PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Fiscella, Kevin
TI  - Improving the Health of Patients and Communities: Evolving Practice-based Research (PBR) and Collaborations
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2017.05.170285
DP  - 2017 Sep 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 562--566
VI  - 30
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/30/5/562.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/30/5/562.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2017 Sep 01; 30
AB  - 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).