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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…
A New Year, New Opportunities: Looking Ahead to 2024 and Beyond
Leadership Perspective
As I reflect on PCORI’s accomplishments in 2023, I see so much to celebrate, and so much to build on in the year ahead. As the leading funder of patient-centered…
PCORI offers more than $500 million through new funding opportunities
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today began inviting proposals for new studies and projects through 10 funding opportunities. Five of these PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs) are…
Tips for Writing a Responsive Letter of Intent for Research Awards
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As the nation’s leading funder of patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER), PCORI eagerly awaits Letters of Intent (LOIs) that answer patient-centered questions about health and health care. PCORI staff…
PCORI approves $80.5 million for health research using novel approaches to tackle social and clinical care factors that contribute to maternal health inequities
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced funding awards totaling $80.5 million to support four new, ambitious patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies focused on…
PCORI approves $225 million in funding for dozens of health research studies and related projects
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced the approval of funding awards totaling $225 million, which include $207 million to support 20 new patient-centered comparative clinical…
Patient-Centered Research Is Critical to Enhancing Care Coordination
Leadership Perspective
Coordination of care—defined by our colleagues at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) as “organizing patient care activities and sharing information among all of the participants concerned with…
Type 2 Diabetes Research Done Differently: Studying Telemanagement for Hispanic and Latino Adults
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Diabetes is a chronic condition that, while treatable and manageable with proper care, can have serious negative effects on quality and length of life if left unaddressed. More than half…
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…
New Engagement Award Builds Small Organizations' Capacity for Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research
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PCORI believes research that involves patients and other participants—like small organizations—from the start will lead to useful results more likely to be taken up in clinical practice. This is why…
PCORI makes first funding awards to advance the science on engaging patients, caregivers and other partners in health research
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced the approval of $9 million for the first seven studies through its groundbreaking Science of Engagement initiative. An unprecedented…
PCORI approves $208 million for research on heart disease, chronic disease, palliative care and a range of conditions impacting people of all ages
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced funding awards totaling $208 million to support 17 new comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies, including four trials of…
Doing Research Differently: The Unique Value of Engagement in PCORI-Funded Research
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Over the past decade, patient and stakeholder engagement have become increasingly ingrained in health research and the body of literature on such engagement has grown steadily. PCORI has been at…
PCORI Creates New Funding Opportunity: Topical PFA
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PCORI is introducing a new type of funding opportunity seeking to fund high-quality, comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) focused on 12 Board-approved Topic Themes. These funding opportunities offered as Topical…
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…
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…
Innovations and Initiatives: A Look Ahead at 2023
Leadership Perspective
Our nation continues to face urgent health and health care challenges, including rising rates of chronic disease and mental health issues, the crisis of substance use, insufficient access to care…
Annual Meeting Highlights Essential PCORI Values
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The eighth PCORI Annual Meeting last month highlighted so much of what makes our community special: a broad, diverse range of engaged stakeholders; inspirational expert speakers; compelling results from patient-centered…
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 Landscape Review on Value in Health Will Inform Continuing Conversation
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PCORI’s recently published Landscape Review and Summary of Patient and Stakeholder Perspectives on Value in Health and Health Care provides a comprehensive resource to help inform ongoing conversations between and…
PCORI's Strategic Plan: What Is Next?
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At its June 2022 meeting, PCORI’s Board of Governors approved the PCORI Strategic Plan , putting the finishing touches on a rigorous and thoughtful planning approach underpinned by extensive input…
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…
In Case You Missed It: PCORI's Executive Director Shares Insights on Priorities in Health Affairs Interview
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PCORI Executive Director Nakela L. Cook, MD, MPH, shared her thoughts on PCORI’s role and the rich potential of its next phase during an hourlong interview with Alan Weil, JD, MPP, editor-in-chief of Health Affairs, in May. Cook’s interview was part of a series of “Policy Spotlight” events in which influential, national thought leaders contribute to the journal’s ongoing coverage of health policy issues.
Learning Drives Innovation in New PCORI Initiatives
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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…
MEDIA ADVISORY: PCORI Executive Director Joins Health Affairs for Next Policy Spotlight on May 23
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Watch this Health Affairs Policy Spotlight WASHINGTON, DC — On Monday, May 23, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Executive Director, Nakela L. Cook, MD, MPH , will join Health Affairs…