Practice-based research networks (PBRNs) are promising laboratories for conducting dissemination and implementation research.
Dissemination and implementation science addresses the application of research findings in varied health care settings. Despite the potential benefit of dissemination and implementation work to primary care, ideal laboratories for this science have been elusive. Practice-based research networks (PBRNs) have a long history of conducting research in community clinical settings, demonstrating an approach that could be used to execute multiple research projects over time in broad and varied settings. PBRNs also are uniquely structured and increasingly involved in pragmatic trials, a research design central to dissemination and implementation science. We argue that PBRNs and dissemination and implementation scientists are ideally suited to work together and that the collaboration of these 2 groups will yield great value for the future of primary care and the delivery of evidence-based health care.
From the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland (JH, SL, JED); the Kaiser Center for Health Research (RG); Virginia Commonwealth University (AK); and Mathematica Policy Research (JC). heintzma@ohsu.edu.
John
J
Heintzman
From the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland (JH, SL, JED); the Kaiser Center for Health Research (RG); Virginia Commonwealth University (AK); and Mathematica Policy Research (JC).
Rachel
R
Gold
From the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland (JH, SL, JED); the Kaiser Center for Health Research (RG); Virginia Commonwealth University (AK); and Mathematica Policy Research (JC).
Alexander
A
Krist
From the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland (JH, SL, JED); the Kaiser Center for Health Research (RG); Virginia Commonwealth University (AK); and Mathematica Policy Research (JC).
Jay
J
Crosson
From the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland (JH, SL, JED); the Kaiser Center for Health Research (RG); Virginia Commonwealth University (AK); and Mathematica Policy Research (JC).
Sonja
S
Likumahuwa
From the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland (JH, SL, JED); the Kaiser Center for Health Research (RG); Virginia Commonwealth University (AK); and Mathematica Policy Research (JC).
Jennifer E
JE
DeVoe
D035843:Biomedical Research; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D033181:Information Dissemination; D011320:Primary Health Care
Dissemination and Implementation Science; Evidence-Based Medicine; Practice-based Research; Pragmatic Trials; Primary Health Care