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HMO Research Network

The HMO Research Network CERTs comprises the investigators, information resources, delivery systems, and the following health maintenance organizations who are committed to public domain research: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA; Fallon Community Health Plan, Worcester, MA; Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, WA; HealthPartners, Minneapolis, MN; Kaiser Permanente Georgia, Atlanta, GA; Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA; Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR; Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver, CO; Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; UnitedHealth Group (Ingenix Inc.), Newton, MA; Lovelace Clinic Foundation, Albuquerque, NM; Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

The HMO Research Network focus on use, safety, and effectiveness studies of therapeutics using health plans for defined populations. Key projects include patient interventions to increase adherence to beta blocker therapy after heart attack; working with the FDA to develop new methods for rapid discovery of adverse drug reactions; and assessing medication errors in ambulatory cancer care.