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Testing Approaches for Deciding to Screen for Colon Cancer: A Promising Model for Shared Decision Making
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Colon Cancer Screening for Older Adults For adults ages 45 to 75, it is recommended to do routine screening for colorectal cancer — also called colon cancer — or for…
Placing Patient and Peer Voices at the Forefront: Engagement Projects Focus on Mental Health
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Mental health conditions impact individuals across age, income, racial, and ethnic groups. One in five people in the United States will experience a mental health condition within a given year…
PCORI offers up to $452 million through new health research funding opportunities on various topics
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today began inviting proposals for new studies and implementation projects through nine funding opportunities. These PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs) include four…
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…
PCORI offers up to $308.5 million through new funding opportunities
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has opened the application periods for nine funding opportunities that offer up to $308.5 million in total funding. The latest PCORI…
PCORI approves $96 million for research on mental health, delirium, adolescent alcohol use among other conditions
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced funding awards totaling $96 million to support 18 new research studies. These studies aim to fill evidence gaps and…
PCORI approves $258 million to fund research studies addressing mental health, heart-related care, and a range of chronic and acute conditions
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has approved funding awards totaling $258 million to support 26 new research studies. These studies aim to fill evidence gaps and…
Evidence Updates Highlight New Findings from PCORI-Funded Research
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Conducting clinical research studies often takes years, from recruiting participants to analyzing data. It can often take many more years for new evidence from research to inform health care and…
PCORI approves $94 million to fund new colorectal cancer screening study in older adults and Phase 3 of PCORnet infrastructure project
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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…
PCORI Researchers Are Answering Rapidly Emerging Questions about Telehealth
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Telehealth—the use of digital information and communication technologies, such as computers and mobile devices, to access health care services remotely and manage health care—has grown in promise as technology has…
Partnering to Help People with Obesity Better Understand Their Surgical Options
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Nationwide, 93 million adults and one in five adolescents have obesity. But the concerns they face go well beyond excess weight. They are at greater risk for heart disease, type…
Research to Improve Minority Mental Health
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One in six US adults lives with a mental illness such as depression, bipolar disorder, and anxiety disorders, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Compared with non-Hispanic whites…
Taking on Childhood Obesity
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Nearly one-fifth of American children have obesity, increasing their risk of many associated health problems. These include conditions historically considered adult problems: heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, high…
Drawing on Mental Health "Experts-by-Experience"
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An estimated 43.6 million American adults—nearly one in five—have mental illness. Anxiety and mood disorders, including depression, are the most common forms. While these conditions are usually treatable, clinicians often…
In the Navajo Nation, a Focus on Health Data
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Native Americans have the highest rate of diabetes of all US racial and ethnic groups. Around 16 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native adults have been diagnosed with that…
New Research Funding Opportunities on Addressing Rare Diseases, Substance Use, and Other Topics Open May 7
Funding Announcement Notice
PCORI's Online System will open on May 7, 2024, for the submission of Letters of Intent (LOI) for several research PCORI Funding Announcements (PFA), which will fund proposals for high-quality…
Virtual Applicant Town Halls for Upcoming Research Funding Opportunities: Register Now
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PCORI will be hosting several virtual applicant town halls for prospective applicants to learn more about the new Research PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs) that open on May 7. Attendees will…
PRIMED Study: Training, Reminders Aid Talks about Colorectal Cancer Screening in Older Adults
Research 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…
Broad Pragmatic Studies: New Funding Opportunity for High-Impact, Long-Range Research Opens May 7
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On May 7, 2024, PCORI will begin accepting Letter of Intent (LOI) submissions for the Broad Pragmatic Studies PCORI Funding Announcement (BPS PFA) under Cycle 2 2024. This PFA seeks…
TrACER Study: Changing Prescription Order Systems to Lower Risk of Febrile Neutropenia in Patients Starting Chemotherapy
Research 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…