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Provider Resource Library
This resource library contains tools and resources intended to support recruitment and retention of primary care practices and physicians for research studies and quality improvement initiatives.
MUI provider resource topics range from budgeting and patient recruitment to practice recruitment and retention strategies. Select to access the definitions of these and other topics.
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This resource is an example of a recruitment flyer that presents frequently asked questions regarding practice enrollment in a research study, in addition to a timeline and checklist for tracking key steps throughout practice enrollment, pre-intervention, intervention and post-intervention periods.
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Type of Resource: Recruitment Materials
Topics: Practice Recruitment Strategies
Persistent barriers exist to engage rural providers in research and training. Provider shortages exacerbate these challenges, leading to a scarcity of time and limiting motivation to participate in research. We present application of an innovative engagement model to increase rural primary care provider participation in research. Using our Community Engagement and Research Core, we demonstrate that fundamental principles of training and expertise, attention to efficiency and multitasking, and commitment to community are important for addressing provider recruitment barriers.
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Type of Resource: Peer Reviewed Literature
Topics: Practice Recruitment Strategies, Rural Recruitment
To compare rural independent and health system primary care practices with urban practices to external practice facilitation support in terms of recruitment, readiness, engagement, retention, and change in quality improvement (QI) capacity and quality metric performance. Investing practice facilitation and sustained QI strategies in rural independent practices, where the need is high and resources are low, will yield benefits that outweigh centrally prescribed models.
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Type of Resource: Peer Reviewed Literature
Topics: Practice Recruitment Strategies, Recruitment Setting
This resource is an example of a recruitment phone call script for conversations with a CMO, CEO or QI lead, or their assistant; the script provides message framing for providing a brief overview of the project and responding to voicemails or requests to speak at a later time.
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Type of Resource: Recruitment Materials
Topics: Practice Recruitment Strategies
This toolkit provides guidance, tips, and examples to help support future efforts to engage practices in quality improvement initiatives.
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Type of Resource: Tools and Toolkits
Topics: Practice Recruitment Strategies, Value Proposition, Practice Retention Strategies
Practice-based research is essential to generate the data necessary to understand outcomes in ambulatory oncology care. Although there is an increased interest in studying ambulatory oncology care, given the rising patient volumes and complexity in those settings, little guidance is available on how best to recruit ambulatory oncology practices for research.
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Type of Resource: Peer Reviewed Literature
Topics: Practice Recruitment Strategies, Practice Recruitment Barriers, Practice Recruitment Facilitators
This resource is an example of a recruitment invitation letter directed towards small primary care practices that outlines benefits of practice participation and information on how to enroll.
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Type of Resource: Recruitment Materials
Topics: Practice Recruitment Strategies, Value Proposition, Recruitment Setting
This practice recruitment flyer from the EvidenceNow Healthy Hearts NYC project is an example of how to present the value proposition of practice participation in a research study.
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Type of Resource: Recruitment Materials
Topics: Practice Recruitment Strategies, Value Proposition
This resource is an example of an in-depth recruitment package for primary care practices; it provides background on the research project and outlines the value proposition for participating practices, eligibility and participation requirements, and the application process.
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Type of Resource: Recruitment Materials
Topics: Practice Recruitment Strategies, Value Proposition
This resource is an example of a recruitment flyer that describes the research project, the benefits of practice participation, and a form that practices can complete and return to join the study.
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Type of Resource: Recruitment Materials
Topics: Practice Recruitment Strategies, Value Proposition
This document provides an example of an EvidenceNOW Cooperative's recruitment brochure. This brochure outlines participation requirements and benefits of practice participation.
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Type of Resource: Recruitment Materials
Topics: Practice Recruitment Strategies, Value Proposition
This resource is an example of a recruitment phone call script that displays strategies for message framing, responding to “no’s”, eligibility screening and leaving voicemails.
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Type of Resource: Recruitment Materials
Topics: Practice Recruitment Strategies
Recruiting practices to participate in practice transformation research trials may take more and different efforts. We reflect on practice recruitment for a recently-concluded trial of a diabetes self-management support system in 2 states and 36 practices.
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Type of Resource: Peer Reviewed Literature
Topics: Practice Recruitment Strategies
This practice recruitment flyer from the EvidenceNow Healthy Hearts NYC project is an example of how to present a research study in recruitment materials, including the benefits and cost of participation and what makes the study unique.
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Type of Resource: Recruitment Materials
Topics: Practice Recruitment Strategies, Value Proposition
Recruiters must expand their recruitment tools to engage today's practices in quality improvement. Using grant proposals, online diaries, observational site visits, and interviews with key stakeholders, the authors identify successful practice recruitment strategies in the EvidenceNOW initiative.
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Type of Resource: Peer Reviewed Literature
Topics: Practice Recruitment Strategies
Ensuring the successful development and conduct of clinical trials in PBRNs requires a highly collaborative approach between academic research and PBRN teams.
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Type of Resource: Peer Reviewed Literature
Topics: Practice Recruitment Facilitators, Recruitment Setting, Budgeting
This resource is an example of a recruitment flyer that presents frequently asked questions regarding practice enrollment in a research study; questions range from physician burden and benefits of participation to data protection.
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Type of Resource: Recruitment Materials
Topics: Practice Recruitment Strategies
This resource is an example of a recruitment memo for integrated health care systems, which outlines eligibility requirements, benefits of participation, and information on how to apply to the study.
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Type of Resource: Recruitment Materials
Topics: Practice Recruitment Strategies
Primary care practice-based research networks (PBRNs), comprising community- and/or academically affiliated practices committed to improving medical care for a range of health problems, offer ideal settings for these trials, especially pragmatic clinical trials. However, many researchers are not familiar with working with PBRNs.
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Type of Resource: Peer Reviewed Literature
Topics: Practice Recruitment Strategies
The purpose of this study was to examine strategies for recruiting physician subjects in a practice-based research network continuing education research study, using different recruitment methods at four systems, or health plan arrangements.
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Type of Resource: Peer Reviewed Literature
Topics: Practice Recruitment Strategies
This study assessed factors motivating PBRN clinicians to participate and stay involved in practice-based research in their primary care office setting.
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Type of Resource: Peer Reviewed Literature
Topics: Physician Recruitment Facilitators, Physician Retention
This resource provides an example of a recruitment email directed towards hospital administration and leadership detailing the purpose of the study, including a one-pager attachment that provides an overview of the roles and responsibilities of practices and the research team.
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Type of Resource: Recruitment Materials
Topics: Practice Recruitment Strategies
