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PCORI to direct up to $600 million in health research funding spanning eight high-need areas impacting the nation's health
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved PCORI investing up to $600 million in patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) through the development…
Improving Maternal Health Through Engagement
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In response to the increasing crises of over 700 maternal deaths and nearly 73,000 reported cases of maternal morbidity occurring in the United States as recently as 2022, maternal morbidity…
PCORI offers up to $452 million through new health research funding opportunities on high-priority 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…
Topic Themes: Informing Future PCORI Funding Opportunities
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Editor's Note (February 27, 2023) These eight Topic Themes join four that are ongoing—preventing maternal morbidity and mortality, improving outcomes for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, addressing COVID-19, 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…
Funding Opportunities Targeting Maternal Health, Hypertension Management, and More Open May 3
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On May 3, PCORI opened its second funding cycle of the year and started accepting Letters of Intent for several PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs), which include calls for: Research studies…
PCORI offers up to $262 million to fund new research on postpartum care, hypertension management, and other high-priority topics
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today began accepting proposals for new studies and implementation projects through seven funding opportunities. These PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs) include a…
Minority Health Month: Spotlight on COVID-19
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Each week throughout April, in recognition of National Minority Health Month, PCORI will spotlight health conditions that disproportionately affect communities of color. One of PCORI's National Priorities for Health is…
Minority Health Month: Spotlight on Hypertension
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Each week throughout April, in recognition of National Minority Health Month, PCORI will spotlight health conditions that disproportionately affect communities of color. One of PCORI's National Priorities for Health is…
PCORI Board of Governors approves $71.5 million to fund new research studies on topics including maternal health, autism, and urinary incontinence
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WASHINGTON, DC—The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved several slates of funding awards totaling about $71.5 million to support 12 new comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER)…
PCORI-Funded Studies Spotlight Heart Disease in Women
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Heart disease is widespread and sadly, often deadly. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. While…
Lower- and higher-dose aspirin achieve similar protection and safety for people with cardiovascular disease
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People with cardiovascular disease (CVD) taking aspirin to lower their chances of suffering a heart attack or stroke experienced similar health benefits, including reduced death and hospitalization for heart attack and stroke, whether they took a high or low dose of aspirin, according to a study presented today at ACC.21, the American College of Cardiology’s 70th Annual Scientific Session and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
More than a dozen high-priority research topics approved for future PCORI funding opportunities
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More than a dozen topics ranging from healthy aging to prevention of drug addiction among adolescents and from telehealth to addressing bias, racism and discrimination throughout the health care continuum will be the focus of efforts to develop future research funding opportunities from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) following approval at today’s PCORI Board of Governors meeting.
Helping Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Make Treatment Decisions
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The American Heart Association and PCORI are excited to announce a major step in a multiyear partnership to identify and fund cardiovascular health research that will make a difference in…
$5 million award from PCORI and AHA establishes center to support better-informed AFib treatment decisions
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A new research center will produce and test decision aids to help people with atrial fibrillation (AFib) more readily make choices with their doctors about their treatment options, thanks to a $5 million funding award. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) and American Heart Association (AHA) announced the selection of the research team and home for the center today.
The Power of Collaboration in the Fight against Cardiovascular Disease
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Despite decades of progress in research and delivery of care, cardiovascular diseases continue to impose a heavy burden on our nation, even though the disease is manifesting later in life…
A Call for Research Questions: Help Us Identify Opportunities to Improve Care for Cardiovascular Diseases
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Building on our hallmark of engaging healthcare stakeholders in all phases of research, PCORI is excited to join the American Heart Association (AHA) in announcing a crowdsourcing challenge for clinicians…
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…
PREVENT CLOT Study: Aspirin as Effective as Injectable Blood Thinner to Prevent Blood Clots
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Over-the-counter aspirin is as effective as low-molecular-weight heparin, a commonly used injectable blood thinner, in preventing life-threatening blood clots among patients hospitalized due to a fracture, according to findings from…
PCORI Executive Director Speaks to Healthcare Disparities in Washington Post
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Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death for older adults and disproportionately affects Black and Hispanic communities. In a recent article published in The Washington Post, produced by…
Emerging Health Care Innovation Brief: Treating Sexually Transmitted Infections and Urinary Tract Infections
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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…
The KIDCARE Study: Exploring Treatment Strategies for Rare Pediatric Illness
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Kawasaki disease is a rare form of cardiovascular disease that mainly affects children. The condition causes widespread inflammation and can lead to focal swelling, or aneurysm formation, of the arteries…