Grant: SPOR Primary Care Network

The SPOR PCN is an established interdisciplinary, intersectoral network of people who collaborate on generating innovations in primary health care (PHC) delivery. The SPOR PCN's vision is to create a sustainable pan-Canadian primary care learning health systems platform supported by patient-oriented, practice based-research to improve patient and provider experiences in delivering and receiving care, population health and healthcare expenditures. The Network's mission is to establish and grow provincial and territorial practice-based research and learning networks (PBRLNs) and a PHC information system that will facilitate research to spread and scale innovations in PHC across the country. The SPOR PCN's objectives are to: 1.Facilitate the reach and adaptation of successful patient-oriented primary and integrated care innovations, based on best practices in implementation science; 2.Generate and mobilize knowledge that informs and transforms practice, clinical care and decision-making for better and more equitable health outcomes, particularly for Indigenous peoples and people with complex needs due to multiple, intersecting determinants affecting their health; and 3.Increase capacity among researchers, clinicians, decision-makers, patient partners and Indigenous communities to develop and apply primary and integrated health care knowledge in practice. The Network's deliverables will be co-produced with multiple partners to improve the value of health systems across Canada for patients, communities, clinicians, and decision-makers. The PCN's learning health systems platform will provide an ideal environment to examine whether innovations are reaching the right people in the right way at the right time, and whether this results in better care experiences and outcomes. Ultimately, the SPOR PCN's activities aim to improve patient and provider experiences in receiving and delivering care, improve population health and decrease health care expenditures.