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Current Topics

DI studies are examining:

• chronic kidney disease
• depression care
• diabetes

 

In the words of Lawrence Green, Dr. P.H.:

"If we want more evidence-based practice, we need more practice-based evidence."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Research Projects

DI is conducting cutting edge research on topics important to primary care clinicians, policy-makers, individual clinicians, and patients. Read more about our studies and projects below. See also:

• Previous Funding
• Publications
• Conducing Research with DI

 

Mental and Behavioral Healthcare

Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care Collaborative National Network Examining Comparative Effectiveness Trials (CoNNECT) Comparative effectiveness study on major depression Integrating Patient-reported Outcomes and EHR Data to Improve Clinical Decision Support for Depression Treatment Physician Decision Making in Antidepressant Prescribing Comparative Effectiveness Research through Collaborative Electronic Reporting (CER2)

Diabetes & Cardiovascular Health

Exploring Hypoglycemic Therapeutic Decision Making in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Retrospective cohort study evaluating patterns of use, comparative effectiveness, and safety of oral diabetes medications for adults with type 2 diabetes Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Learning Community (CRRLC) Evaluation of the Implementation and Effectiveness of a Successful Diabetes Peer Mentoring Program (Peers for Progress) Improving Hypertension Management in Primary Care Practice with the AAFP METRIC Program Cardiac Testing Evaluation ABFM Maintenance of Certification (MOC): Does Completion of Professional Development Programs Affect Quality of Patient Care? EvidenceNow Southwest

Cancer Screening, Prevention, and Care

Use of Systems Level Interventions To Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening and Follow-Up Increasing Primary Care Practice Rates of Colorectal Cancer Screening

Data-enhanced Peer to Peer Learning

Interdisciplinary Studies of the Impact of Information Diffusion on Prescribing Behaviors: A Complex Adaptive Systems Approach Enhancing Fulfillment Data in Community Practices for Clinical Care and Research Practice Performance Registry

Continuing Education Assessments

CME Effectiveness ABFM Maintenance of Certification and Quality of Patient Care Improving Hypertension Management in Primary Care Practice with the AAFP METRIC Program

Other

PeRson EmPowered Asthma ReliEf (PREPARE) Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (TCPi) Colorado State Innovation Model Community-acquired MRSA Improving Evidence-Based Primary Care for Chronic Kidney Disease Chronic Kidney Disease Natural History Practice Performance Registry Reducing Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing by Primary Care Clinicians