Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRNs)

Announcements    The 2010 AHRQ PBRN Annual Conference is scheduled for June 16-18, 2010 at the DoubleTree hotel in Bethesda, MD.  Please visit the PBRN Annual Conference page for more detailed information. Travel Stipend Application You are invited to submit an application for a $750 travel stipend to offset the costs of attending AHRQ's 2010 annual PBRN conference.  Please see the Travel Stipend Application page for more information. Call for Proposals There less than two weeks left to submit a proposal (workshops, panel presentations, oral presentations, and posters) for the 2010 AHRQ PBRN Annual Conference. All submissions must be made by Monday, February 22, 2010.

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Overview 

 PBRNs are groups of primary care clinicians and practices working together to answer community-based health care questions and translate research findings into practice. PBRNs engage clinicians in quality improvement activities and an evidence-based culture in primary care practice to improve the health of all Americans.

  AHRQ Support

 AHRQ provides PBRNs with grant funding and supports PBRNs through a national resource center, an annual national conference, peer learning groups, an electronic PBRN search repository, public and private listservs, and a dedicated private community extranet. See About for more information on AHRQ and PBRNs and the History of PBRNs.

  PBRN Registry

AHRQ invites all interested primary care networks to register with the AHRQ PBRN Resource Center (PBRN RC). The PBRN RC provides resources and assistance to Primary Care PBRNs engaged in clinical and health services research. PBRN RC provides support to registered PBRNs through various methods such as by leading a series of web-based seminars and offering technical assistance in research methodology and PBRN organization and development.

 Peer Learning Groups (PLGs) 

 Sign up for PBRN Operations, Research Methods and/or new PBRN learning groups. Find information about a series of PLG meetings and sessions held for PBRN researchers: