To clinician innovators: A special invitation

Our vision for this special issue was simple: to inspire clinician innovators working in integrated care to not only consume the literature but also contribute to it. Growing the research capacity of clinician innovators in integrated care is vital for at least three reasons. First and foremost, real-world clinicians have an excellent vantage on the processes and outcomes that relate to the reach or the extent to which the given intervention or model of care engages its intended audience (Klesges, Estabrooks, Dzewaltowski, Bull, & Glasgow, 2005). Second, policy changes within the Affordable Care Act have facilitated the rapid uptake of integrated care in recent years (Beacham, Kinman, Harris, & Masters, 2012; Nash, Khatri, Cubic, & Baird, 2013), but the growth of the published evidence base has not kept pace. Third, clinician innovators in integrated care are well positioned to contribute to the evidence base because of the growing emphasis on demonstrating outcomes in health care. Many of the articles in this special issue highlight specific recommendations that clinician innovators can make to transform a local evaluation into one that produces generalizable findings worthy of publication. Our hope is that this special issue can help dismantle the "research" stereotype and inspire future clinician innovators to become more active participants. (PsycINFO Database Record