RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Lessons Learned from Developing a Patient Engagement Panel: An OCHIN Report JF The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine JO J Am Board Fam Med FD American Board of Family Medicine SP 632 OP 638 DO 10.3122/jabfm.2015.05.150009 VO 28 IS 5 A1 Jill Arkind A1 Sonja Likumahuwa-Ackman A1 Nate Warren A1 Kay Dickerson A1 Lynn Robbins A1 Kathy Norman A1 Jennifer E. DeVoe YR 2015 UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/28/5/632.abstract AB There is renewed interest in patient engagement in clinical and research settings, creating a need for documenting and publishing lessons learned from efforts to meaningfully engage patients. This article describes early lessons learned from the development of OCHIN′s Patient Engagement Panel (PEP). OCHIN supports a national network of more than 300 community health centers (CHCs) and other primary care settings that serve over 1.5 million patients annually across nearly 20 states. The PEP was conceived in 2009 to harness the CHC tradition of patient engagement in this new era of patient-centered outcomes research and to ensure that patients were engaged throughout the life cycle of our research projects, from conception to dissemination. Developed by clinicians and researchers within our practice-based research network, recruitment of patients to serve as PEP members began in early 2012. The PEP currently has a membership of 18 patients from 3 states. Over the past 24 months, the PEP has been involved with 12 projects. We describe developing the PEP and challenges and lessons learned (eg, recruitment, funding model, creating value for patient partners, compensation). These lessons learned are relevant not only for research but also for patient engagement in quality improvement efforts and other clinical initiatives.