisins or other dried fruit. Add some butter or coconut oil to mix in at the end.
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thanks all....lots of yummy ideas....
I like that Goya seasoning, the one that turns everything yellow. (It's good in eggs, too.)
Pesto or roasted tomato paste work too.
I just made this rice for friends and we all loved it. It's a sweet rice. "Melt" about 2 TBS sugar in about 1/2 cup water with some orange zest and a few cardomom pods. Let it simmer down until it's like a syrup. Remove the pods and the zest. Make the rice (I used white basmati) as usual. Stir in as much/little of the syrup as you'd like and add some slivvered almonds and chopped pistachios. It really was tasty and went very well with the spicy egggplant stew I also served.
I have a dish where I bake chicken breast in a mix of chopped tomato and spicy green chiles. I like serving that over rice but I'm not fond of just plain rice (I didn't grow up with it at all). So I always take chicken or turkey base (I buy mine from Penzey's but Redibase is good, too) and mix it into the water I'm cooking the rice in. Sometimes I'll add butter. It gives the rice a nice little boost so it's more than just carbs and some texture under my chicken. :)
For Southeast Asian cooking, use coconut milk in place of water. For a low-cal version, use coconut essence with the water instead of coconut milk.
very easy.. take a container in which add basil leaves , sliced tomatoes , garlic (5 -6) , one green chilli . grind them together with a grinder.. put some oil in a pan and add the grinded mixture in the pan... put some sugar , salt and red chilli powder while cooking. cook it on the high flame for 15 minutes. you can add this sauce in the rice while cooking it with the vegetables to add flavour to the rice..
Get some ten treasures oats or millet at substitute that for a bit of the rice.
Use stock instead of part of the water. Or tomato juice.
Add a bit of butter, tumeric and toasted cumin seeds for cumin rice.
Top plain white rice with dried shiso or a mix of salt and toasted black sesame seeds.
Add some finely diced chives or green onions.
Mix in some raw green peas or edamame before cooking.
I generally rarely season but for a simple meal out of the rice cooker, I'll lay sausages on top to cook and the sausage juices flavor the rice. It's really good. It just occurred to me that at the end of the cycle, I should add eggs and soft cook them.
Beef stock (canned is fine), sauteed mushroom (though, truthfully, canned will do) and lashings of freshly ground pepper added to rice that has been lightly browned in butter. This is then cooked in the oven for as long as you like, though I have also done it stove-top, so I assume that it would also work in a rice-cooker.
In our house, this dish accompanies roasts of all sorts and turkey at Christmas where it serves as a gluten-free alternative to stuffing. It works brilliantly re-heated, with some leftover meat tossed in as a full meal and is one of our family faves.
The other day I made Coconut Rice - I substituted most of the water with Coconut milk, added bruised Lemon Grass and a couple of Cloves. I really liked it.
I use white rice chicken broth for the liquid a packet of goya seasoning s+p, a bit of onion powder and a pat of butter.
I don't own a rice cooker....do it still in a pan...............but......depending on what else I am having as an entree
For liquids, I have used:
Pineapple Jc
Beef and Chicken Broth
OJ...once! .not what I expected!
1/2 water half wine....especially Marsala
Add ins...........most at the 10 min mark
Blueberries ( maybe at the 3 min mark)
diced apple
sauteed mushrooms and/or onions (use the same pot)
Almond slivers...............better toasted first
frozen peas or corn
green onions
I'm not sure how this would work in a rice cooker, but have you tried cooking rice what I will refer to as (for lack of a better term) the Indian way? Rinse your rice well first, dry, then brown some butter, sweat some onions (can add garlic) add salt and a bay leaf, saute your rice for 5 minutes of so before adding the liquid and cooking the rice? Imparts much better flavor.
I make a lot of rices, especially risotto. But for white rice in a pan, I use any combination of the following:
Hot smoked Paprika
garlic powder
garlic salt
onion powder
sea salt
lemon pepper
tonight I am using all but curry & lemon pepper. I am also using butter & olive oil and it smells fantastic!


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