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PBRNs and Getting Real
Quality Improvement vs Research
Research is about
- establishing/following protocols, assessing outcomes
- Enrolling the 'right' type and number of patients
- Having a bounded data collection period
- Securing funds to pay for research and sometimes the intervention
- Maintaining fidelity—implementing the intervention according to an established protocol
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