Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships (CP3)

Mission Statement

The Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships (CP3) expands the knowledge base for clinical providers and patients and to assure the translation of new knowledge and systems improvement into primary care practice. CP3 supports and conducts research to improve the access, effectiveness, and quality of primary and preventive health care services in the United States. Specifically, CP3:

• Supports Primary Care Practice-based Research Networks (PBRNs) in order to investigate questions related to community-based practice and to improve the quality of primary and preventive care.
• Responsible for the rigorous evaluation of clinical research assessing the merits of preventive measures, including screening tests, counseling, immunizations, and chemoprevention through the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
• Serves as the Agency's locus for the use of information technology to improve health care and facilitates the evaluation and diffusion of effective information technology tools into clinical practice.
• Supports research and demonstrations that improve healthcare system preparedness for bioterrorism and other public health threats, with an emphasis on the role of front-line clinical providers.

CP3 was formerly the Center for Primary Care Research.

Current as of December 2005

Internet Citation:

Mission Statement: Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships. December 2005. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/about/cp3/