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Table 2 I-Lab partners and their characteristics

From: Optimizing Implementation in Cancer Control (OPTICC): protocol for an implementation science center

Setting

I-Lab partner

Description

Health systems

Kaiser Permanente Washington (KPWA)/Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI)

KPWA provides primary, specialty, hospital, home health, and inpatient skilled nursing care on a prepaid (capitation) basis. Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) has a long history of collaborating with the KPWA delivery system to conduct studies embedded in clinical practice.

Northwest Participant and Clinical Interactions (NW PCI) Network

The NW PCI Network is a collaborative group of clinical and translational research centers, affiliated with medical centers, healthcare systems, clinics and universities spanning the WWAMI region. The NW PCI Network includes primary care and specialty clinics, as well as hospitals.

Primary care

WWAMI region Practice and Research Network (WPRN)a

The WPRN is a regional practice-based research network comprising a collaborative group of primary care clinics across 32 organizations in the 5-state WWAMI region. The affiliated practices are diverse, including community health centers, private practices, and university affiliated and government-operated clinics.

Breast, Cervical, and Colon Health Program (BCCHP) Learning Collaborative

The BCCHP Learning Collaborative is a network of 8 FQHCs in Washington State that receive funding from the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) to implement evidence-based interventions to increase cancer screening rates

Public health

Washington Academic Public Health Departments

The WA Academic Health Departments link the University of Washington with Seattle and King County Public Health and the Washington State Department of Health to generate practice-relevant research, assure the utilization of evidence in practice, and grow a competent and evidence-based public health workforce.

Cancer centers

Value in Cancer Care Network (VCCN)

The VCCN is a network of cancer care organizations affiliated with the Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research (HICOR). HICOR was created to bridge research and practice to improve patients’ outcomes by promoting increased and broader use of evidence-based care, and more efficient and effective models of healthcare delivery.

TriCities Cancer Center

The TriCities Cancer Center is a freestanding non-profit cancer treatment facility that serves the cities of Kennewick, Pasco, Richland, and surrounding rural communities in eastern WA with a mission to provide and coordinate the highest quality, compassionate cancer care.

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) Networkb

The SCCA Network Program supports health care organizations in providing community-based oncology services, such as continuing medical education and arranging for local patients to enroll in clinical trials managed by qualified community physicians.

  1. aThe WWAMI region includes Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho
  2. bThe SCCA Network includes sites in Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho, and Hawaii