Infrastructure + Networks
Research Infrastructure
Research and innovations at AllianceChicago leverage robust Health Information Technology (HIT). Built around a shared electronic health record (EHR) and customized data and analytics platform, our infrastructure is supported and strengthened by our participating health centers’ commitment to research and improving the quality of care for vulnerable populations. The infrastructure is not just IT; it is a people, process, and technology solutions. The team is well versed in all aspects of research design, implementation, and evaluation and includes specialized in training in various disciplines and research methods and human subject research. AllianceChicago has productive, ongoing relationships with academic partners, nursing centers, hospital systems, community-based organizations, and other community-based healthcare organizations.
Research Networks
AllianceChicago is a part of the following research networks:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN): AllianceChicago is an AHRQ-certified PBRN, a group of primary care clinicians and practices working together to answer community-based health care questions and translate research findings into practice. PBRNs engage clinicians in quality improvement activities and an evidence-based culture in primary care practice to improve the health of all Americans.
Chicago Area Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Network (CAPriCORN): CAPriCORN is a patient-centered outcomes and research network whose mission is to develop, test and implement policies and programs that will improve health care quality, health outcomes and health equity for the richly diverse populations of the metropolitan Chicago region and beyond.
Chicago Consortium for Community Engagement (C3): C3 is comprised of selected individuals from Chicago’s three recipient universities of the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program: Northwestern University, University of Chicago and University of Illinois at Chicago, as well as from Rush University, AllianceChicago and the Chicago Department of Public Health. The mission of C3 is to maximize the impact of community-engaged research and to improve population health and health equity throughout greater Chicago.
