PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Peterson, Kevin A.
TI  - National Institutes of Health Eliminates Funding for National Architecture Linking Primary Care Research
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2007.02.070012
DP  - 2007 Mar 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
PG  - 229--231
VI  - 20
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/20/2/229.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/20/2/229.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2007 Mar 01; 20
AB  - With the ending of the National Electronic Clinical Trial and Research Network (NECTAR) pilot programs and the abridgement of Clinical Research Associate initiative, the National Institutes of Health Roadmap presents a strategic shift for practice-based research networks from direct funding of a harmonized national infrastructure of cooperating research networks to a model of local engagement of primary care clinics performing practice-based research under the aegis of regional academic health centers through Clinical and Translational Science Awards. Although this may present important opportunities for partnering between community practices and large health centers, for primary care researchers, the promise of a transformational change that brings a unified national primary care community into the clinical research enterprise seems likely to remain unfulfilled.