# Implementation Laboratory

> **NIH NIH P50** · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $234,856

## Abstract

IMPLEMENTATION LABORATORY PROJECT SUMMARY
The OCHIN practice-based research network (PBRN) of >500 community health centers (CHCs) across 20
states will serve as the Implementation Laboratory for the Building Research in Implementation and
Dissemination to close Gaps and achieve Equity in Cancer Control (BRIDGE-C2) Center. The OCHIN PBRN
has the nation's largest network of CHCs sharing a centrally-hosted electronic health record (EHR), and a
team of researchers, quality improvement coaches, and informaticists capable of supporting a large portfolio of
dissemination and implementation research studies. OCHIN's member CHCs provide care for an underserved
population of nearly 2.6 million patients, of whom 62% are from households earning <138% of the federal
poverty level, 49% are insured by Medicaid, and 21% are uninsured. OCHIN hosts the CHCs' shared EHR,
and has built a centralized data warehouse that includes longitudinal data elements for all patients across
these CHCs. The BRIDGE-C2 Center's Implementation Laboratory will leverage and enhance the robust
OCHIN PBRN (Aim 1a) and be led by an implementation scientist, supported by a multi-disciplinary team (Aim
1b). The Implementation Laboratory will engage stakeholders from the >500 CHC practices in research and
coordinate dissemination of new knowledge to CHCs (Aim 2). The Laboratory will establish a Data
Management Unit to build and maintain a data warehouse that supports the work of the BRIDGE-C2 Center,
coordinate data sharing and regulatory requirements, ensure data quality and harmonization, and liaise with
other laboratories across the Implementation Science Centers for Cancer Control consortium to develop
common data elements and metric definitions that impact adoption of cancer screening and prevention
evidence-based interventions (Aim 3). The Laboratory will also establish a Practice Surveillance Unit to enable
identification of critical cancer screening and prevention disparities to target in future research, and rapidly and
continuously monitor the progress and sustainability of strategies designed to enhance the implementation of
evidence-based interventions in CHCs (Aim 4). The Implementation Laboratory will build on the foundational
work that created the OCHIN PBRN. The diversity of practices in the Laboratory (e.g., rural/urban, large/small,
different geographic regions) and the inclusion of specialized programs for vulnerable subpopulations
strengthens the likelihood that findings will be relevant to many different CHC settings. Further, our ability to
select a diverse sample of practices for BRIDGE-C2 Center research studies will enable the development of
implementation strategies and support strategies to be spread to many other primary care networks. Thus, the
Implementation Laboratory is well-poised to work with the Center to take on the grand challenge of advancing
implementation science to improve cancer screening and prevention in underserved populations.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10020998
- **Project number:** 5P50CA244289-02
- **Recipient organization:** OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Jennifer E DeVoe
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $234,856
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-09-19 → 2024-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10020998

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10020998, Implementation Laboratory (5P50CA244289-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10020998. Licensed CC0.

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