The Community and Patient Partnered Research Network (CPPRN): Application of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research to Promote Behavioral Health Equity

Objective

We describe the rationale, development, and progress on the Community and Patient Partnered Research Network (CPPRN). The CPPRN builds on more than a decade of partnered work and is designed to promote health equity by developing partnered research on behavioral health and social risk factors in Los Angeles and New Orleans.

Setting

A community-academic partnership across Los Angeles County and New Orleans.

Methods

Review of rationale, history, structure, activities and progress in applying community partnered participatory research (CPPR) to CPPRN.

Findings

Patient and community stakeholders participated in all phases of development, including local and national activities. Key developments include partnered planning efforts, progress on aggregating a large, de-identified dataset across county agencies, and development of an information technology-supported screening approach for behavioral and social determinants in health care, social, and community-based settings.

Conclusion

The CPPRN represents a promising approach for research data networks, balancing the potential benefit of information technology and data analytic approaches while addressing potential risks and priorities of relevant stakeholders.

Back to the Future: Past, Present, and Future is COPD360

The treatment and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have gone through significant changes over the past decade. This plenary session, part of the 2015 COPD9USA conference, examines how the diagnosis and management of COPD has become more individualized as new phenotypes have been identified. In addition, new diagnostic and management tools are evaluated and the importance of including the patient perspective when designing a treatment plan is discussed. Finally, the future integration of technology in research, clinical communication, and disease education is introduced, including how the COPD Foundation is encouraging and facilitating these efforts. This article serves as a CME available enduring material summary of the following COPD9_USA presentations: "The Past and Present Evidence" presenter: Stephen Rennard, MD "COPD: The Way Forward" presenter: Gerard Turino, MD "E-Cigarettes-Hope, Hype or Danger?" presenter: Russell Bowler, MD, PhD "Looking Forward" presenter Prescott Woodruff, MD "The Future is Now: A Patient Perspective" presenter: Jim Nelson "COPD360 & The Patient-Powered Research Network" presenter: John Walsh.