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The International Association for the Study of Pain

The Comfort Ability Network: How Collaborative Network Partnerships Can Synergistically Inform Clinical Research and Practice

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The Comfort Ability Program (CAP) generates enhanced access to psychological care through its dual focus on patient-centered education and skills training and the creation of an established clinical network that prioritizes clinical training and programmatic support (Coakley & Bujoreanu, 2020).  Developed in accordance with a structured planning and evaluation framework (RE-AIM; Kwan et al, 2019), CAP has successfully increased access to cognitive behavioral intervention by identifying and reducing implementation barriers across various healthcare systems, iteratively assessing and strengthening clinical tools and procedures, engaging in collaborative efforts to systematically engage vulnerable populations, and sharing strategies for sustaining services at the local, national, and international level. CAP will be shared as a model to demonstrate how clinical networks can synergistically work to sustain cross institutional collaborations, enhance transferability, and promote sustained use and innovation. The presentation will include recent data from the 2022 CAP clinical network evaluation and discuss how the management of clinical and organizational partnerships fits within a larger knowledge mobilization framework.

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