RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Practice-based Research Networks (PBRNs) Are Promising Laboratories for Conducting Dissemination and Implementation Research
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 759
OP 762
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2014.06.140092
VO 27
IS 6
A1 Heintzman, John
A1 Gold, Rachel
A1 Krist, Alexander
A1 Crosson, Jay
A1 Likumahuwa, Sonja
A1 DeVoe, Jennifer E.
YR 2014
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/27/6/759.abstract
AB Dissemination and implementation science addresses the application of research findings in varied health care settings. Despite the potential benefit of dissemination and implementation work to primary care, ideal laboratories for this science have been elusive. Practice-based research networks (PBRNs) have a long history of conducting research in community clinical settings, demonstrating an approach that could be used to execute multiple research projects over time in broad and varied settings. PBRNs also are uniquely structured and increasingly involved in pragmatic trials, a research design central to dissemination and implementation science. We argue that PBRNs and dissemination and implementation scientists are ideally suited to work together and that the collaboration of these 2 groups will yield great value for the future of primary care and the delivery of evidence-based health care.