PURPOSE We wanted to describe the emerging role of primary care practice-based in
research, quality improvement (QI), and translation of research into practice (TRIP) …

Medical research has traditionally been based in academic centers, and the findings are
frequently not applicable in community primary care settings. The result is a large gap …

BACKGROUND The practice-based research network (PBRN) is the basic laboratory for
primary care research. Although most PBRNs include some common elements, their …

PURPOSE Increasing numbers of primary care practice-based research networks (PBRNs)
are being developed in the United States to perform research relevant to everyday practice …

This is a story about the evolution of practice-based research networks (PBRNs) in the
United States. It is largely a story about family physicians, but it includes important work by …

Practice-based research networks (PBRNs) were developed in North America more than 20
years ago to study the health and health care events that are common in everyday primary …

The study recently completed by the Institute of Medi cine's Committee on the Future of
Primary Care will play a critical role in promoting widespread appreciation of the gap in the …

Practice facilitators (PFs) are health care professionals, who assist primary care practices in
research and quality improvement activities. Their work goes beyond data collection and …

There is a need for new approaches to supplement the existing methods of taking research
from bench to bedside and from bedside to practice. Community-based participatory …

PURPOSE We wanted to describe community-based participatory research in practice-
based research networks in the United States. METHODS We surveyed all identified …