Participant also had the opportunity to meet representatives from the NIDCR funded Practice-Based Research Networks and generated a discussion about how dental hygienists can better interface with these networks.
The Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research (PCCR) has received a grant in excess of $310,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration to establish a practice-based research network encompassing a wide variety of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) providers This collaborative research endeavor, in which the PCCR will subcontract half of the grant amount to the Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center for Integrative Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, will evaluate CAM models of pain management for low back pain and other conditions commonly seen in practice.
The Practice Partners Research Network (PPRNet), a primary care practice-based research network, disseminated a five-pronged improvement model to its practices through quarterly performance reports for each quality of care indicator, practice site visits, and annual network meetings.
Pace's project is one of 17 that will be tested by primary care practice-based research networks under a grant project seeking practical strategies to promote healthy behaviors.
Modeled after the Ambulatory Sentinel Practice Network (ASPN) and other similar practice-based research networks, PPRNet addresses questions that are important for primary care For more information about Physician Micro Systems, Inc.
