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

Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) Initiatives

CP3 serves as the home for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ)'s Practice-Based Research Network initiatives. A PBRN is a group of ambulatory practices devoted principally to the primary care of patients, affiliated with each other (and often with an academic or professional organization) in order to investigate questions related to community-based practice. This definition includes a sense of ongoing commitment to the research endeavor and an organizational structure that transcends a single study.

Through extramural research grants, research contracts, national meetings, and support for a national PBRN resource center, CP3 encourages and supports the success of primary care practice-based research networks around the country.

Core Staff

The following CP3 staff members support this initiative:

David Lanier, Initiative Leader

Natalie Alter
Steve Bernstein
David Meyers

Return to Initiatives

Current as of December 2005

Internet Citation:

Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) Initiatives: Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships. December 2005. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/about/cp3/cp3pbrn.htm