title: Integrated Research and the Garfield Memorial National Research Fund-An Unobstructed View.
abstract: The idea of integrated care has been discussed for many years. It is the belief of those supporting and managing the Garfield Memorial National Research Fund that a similar idea, integrated research, needs to be discussed and tested. This process begins with rethinking the proposal format. This article elaborates on the enhanced proposal format and presents powerful patient stories to demonstrate how integrated research can help deliver better patient care.
authors.affiliation: Director of the Garfield Memorial National Research Fund for Kaiser Permanente and The Permanente Federation in Oakland, CA. edward.thomas@kp.org.
authors.forename: Ed
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D012109:Research Support as Topic