Introduction: We recently completed a strategic planning process to better understand the
development of our 5-year-old practice-based research network (PBRN) and to identify gaps …

This year marks 20 years since the Agency for Health care Research and Quality (AHRQ)
first provided practice-based research network (PBRN) infrastructure funding in 2000 …

Practice-based research networks (PBRNs) often lack sufficient funding to develop the
underlying infrastructure necessary to conduct high-quality, pragmatic, policy-relevant …

Practice-based research networks (PBRNs) are useful tools for conducting studies in the
busy primary care setting, but their continued existence is threatened by a range of …

Ten years have passed since we wrote “A Short History of Primary Care Practice-based
Research Networks: From Concept to Essential Research Laboratories.” 1 In that essay we …

Research often fails to find its way into practice or policy in a timely way, if at all. Given the
current pressure and pace of health care change, many authors have recommended …

Practice-based research networks (PBRNs) have been in existence for several decades,
and they provide one mechanism to conduct research outside of academic research centers …

Research conducted in a practice-based research network (PBRN) differs from other
multisite research and presents particular planning challenges. The American Academy of …

Background: Recruiting primary care practices for research projects has always required
carefully tended relationships, a compelling message, and good timing. Recruiting practices …

Practice-based research networks (PBRNs) continue their upward trajectory in scope and
numbers, now engaging community practices that reach approximately 15% of the US …