Practicing Partnered Research

H ealth care research would be more relevant and havemore impact if key stakeholders were invited to partic-ipate in the research process.1–3 Similarly, the concept and practice of the learning health care system calls for close participation in the research and development process by researchers with organizational leadership and on-the-ground clinicians, as well as patients and caregivers, to enhance the adoption of innovative discoveries.4,5 Research that is em-bedded and integrated within a working health care system can provide both generalizable knowledge and immediate value for the system and its participants by stimulating innovation and improving health outcomes, quality of care, and partici-pant satisfaction. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has promoted the concept and practice of ongoing stakeholder “engagement ” in all of its funded research – from