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124 STAT. 509 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 ‘‘(8) provide for the development of best practices in the delivery of health care services that— ‘‘(A) have a high likelihood of success, based on struc- tured review of empirical evidence; ‘‘(B) are specified with sufficient detail of the individual processes, steps, training, skills, and knowledge required for implementation and incorporation into workflow of health care practitioners in a variety of settings; ‘‘(C) are designed to be readily adapted by health care providers in a variety of settings; and ‘‘(D) where applicable, assist health care providers in working with other health care providers across the con- tinuum of care and in engaging patients and their families in improving the care and patient health outcomes; ‘‘(9) provide for the funding of the activities of organizations with recognized expertise and excellence in improving the delivery of health care services, including children’s health care, by involving multiple disciplines, managers of health care entities, broad development and training, patients, caregivers and families, and frontline health care workers, including activi- ties for the examination of strategies to share best quality improvement practices and to promote excellence in the delivery of health care services; and ‘‘(10) build capacity at the State and community level to lead quality and safety efforts through education, training, and mentoring programs to carry out the activities under para- graphs (1) through (9). ‘‘(c) RESEARCH FUNCTIONS OF CENTER.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall support, such as through a contract or other mechanism, research on health care delivery system improvement and the development of tools to facilitate adoption of best practices that improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of health care delivery services. Such support may include establishing a Quality Improvement Net- work Research Program for the purpose of testing, scaling, and disseminating of interventions to improve quality and effi- ciency in health care. Recipients of funding under the Program may include national, State, multi-State, or multi-site quality improvement networks. ‘‘(2) RESEARCH REQUIREMENTS.—The research conducted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall— ‘‘(A) address the priorities identified by the Secretary in the national strategic plan established under section 399HH; ‘‘(B) identify areas in which evidence is insufficient to identify strategies and methodologies, taking into consid- eration areas of insufficient evidence identified by the entity with a contract under section 1890(a) of the Social Security Act in the report required under section 399JJ; ‘‘(C) address concerns identified by health care institu- tions and providers and communicated through the Center pursuant to subsection (d); ‘‘(D) reduce preventable morbidity, mortality, and asso- ciated costs of morbidity and mortality by building capacity for patient safety research; ‘‘(E) support the discovery of processes for the reliable, safe, efficient, and responsive delivery of health care, taking