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PCORI approves $123 million for research on postpartum care, hypertension management, antibiotic prescribing and a range of conditions
News Release
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…
Learning Drives Innovation in New PCORI Initiatives
Leadership Perspective
Our efforts to engage patients and stakeholders across the healthcare community, and focus on outcomes of interest to patients and those who care for them, are how we conduct Research…
Finding Success in Rural Patient-Centered Research Engagement
Blog
A Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award project’s location plays a distinct role in its planning and implementation. For example, rural populations and people living in low-income and historically underserved areas…
PCORI approves $94 million to fund new colorectal cancer screening study in older adults and Phase 3 of PCORnet infrastructure project
News Release
WASHINGTON, DC—The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved an award slate with $32.7 million for a large, multi-phase comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) study to compare…
Sharing Messages of Engagement in Health from Montana's Crow Indian Nation
Blog
It is devastating for anyone to lose somebody, especially when that person is a child. When my young, twin daughter received the diagnosis of stage IV neuroblastoma, a cancer of…
Can Some MS Patients Safely Stop Taking Medicines?
Blog
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…
Taking the Confusion out of Breast Cancer Screening
Blog
At its core, screening for breast cancer aims to save lives. The idea is intuitively attractive: Find a tumor early, before the disease becomes more serious, and some combination of…
A Multifaceted Disease Requires a Patient-Centered Response
Blog
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…
Emerging Health Care Innovation Brief: Treating Sexually Transmitted Infections and Urinary Tract Infections
Highlight
The latest Emerging Health Care Innovation Brief highlights doxycycline, an oral antibiotic for sexually transmitted bacterial infections like chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis, which can be difficult to treat, and might…
Can Patients with MS Safely Stop Taking Medicine as They Age? DISCOMS Trial's Results Indicate It's a Reasonable Option for Some
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…
PRIMED Study: Training, Reminders Aid Talks about Colorectal Cancer Screening in Older Adults
Study Highlight
For older adults, guidelines recommend clinicians and patients work together to make decisions about colorectal cancer screening (CRC). However, these conversations must consider several factors and can be challenging. The…
PRO-TECT Trial: Telehealth Interventions Improve Outcomes for Patients with Advanced Cancer
Study Highlight
Patients with advanced cancer who used telehealth to regularly report symptoms improved their overall well-being, compared with those who were seen less frequently via in-person clinical visits, according to results…
TrACER Study: Changing Prescription Order Systems to Lower Risk of Febrile Neutropenia in Patients Starting Chemotherapy
Study Highlight
Some patients who receive chemotherapy develop a serious health problem called febrile neutropenia (FN), which involves having a fever and a low number of a type of white blood cells…
