The Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, has organized a network of family practice clinical sites throughout the state to conduct office-based research.

The name of the network is the Ozark Primary Care Research Network (OzarkNet). Geoffrey Goldsmith, MD, MPH is the Chairman of the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine and Director of OzarkNet. The network’s mission is to improve patient care in family medicine settings through practice based research. Network goals include translating clinical research into family practice settings and assisting family practice sites in carrying out clinical studies.

Over 70 primary care physicians in 18 counties are currently members of the network. The vast majority of clinics are those of private family physicians, while one is the Family Medical Center in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and six are Arkansas Area Health Education Centers.

Participating sites are able to work with cutting edge researchers from many specialties at UAMS, all focused on improving care in the family practice setting. The network eventually intends to have medical specialists, psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, nurses, public health practitioners, health educators and many other researchers working together with family physicians on projects designed to provide excellent quality care in family practice settings.

If you are interested in joining OzarkNet, please contact our network coordinators listed below:

Marcia Bias, RN, BSN
phone: 501-686-6606
email: biasmarcia@uams.edu