TY - JOUR T1 - Improving the Health of Patients and Communities: Evolving Practice-based Research (PBR) and Collaborations JF - The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine JO - J Am Board Fam Med SP - 562 LP - 566 DO - 10.3122/jabfm.2017.05.170285 VL - 30 IS - 5 AU - Kevin Fiscella Y1 - 2017/09/01 UR - http://www.jabfm.org/content/30/5/562.abstract N2 - This issue illustrates how research from practice-based research networks has evolved to span a spectrum from improving patient-level care and practice quality to improving health within local and global communities. Articles address patient-level improvements (a biomarker for cardiovascular disease progression, late-onset anorexia nervosa, complementary health approaches used by patients, and patient preferences related to antibiotics for acute respiratory infections); practice-level improvements (selection of types of fecal immunochemical tests, practice facilitation, practice registry implementation, community-based outreach, and bidirectional texting); and community-level improvements (primary care–public health partnership, influenza surveillance, and establishing family medicine training abroad). ER -