The ADVANCE Clinical Research Network Past, Present, and Future

As community-based primary care organizations, CHCs have relationships, trust, and expertise with the communities they serve. ADVANCE provides critical data and engagement resources for including CHCs and their patients in research to improve patient-centered care and outcomes. Despite past investment, there is a recognized need for additional engagement, investment, capacity building, and research infrastructure to realize the full potential of CHC partnerships in clinical research and PCORnet® studies. By partnering with CHCs and tertiary hospitals, ADVANCE and the PCORnet infrastructure can provide enhanced access to clinical research opportunities that further support patient-centered, high-quality care delivery, and positive health outcomes while meeting CHCs' priorities and goals, progressing their own research capacity and infrastructure, and contributing to scalable research readiness models.