CURRENT STUDIES

ORPRN collaborates with researchers and other health professionals throughout OHSU, public health agencies and community organizations to develop research studies and quality improvement initiatives. ORPRN studies have focused on medication safety, chronic disease prevention, practice redesign, child behavioral health, dementia screening, preventive services, women's health in pregnancy, patient safety, access to care, diagnosis of respiratory conditions, shared decision making, cancer screening, and childhood immunizations.

RECENT STUDY FINDINGS / PUBLICATIONS

• Effect of Drug Sample Removal on Prescribing in a Family Practice Clinic [Ann Fam Med]
• Practice-Based Research is Community Engagement [JABFM]
• Emergency Department Coverage by Primary Care Physicians in a Rural Practice-Based Research Network [JRH]
• Characterizing a Practice-based Research Network: The Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network (ORPRN) Survey Tools [JABFM]
• Transitioning From CHIP to CHIRP: Blending Community Health Development With Community-Based Participatory Research [Fam Commun Health]
• Voices from Left of the Dial: Reflections of Practice-based Researchers [JABFM]
• The Rural Older Adult Memory (ROAM) Study: A Practice-based Intervention to Improve Dementia Screening and Diagnosis [JABFM]
• Unmet Dental Needs in Rural Primary Care: A Clinic-, Community-, and Practice-based Research Network Collaborative [JABFM]