Establishing a Practice‐Based Research Network: Lessons From the Massachusetts Experience

Pulcini, Joyce; Sheetz, Anne H.; DeSisto, Marie C.

doi:10.1111/j.1746-1561.2007.00280.x

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“…Primary care PBRN members have included physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants who practice within the primary care office (Tierney et al 2007; Deshefy-Longhi et al 2002; Pulcini et al 2008). Topics studied using PBRNs as the field laboratory include the understanding of certain health screening practices in primary care, such as alcohol screening and discussions.…”

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“…There are needs for practitioner-members to inform the PBRN’s research agenda (Lindbloom et al 2004), to provide input into study design and results interpretation (Genel and Dobs 2003), and to receive and discuss the importance of research findings. There will likely be a need to periodically address and manage differing expectations from academic researchers and clinicians (Pulcini et al 2008). This may involve clinicians teaching researchers about the realities of their practice lives or researchers training clinicians on some aspects of research design and measurement (Cardarelli et al 2007; Genel and Dobs 2003).…”

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“…Studies, however, are typically funded one at a time and slowly at that. PBRNs often report difficulty in maintaining ongoing financial support that allows them to be functioning enterprises between study funding (Green and Hickner 2005; Han 2000; IECRN Executive Summary 2006; Lindbloom et al 2004; Pulcini et al2008; Tierney et al 2007). To survive, PBRNs may require a financial source beyond funded studies, such as a minimal institutional commitment (Clothier 2005).…”

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Revisiting Practice-Based Research Networks as a Platform for Mental Health Services Research

McMillen

Lenze

Hawley

et al. 2009

Adm Policy Ment Health

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Practice-based research networks (PBRNs)—collaborations of practice settings that work together to generate research knowledge—are underused in mental health services research. This article proposes an agenda for mental health services research that uses a variety of PBRN structures and that focuses on what really happens in practice, the effectiveness of practice innovations in real world care, the challenges of implementing evidence supported interventions, modification of clinician behavior, and assessment of the effect of mental health policy changes on practice. The challenges of conducting research within PBRNs are substantial, including difficulties in maintaining positive member relations, securing ongoing funding, sustaining productivity, overcoming IRB entanglements and achieving both scientific excellence in recruitment and measurement validity and utility for practitioner members. However, the awareness of these challenges allows researchers and practitioners to build networks that creatively overcome them and that infuse mental health services research with heavy doses of the realities of everyday clinical practice.

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“…For most networks, funding is a constant obstacle, which can limit the degree of size, outreach, and direction of network growth 25. The IDND is sponsored by the Regenstrief Institute, Inc, and IUCAR, which support the bimonthly meetings and the administrative infrastructure of the network.…”

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Connecting research discovery with care delivery in dementia: the development of the Indianapolis Discovery Network for Dementia

Boustani¹,

Frame²,

Munger³

et al. 2012

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BackgroundThe US Institute of Medicine has recommended an integrated, locally sensitive collaboration among the various members of the community, health care systems, and research organizations to improve dementia care and dementia research.MethodsUsing complex adaptive system theory and reflective adaptive process, we developed a professional network called the “Indianapolis Discovery Network for Dementia” (IDND). The IDND facilitates effective and sustainable interactions among a local and diverse group of dementia researchers, clinical providers, and community advocates interested in improving care for dementia patients in Indianapolis, Indiana.ResultsThe IDND was established in February 2006 and now includes more than 250 members from more than 30 local (central Indiana) organizations representing 20 disciplines. The network uses two types of communication to connect its members. The first is a 2-hour face-to-face bimonthly meeting open to all members. The second is a web-based resource center (http://www.indydiscoverynetwork.org ). To date, the network has: (1) accomplished the development of a network website with an annual average of 12,711 hits per day; (2) produced clinical tools such as the Healthy Aging Brain Care Monitor and the Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden Scale; (3) translated and implemented the collaborative dementia care model into two local health care systems; (4) created web-based tracking software, the Enhanced Medical Record for Aging Brain Care (eMR-ABC), to support care coordination for patients with dementia; (5) received more than USD$24 million in funding for members for dementia-related research studies; and (6) adopted a new group-based problem-solving process called the “IDND consultancy round.”ConclusionA local interdisciplinary “think-tank” network focused on dementia that promotes collaboration in research projects, educational initiatives, and quality improvement efforts that meet the local research, clinical, and community needs relevant to dementia care has been built.

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“…Practice‐based research networks have been used over the past 30 years as a venue for practitioners in different settings to collaborate in the examination of care and clinical issues specific to their organizations and practices 1 . A fundamental challenge observed by midwives in a practice‐based research network in the United Kingdom was the ability to provide individualized care in complex systems that may hold conflicting goals about “best” practice 2 .…”

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“The Midwifery Two‐Step”: A Study on Evidence‐Based Midwifery Practice

Kennedy¹,

Doig²,

Hackley³

et al. 2012

J Midwife Womens Health

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Establishing a Practice‐Based Research Network: Lessons From the Massachusetts Experience

Cited by 8 publications

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Revisiting Practice-Based Research Networks as a Platform for Mental Health Services Research

Revisiting Practice-Based Research Networks as a Platform for Mental Health Services Research

Connecting research discovery with care delivery in dementia: the development of the Indianapolis Discovery Network for Dementia

“The Midwifery Two‐Step”: A Study on Evidence‐Based Midwifery Practice

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