OKPRN Accomplishments (as of 9/2007)PWorking relationships established through boards, committees, and contracts with the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, the Oklahoma State Department of Health, the Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, the Oklahoma State Medical Association, and the Oklahoma Academy of Family Physicians.
PMore than $4 million in external research funding has been obtained from 15 different funding sources.
POver 30 papers published in peer-reviewed journals.
PLargest published series of brown recluse spider bites in the medical literature.
PLargest published study of night sweats in the medical literature.
PMore than 60 presentations of research findings and PBRN methods at national and international conferences.
PIntroduction of practice facilitators to U.S. practice-based research networks (PBRNs).
PIntroduction of the best practices research method to PBRNs.
PMore than 3500 hours of time contributed by full-time primary care clinicians to improving primary health care services for Oklahomans. This represents a half million dollars of clinician “in-kind” contributions to this effort.
PMore than 13,000 hours of quality improvement support provided to Oklahoma clinicians.
POne of the first PBRNs to become an independent (501-c3) non-profit organization.
PContinuous representation on the Steering Committee of the Federation of Practice-Based Research Networks. Member, International Federation of Practice-Based Research Networks.
POne of 29 clinical practice networks and one of 4 primary care PBRNs included in the NIH IECRN Best Practice study conducted in 2006 by the Westat Corporation.