What is a Primary Care Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN)?

Answer ID 65   |    Published 06/26/2006 11:54 AM   |    Updated 07/15/2011 07:41 AM
What is a Primary Care Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN)?

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) defines a primary care practice-based research network, or PBRN, as a group of ambulatory practices devoted principally to the primary care of patients, and affiliated in their mission to investigate questions related to community-based practice and to improve the quality of primary care. This definition includes a sense of ongoing commitment to network activities and an organizational structure that transcends a single research project. PBRNs often link practicing clinicians with investigators experienced in clinical and health services research, while at the same time enhancing the research skills of the network members.

For more information about Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRNs), go to: http://pbrn.ahrq.gov.

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