Analysis of Dissemination and Impact of the Integrated Delivery System Research Network

The Integrated Delivery System Research Network (IDSRN) is a major initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality that seeks to further the agency’s goals of knowledge transfer and movement of research to practice. The IDSRN involves contracts with nine teams of insurer/delivery system-affiliated researchers organized in various ways to complete specific and diverse projects in priority topic areas. This report describes and analyzes the IDSRN with the aim of helping to understand how it works on the ground, what is has accomplished, and how it is viewed by its partners and collaborators. In addition, the authors build on the evaluation findings to make recommendations for future change.