Collaborate with us
We conduct hundreds of research studies each year to advance patient care, experience and affordability. Many of our projects involve collaboration with research groups across the country. Our research is led by PhD-, DDS- and MD-level investigators.
We welcome your interest in working with us in many areas of research:
- Health services
- Survey-based
- Behavioral interventions
- Clinical trials
- Basic science
As part of HealthPartners, our organization includes hospitals, clinics and a health plan. This enables us to make discoveries, develop evidence-based solutions and put them in place.
HealthPartners is the largest consumer-governed, nonprofit health care organization in the nation. It serves more than 1.2 million patients and 1.8 million health plan members. Many of our projects involve the HealthPartners care group and health plan. HealthPartners doctors often take part in pilot studies. Health plan information helps us understand the cost of care and how to make improvements.
Research studies and projects
A HealthPartners researcher must be involved in any project involving HealthPartners data, patients or members. Researchers external to HealthPartners must work with staff from HealthPartners to create proposals.
We provide full-service development support to our investigators as well as our external research partners. This includes professional proposal development and grant submission, including federal contracts and proposals. We also manage a robust research review process to ensure administrative and scientific quality.
Research networks
The Institute is a leader and participant in 14 national research networks that include other large health care systems. This extends our reach and impact as we collaborate and share knowledge across the country.
Research infrastructure
Our research infrastructure and services include teams skilled in designing, conducting and evaluating research projects. This deep expertise and support allows research teams to conduct complex studies. We also use state-of-the-art technology in our data extracts, storage and security to ensure that the data used in our research is accurate, safe and comprehensive. Our data and web systems are housed at the same data center used by HealthPartners’ care delivery and health plan. This center is supported by information services and technology and security teams from HealthPartners. Two of our services, data coordination and survey research, are available for contract to other organizations.
Our research infrastructure includes:
Application development
Informatics
Project management
Research development
Research methodology
Research quality assurance
Research subjects protection program
Survey research
Technical infrastructure and systems
Research compliance
HealthPartners’ compliance program centers on the “Eight Basic Compliance Elements” suggested by the Office of the Inspector General. Key policies include scientific misconduct, objectivity in research and institutional conflict of interest. All investigators and research staff must review and complete conflict of interest forms at least annually and as changes in conflict of interest occur. The policy is linked below. Training is provided through CITI. For more information, contact Amy Fehrer.
Secondary Interest and Objectivity in Research Policy
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