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Evidence Updates Share New Findings to Support Health Decision Making
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PCORI’s mandate is to improve the quality and relevance of evidence that can help patients, caregivers, clinicians and others make better-informed health or healthcare decisions. Our Evidence Updates are one…
PCORI approves $123 million for research on postpartum care, hypertension management, antibiotic prescribing and a range of conditions
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced funding awards totaling $123 million to support 15 new research studies. These studies aim to fill evidence gaps, enhance…
Integrating Hearing Care into Health Care
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In 2019, PCORI issued a call for research proposals to help address the highly prevalent, but often undertreated, condition of age-related hearing loss. Sherri Smith, AuD, PhD, Associate Professor of…
Promising Evidence for Telehealth Strategies for the Delivery of Maternal Health Care
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The COVID-19 pandemic triggered many uncertainties and concerns for pregnant people, who were faced with navigating frequent prenatal and postpartum healthcare visits under risk of COVID-19 exposure. The pandemic has…
Study Makes Strides in Improving Parental Mental Health
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Every time a parent leaves our neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to take their child home, we are asking them to do superhuman things. At Children’s National Hospital, the tasks…
PCORI-Funded Projects Aim to Use Telehealth to Address Disparities
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As Americans’ use of cell phones and the internet have increased rapidly, clinicians and researchers have realized that telehealth may help people better manage their health. Telehealth, which involves clinicians…
Can Some MS Patients Safely Stop Taking Medicines?
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Multiple sclerosis is an often disabling neurological condition that affects about 400,000 people in the United States. People with MS can develop a wide variety of symptoms, including vision problems…
A Multifaceted Disease Requires a Patient-Centered Response
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In 1986, I began experiencing bouts of numbness, fatigue, and lack of coordination on my left side. Those symptoms launched my 13-year journey toward a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, or…
Can Patients with MS Safely Stop Taking Medicine as They Age? DISCOMS Trial's Results Indicate It's a Reasonable Option for Some
Research Study Highlight
Although new results from an ongoing PCORI-funded study into whether some patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) can safely stop taking certain kinds of medications as they age weren’t conclusive in…
'Hearing Norton Sound' Study: Telehealth Referrals Improve Access to Hearing Care for Children in Rural Areas
Research Study Highlight
Children in school-based hearing screening programs who received telehealth-based specialist referrals experienced follow-up care up to 17.6 times faster, compared with children who received standard primary care referrals, according to…