We engage partners to conduct and fund studies that establish the evidence for interventions by propelling them along the research continuum, from pilot studies to effectiveness and dissemination trials.

In the research we conduct, healthcare partners are active collaborators who help us to remain closely attuned to the real-world conditions and constraints that influence intervention design and evaluation. They help us to design and conduct pragmatic research that accelerates the testing of interventions and translation of findings into practice.

In our training and infrastructure grants, the IMPACT Collaboratory and LeaRRn, we provide funding, education, and other resources to expand national capacity for pragmatic research. One notable resource is our Long-Term Care Data Cooperative, which links nursing home EMR and Medicare claims data for use by researchers across the US who are conducting nursing home effectiveness studies.

The common themes among the projects we conduct are partnership, innovation, and the pragmatism of the methods we use and continually refine. 

What sets us apart is our expertise, relationships, and national big data.