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Clinical research in primary care is relatively scarce. Practice-based research networks PBRNs are research infrastructures to overcome hurdles associated with conducting studies in primary care. In Norway, almost all 5.
This gives opportunity for a PBRN with reliable information about the general population. The aim of the current paper is to describe the establishment, organization and function of PraksisNett the Norwegian Primary Care Research Network. It is comprised of two parts; a human infrastructure employees, including academic GPs organized as four regional nodes and a coordinating node and an IT infrastructure comprised by the Snow system in conjunction with the Medrave M4 system.
The core of the infrastructure is the 92 general practices that are contractually linked to PraksisNett. These include GPs, serving almost , patients. Practices were recruited during — and comprise a representative mix of rural and urban settings spread throughout all regions of Norway.
Norway has established a nationwide PBRN to reduce hurdles for conducting clinical studies in primary care. Improved infrastructure for clinical studies in primary care is expected to increase the attractiveness for studies on the management of disorders and diseases in primary care and facilitate international research collaboration.
