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Overview
The research component of the Midwest Clinicians' Network
(MWCN) began more than nine years ago in an effort to improve
the care provided in federally funded health centers through
quality research efforts. As a result of an MWCN survey,
the first research project focused on the care provided
to patients with diabetes. Collaboration with the University
of Chicago and support from the Bureau of Primary Health
Care and the Midwest Clinicians' Network enabled researchers
to better understand the state of the care provided to these
particular patients and to learn the perceived barriers
to giving optimum care. These initial findings helped to
establish the Bureau supported Diabetes Collaborative and
provided information to the federally funded health centers
to allow them to implement strategies to improve care.
Click on any of the following links for more details on
MWCN Research Projects:
Research
Committee Brief Summary of Projects
Diabetes
Care in Community Health Centers Abstract
Health
Disparities Collaborative Evaluation Abstract
University
of Chicago Prevention and Control Cores Abstract
Improving
Community Care of Hypertension and Lipids Abstract
To view a list of published articles the Research Committee
is currently working on or has published, click
here.
Research Committee
The Midwest Clinicians Network (MWCN) Research Committee
is looking for additional members to participate in overseeing
existing projects and the setting of new research agendas.
The research committee seeks to increase the number of actively
engaged staff members from health centers serving vulnerable
populations.
Our current method of committee operation is based on approximately
monthly conference calls lasting about one hour. Volunteers
from those calls will work on portions of the research projects
in between calls.
Committee members need not have any research experience.
An interest in clinical research is useful but less important
than your interest in understanding and improving the quality
of care delivery in your center. The major requirement for
membership is the availability to attend most conference
calls. Reimbursement for participation is primarily in the
form of self-satisfaction but also includes the potential
for authorship on published papers, recognition by peers,
and community members.
If you are interested in becoming a member of the MWCN
Research committee, please contact Loretta Heuer (Research
Chair) or Amanda Campbell (MWCN Director) at the phone numbers
or e-mail addresses listed below.
Loretta Heuer
701-237-3843
loretta.heuer@att.net
Amanda Campbell
517-381-8000 x214
acampbell@mpca.net
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