Northern New England CO-OP Practice and Community Based Research Network (NNE CO-OP PCBRN)

Executive Director: Meagan Stabler, PhD, CHES

Director of Clinical Research: Maureen Boardman, MSN, FNP-C, FAANP

Co-Scientific Research Director: Charles MacLean, MD

Co-Scientific Research Director: Neil Korsen, MD, MSc

Research Project Manager: Paula Hudon, DNP, RN

Research Project Manager: Zoe Daudier, BS

Research Consultant: Troi Perkins, MEM, MF

Homepage: https://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/nnecooppcbrn/

Description

The Northern New England CO-OP Practice and Community Based Research Network (NNE CO-OP PCBRN) is sponsored by the Department of Community & Family Medicine at Dartmouth Health and in collaboration with the University of Vermont, and Maine Medical Center. As a voluntary, cooperative network of independent clinicians (community-based), The CO-OP has helped develop and refine a model for rapidly assessing and improving care. CO-OP members collaborate with academic researchers to improve the outcomes focus of care and develop methods that work in busy community-practice settings. The CO-OP demonstrates how to integrate the measurement of patient values, clinical improvement strategies, and research objectives into day-to-day healthcare delivery.

Goals

The goals of the NNE CO-OP PCBRN are to:

  • Provide professional stimulation and collegial communication and interaction among physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and Ph.D. researchers
  • Conduct cooperative research in primary care
  • Improve primary care and family medicine services and office management techniques
  • Sponsor continuing education and training for health professionals

For more information on the CO-OP, including Annual Meeting information please visit their homepage.