PBRNConnect is now live on the ACCP Research Institute (RI) Web site at www.accpri.org/pbrnconnect. This site can be accessed using your usual ACCP log-in. As an ACCP PBRN member, you will be able to view, print, and download all study-related documents and forms including training materials, protocol templates, consent forms, and central IRB approval letters. It is highly recommended that all ACCP PBRN members view PBRNConnect training before moving through the PBRNConnect Web site. Two short webinars have been loaded on PBRNConnect to help members navigate the site.

In addition to serving as a repository for information, PBRNConnect will allow each member to create his/her own page for uploading member portfolio information, such as certificates of training completion, CV/biosketches, and local IRB approval letters as needed.

The launch of PBRNConnect is an important step toward building the necessary infrastructure for a paperless “green” PBRN. Both PBRNConnect and Discovere—the ACCP PBRN’s data collection tool—are Web-based programs that will eliminate, or greatly reduce, the necessity of sending large member e-mails and obviate the requirement for paper data collection. Furthermore, these tools will permit 24/7 member access to study-related documents and forms within a secure system.

The first PBRN project, the Medication Error Detection, Amelioration, and Prevention (MEDAP) Study protocol, as well as the IRB approval letter and supporting documents are loaded on PBRNConnect. All ACCP PBRN members will be required to complete their member portfolios using PBRNConnect before they can participate in any PBRN project.

All ACCP members interested in participating in PBRN research are encouraged to log-in to PBRNConnect and create their portfolios today. Thanks again to those who have joined the largest nationwide clinical pharmacy PBRN.