National Practice-Based Research Network Conferences 2023 to 2025

Project Summary The North American Primary Care Research Group proposes promoting, convening, coordinating, managing, evaluating, and disseminating the results of the 19th, 20th, and 21st meetings of the Practice- Based Research Networks (PBRNs) in the summers of 2023, 2024 and 2025. With a projected attendance of 125, the purpose of the annual two-day conference will be to build on the skills and knowledge of clinicians, researchers, and community partners in evidence-based research to improve the health of the U.S. population, healthcare delivery systems, and the quality of primary health care. Along with sharing translatable insights emanating from research, the conference will link research with clinical practice– especially primary care practice—by facilitating collaboration among conference attendees, policymakers, and funders. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) support for the PBRN conferences help in achieving the goal of improving health care for all Americans, including the priority populations. The conference allows practitioners to acquire the necessary evidence, interventions, and dissemination to make better decisions and deliver exceptional, accessible, equitable, affordable, and patient-centered health care. NAPCRG has successfully hosted the 2012-2022 PBRN conferences, including 2 virtual conferences due to COVID-19, and attracted an average of 140 attendees. With input from a Steering Committee (SC) experienced with PBRNs and prior PBRN conferences, each year, NAPCRG will select a conference theme and plenary speakers and select papers, workshops, and poster presentations through a call for abstracts. Conference sessions will address the science of research and operation of PBRNs and provide for presentation of studies focusing on practice and quality improvement, COVID-19, behavioral health, patient safety, health information technology/electronic health records, telemedicine, and issues in primary care practice, and prevention. NAPCRG will manage all conference logistics—including a call for abstracts, conference promotion, registration, continuing education accreditation, conference evaluation, and social media strategy. The proposed conferences will provide skill-building, knowledge transfer, brainstorming future research agendas, collaboration, and outcomes to a diverse mix of stakeholders.