RE: CRISP provides opportunity to frame our research in a primary care context.

Having watched the CRISP study team develop and pilot the idea of a standard reporting system for primary care research, I was excited to see this paper published. Getting researchers around the globe to consider reporting on their primary care research in a common manner can help with dissemination, comparative research, and bi-directional learning.  We all have a lot to learn from our primary care colleagues around the world. When I saw the checklist included 24 items, I was initially taken aback. How much extra work might this be. However, the items are mostly ideas and requirements for most research grants, abstracts, and publications.  The novel part is that CRISP standardizes these typical research descriptions in the context of primary care research; research done in, by, and for primary care patients and practices. CRISP is not just another onerous task for researchers. CRISP provides the opportunity to use some common language and constructs to assure primary care research is accessible and meaningful to primary care practices and our patients. I look forward to using CRISP and maybe even the CRISP checklist in my next manuscript submission.