AHRQ Awards New Grants to Primary Care Practice-Based Research Networks

New Information from AHRQ: October 17, 2002

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality announces the award of developmental grants to 36 Primary Care Practice-Based Research Networks as part of an ongoing initiative. The awards will total over $3 million in the first year, with a combined 3-year total of more than $6 million. Primary Care Practice-Based Research Networks are groups of primary care practices working together with academic researchers to answer community-based health care questions and to translate research findings into practice. Further information about the networks is available at http://www.ahrq.gov/research/pbrn/pbrnfact.htm.

Many of the awards to newly formed networks will support the development of information technology infrastructure to facilitate research and implementation of findings. Some of the awards also will fund pilot research projects on such topics as optimal management of chronic diseases, the delivery of preventive services, community-based detection and response to emerging public health threats, and disparities in the health care of priority populations (especially rural residents and racial/ethnic minorities). While headquartered in 25 states, the networks receiving grants include primary care practices located in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, many serving minority and low-income patients as well as residents of underserved rural and urban areas.

The Agency also has recently awarded a contract to Indiana University at Indianapolis, in partnership with the Chicago-based National Opinion Research Center, for the establishment of a Primary Care Practice-Based Research Network Resource Center. The center will assess the developmental needs of individual networks and provide appropriate technical and consultative services. The center will support not only the 36 Agency-funded networks but also those networks to be awarded grants as part of an upcoming initiative co-sponsored by AHRQ and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This multi-million-dollar initiative will fund the study of the networks' efforts to promote healthy behaviors among patients seen in primary care practices.

A list of awards by state follows:

Primary Care Practice-Based Research Networks Awards

Institution	City, State	1st Year Award
University of Alabama	Birmingham, AL	$150,000
University of Arkansas	Little Rock, AR	$49,059
Community Health Center Network	Oakland, CA	$50,000
University of California	Los Angeles, CA	$49,997
University of California	San Francisco, CA	$100,000
University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	$49,788
University of Colorado	Denver, CO	$99,950
Connecticut Primary Care Association	Hartford, CT	$50,000
Yale University	New Haven, CT	$50,000
Georgetown University	Washington, DC	$50,000
Medical College of Georgia	Augusta, GA	$49,628
American Academy of Pediatrics	Elk Grove Village, IL	$149,997
University of Iowa	Iowa City, IA	$149,486
American Academy of Family Physicians	Leawood, KS	$149,811
University of Kentucky	Lexington, KY	$50,000
Louisiana State University	Baton Rouge, LA	$47,777
Cambridge Medical Care Foundation	Cambridge, MA	$50,000
Wayne State University	Detroit, MI	$49,916
University of Minnesota	Minneapolis, MN	$149,053
Washington University	St. Louis, MO	$50,000
University of New Mexico	Albuquerque, NM	$148,239
Duke University	Durham, NC	$147,637
University of North Carolina	Chapel Hill, NC	$149,982
Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland, OH	$50,000
Cincinnati Children's Hospital	Cincinnati, OH	$50,000
University of Oklahoma	Oklahoma City, OK	$149,473
Oregon Health & Science University	Portland, OR	$49,810
American College of Physicians (ACP-ASIM)	Philadelphia, PA	$149,800
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	Philadelphia, PA	$50,000
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA	$150,000
Crozer-Chester Medical Center	Springfield, PA	$149,060
Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX	$100,000
Scott and White Memorial Hospital	Temple, TX	$49,920
Ambulatory Pediatric Association	McLean, VA	$50,000
University of Wisconsin	Milwaukee, WI	$50,000
University of Wisconsin	Madison, WI	$48,104
Total:		$3,136,487

For more information, please contact AHRQ Public Affairs, (301) 427-1364: Farah Englert, (301) 427-1865 (FEnglert@ahrq.gov).

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Internet Citation:

AHRQ Awards New Grants to Primary Care Practice-Based Research Networks. Press Release, October 17, 2002. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2002/newpbrnpr.htm

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