Journal article
A plan for useful and timely family medicine and primary care research
Family medicine, Vol.47(8), pp.636-642
09/01/2015
PMID: 26382122
Abstract
Background and Objectives: Our nation’s health care system is changing. Nowhere is this more evident than in primary care, where fundamental improvements are necessary if we are to achieve the Triple Aim. Such improvements are possible if we can put useful and timely information into the hands of stakeholders to enable practical decision-making. To do this, family medicine and primary care researchers need to (1) build on our substantial current research foundation, (2) increase the relevance and pace of our research, (3) reconceive the research workforce to engage new partners, (4) disseminate findings more rapidly into the hands of those who can take action, and (5) build a “question-ready” research infrastructure to make this possible. Family medicine researchers face exciting opportunities: technical capacity to generate and manage large amounts of data; clinic- and system-level networks for testing innovations; digital health technologies for real-time and asynchronous monitoring and management of risk factors and chronic diseases; the know-how to make fast, local improvements in our systems of care; partnerships beyond those traditionally engaged in research that can multiply our capacity to generate new knowledge; and new methods for creating generalizable knowledge from the study of local efforts. This is a historic time for family medicine research. Now is the time to build on our past work, accelerate the pace, and capitalize on emerging opportunities that open an incredibly bright future.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A plan for useful and timely family medicine and primary care research
- Creators
- Frank Verloin DeGruy - Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado, United StatesBernard Ewigman - University of ChicagoJennifer E. DeVoe - Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, United StatesLauren Hughes - Pennsylvania Department of Health, United StatesPaul James - University of IowaF. David Schneider - Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Louis University, United StatesJohn Hickner - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignKurt Stange - Case Western Reserve UniversityTonya Van Fossen - The Ohio State UniversityAnton J. Kuzel - Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRebecca Mullen - Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado, United StatesC. J. Peek - University of Minnesota Medical School
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Family medicine, Vol.47(8), pp.636-642
- PMID
- 26382122
- NLM abbreviation
- Fam Med
- ISSN
- 0742-3225
- eISSN
- 1938-3800
- Number of pages
- 7
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2015
- Academic Unit
- Family and Community Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9985217013002771
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