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Health Systems' Rehabilitation Research Priorities During the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic: Findings from the Learning Health Systems Rehabilitation Research Network (LeaRRn)

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Research Objectives

The Learning Health Systems Rehabilitation Research Network (LeaRRn) is a newly-funded national network to advance stakeholder-partnered learning health system (LHS) rehabilitation research. Recognizing that such research requires addressing topics of high priority to LHS partners, we used a stakeholder engagement process to ascertain our partners’ research priorities in May 2019, while planning for LeaRRn, and again in June 2020, during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Our objective is to

Design

A multi-phased stakeholder engagement process: first convening LHS representatives (in May 2019) for two phone meetings to generate and reach consensus regarding a list of research priorities; and second administering an electronic survey (in June 2020) to ascertain the extent to which the priorities remained important or had changed. Survey data collection and analysis will be completed mid-July 2020.

Setting

Eight LHSs across the rehabilitation care continuum.

Participants

Representatives from the eight LHSs.

Interventions

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Main Outcome Measures

Research priorities.

Results

Prior to the pandemic, LHS representatives identified priority topics focused on the impact of policies (patient-driven payment models), clinical practice and programs (pre-habilitation in surgical care and mobility programs in acute, post-acute, and long-term care), and care delivery strategies (related to team-based models of care, care transitions, and high-need patients). Survey results are pending, but conversations with LHS representatives indicate that changes in regulations, policy, and

Conclusions

Understanding LHS research priorities focuses stakeholder-partnered rehabilitation research efforts on issues of relevance to the LHS, increasing the likelihood of translating evidence to practice and improving the quality of care.

Author(s) Disclosures

No Disclosures for Freburger, Baier, Reddy, or Resnik.

Keywords

Learning Health System, Rehabilitation Research, Health Services Research

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