Patient-Centered Research Happens in Practice-based Research Networks

The articles included in this special issue illustrate once again why practice-based research networks (PBRNs) provide the best laboratory in which to conduct experiments and evaluate care outcomes that are relevant to both typical primary care patients and their physicians. We found great insights

[1]  Douglas H. Fernald,et al.  The Journey of Primary Care Practices to Meaningful Use: A Colorado Beacon Consortium Study , 2013, The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.

[2]  J. Mold,et al.  Improving Colorectal Cancer Screening in Family Medicine: An Oklahoma Physicians Resource/Research Network (OKPRN) Study , 2013, The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.

[3]  Steven D. Dallas,et al.  Treatment Failure and Costs in Patients With Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: A South Texas Ambulatory Research Network (STARNet) Study , 2013, The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.

[4]  R. Prince,et al.  Does Micropractice Lead to Macrosatisfaction? , 2013, The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.

[5]  Jennifer E. DeVoe,et al.  Building Research Infrastructure in Community Health Centers: A Community Health Applied Research Network (CHARN) Report , 2013, The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.

[6]  J. Ely,et al.  A Randomized Controlled Trial to Improve Colon Cancer Screening in Rural Family Medicine: An Iowa Research Network (IRENE) Study , 2013, The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.

[7]  L. Wallace,et al.  Brief Health Literacy Screening Items Predict Newest Vital Sign Scores , 2013, The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.

[8]  Cara B. Litvin,et al.  The Prevalence of Chronic Diseases and Multimorbidity in Primary Care Practice: A PPRNet Report , 2013, The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.

[9]  Diane M. Korngiebel,et al.  Barriers and Facilitators to Evidence-based Blood Pressure Control in Community Practice , 2013, The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.

[10]  B. Yawn,et al.  Communication is the Key to Success in Pragmatic Clinical Trials in Practice-based Research Networks (PBRNs) , 2013, The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.

[11]  Deborah J Cohen,et al.  Integrating Behavioral and Physical Health Care in the Real World: Early Lessons from Advancing Care Together , 2013, The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.

[12]  K. Schwartz,et al.  Estimating Health Literacy in Family Medicine Clinics in Metropolitan Detroit: A MetroNet Study , 2013, The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.

[13]  K. Hammermeister,et al.  Comparative Effectiveness of Antihypertensive Therapeutic Classes and Treatment Strategies in the Initiation of Therapy in Primary Care Patients: A Distributed Ambulatory Research in Therapeutics Network (DARTNet) Study , 2013, The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.

[14]  E. Boyko,et al.  Brief questions to identify patients with inadequate health literacy. , 2004, Family medicine.