The BC SUPPORT Unit: bringing patient-oriented research to bridge research and practice in health care

This is the introductory paper in a collection of five papers on the BC SUPPORT Unit, a component of the pan-Canadian Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR), and is match funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the provincial government of British Columbia since 2016. In this introductory paper, we offer a brief overview of the Strategy, describe the ambition underlying the creation of the SUPPORT Unit in British Columbia, provide information on the Unit’s mandate and approach, and identify areas of ongoing priority focus for the Unit.