Join us and members from across the healthcare community virtually from November 17-19 as we highlight our National Priorities for Health, share lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, and explore opportunities to help advance PCORI's mission to improve health outcomes for patients and their families. Join the conversation online with #PCORI2021.
About 15 percent of the U.S. population lives in rural areas and many face difficulty obtaining necessary healthcare services. PCORI is supporting dozens of research studies and Engagement Award projects aimed at improving care and outcomes among rural populations that focus on residents of rural areas and the conditions that impose greater burdens on them than others.
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In a new Leadership Perspective, PCORI Executive Director Nakela L. Cook, MD, MPH, notes that stakeholder engagement is at the "heart of our work" and it is now more important than ever as PCORI aims to hear a variety of voices, build trust, and achieve health equity.
Rural America faces many health challenges, from reduced access to health care to living in historically underserved areas. Two PCORI-funded Engagement Award projects provide important lessons in reaching out and including rural residents in patient-centered outcomes research.
We have released a Request for Information to learn about key research topics within Science of Engagement from various stakeholder groups and organizations who participate in research or engage communities. Find out more and submit your responses by November 19.
Results published in the New England Journal of Medicine from the PCORI-funded REGAIN Trial show that general and spinal anesthesia were equally effective and safe for patients age 50 and older who had surgery for hip fracture, and they offered similar rates of survival, ability to walk, and post-operative delirium.
Are you interested in serving on one of PCORI's five multi-stakeholder advisory panels? We are now accepting applications and nominations for new members under the 2021-22 selection cycle. The submission deadline is Thursday, March 31, 2022 by 5:00pm ET.
PCORI, in partnership with Korn Ferry, has launched a national search for a Deputy Executive Director for Patient-Centered Research Programs. Learn more about this new position — which will report to PCORI's Executive Director — and submit an application.
