PPRNet IS A
PRACTICE-BASED LEARNING AND RESEARCH ORGANIZATION DESIGNED TO
IMPROVE HEALTH
CARE IN ITS MEMBER PRACTICES AND ELSEWHERE IN THE US
Welcome
Welcome to the Practice Partner Research Network (PPRNet) web site. PPRNet
is located in the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical University of
South Carolina, Charleston, SC in one of the oldest medical universities of the United States
(circa 1824).
PPRNet was formed in May 1995 as a joint effort between the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), and Practice Partner/McKesson in Seattle, WA. PPRNet is a unique and pioneering concept in practice-based quality improvement and research. PPRNet is the first practice-based research network linking physicians who use electronic medical records.
Although practice-based research networks have been in existence for many years as a means facilitating collaborative research among family physicians, PPRNet is unique in that all of its members use Practice Partner's Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system to capture their patient information. Also unique is PPRNet's emphasis on improving care in its member practices.
A longitudinal patient database comprised of data from electronic medical records (EMRs) from participating physicians throughout the United States provides the basis for PPRNet's research activities. PPRNet's design protects the confidentiality of patients and physicians and requires minimal time commitment for busy physicians. PPRNet addresses questions important for primary care practice. Currently, PPRNet has 143 physician practices, representing over 750 health care providers, and approximately 1.8 million patients located in 40 states.
Announcements:
PPRNet is currently recruiting Member Practices to participate in a four-year study funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). The study is entitled: Implementation of Alcohol Screening, Intervention and Treatment in Primary Care - Translating Research into Practice (AMTRIP). For more information please read the Consent form or contact Peter Miller, PhD or Steve Ornstein, MD.
The 14th Annual PPRNet Research Meeting will be held in Charleston, SC at the Downtown Historic District Embassy Suites Hotel on Thursday and Friday, September 10 & 11, 2009. More information will be posted as it becomes available.
Clinical Performance
Measures for Ambulatory Care Practice
Select PPRNet practices have agreed to
publish their performance on several clinical measures for public information.
The clinical measures included are based on the starter set
of measures for physician performance established by the coalition now known as
the AQA alliance, originally called the Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance.
(Reference:
The Ambulatory care Quality Alliance (AQA) Recommended Starter Set:
Clinical Performance Measures for Ambulatory Care. Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality,
Click here to view the table.
Page Updated: 12/19/08