Improving Outcomes Important to Patients

PCORI funds studies that can help patients and those who care for them make better-informed healthcare choices.
An Asian female clinician and an Asian male clinician discuss an x-ray illustrating the ribcage and lungs of a human on a computer screen.
Lung Cancer Awareness Month

Coordinated Planning for Lung Cancer Care

People with lung cancer need treatment from multiple specialists. A PCORI-funded project found that with up-front treatment planning among the specialists, patients get treatment that is more appropriate for their cancer’s severity.

Tuesday, November 20; 12:00 pm ET

Board of Governors Meeting

Friday, November 30; 9:00 am ET

Advisory Panel on Clinical Effectiveness and Decision Science Fall 2018 Meeting

A wide-angle look at the main hall in the venue of the PCORI 2018 Annual Meeting, where the keynote presentations and plenary sessions took place.
2018 PCORI Annual Meeting

From Evidence to Impact: Putting What Works into Action

Watch recordings of the 2018 PCORI Annual Meeting's keynote presentations, as well as all the plenary and breakout sessions.

Highlights

A child looking up at an adult who is holding a measuring cup and bottle containing a red-colored liquid medicine.

Antibiotics for Common Infections in Children

There's new evidence to help clinicians, parents or other caregivers choose the right kind of antibiotic for ear, nose, or throat infections.

Increasing the Chances That Hospital Patients Get Drugs to Avoid Blood Clots

This researcher tested an education program for patients and nurses about the importance of taking blood-thinning drugs to prevent blood clots and found that the program cut the number of missed doses by half.

A 3D illustration of the human heart with blood flowing throwing the vessels and arteries in the human chest.

Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke Prevention: Systematic Review Update

A new PCORI-funded Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality report outlines possible ways to prevent the formation of clots in blood vessels.