Practice-based innovations: More relevant and transportable than NIH-funded studies

Author(s)

Etz, Rebecca S, Hahn, Karissa A, Gonzalez, Martha M, Crabtree, Benjamin F, and Stange, Kurt C

Topic(s)

Role of Primary Care, and Education & Training

Keyword(s)

Health Information Technology (HIT)

Volume

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

In 2003, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) created a translational science funding stream to foster widespread, practice-based dissemination of scientific evidence. A decade later, our study of a national cohort of innovative practices suggests that effective dissemination continues to be prevented by the limited biomedical focus of funded research, conventional research strategies, and failure to report contextual factors.

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