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When PCORI began funding comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) two years ago, we issued broad funding announcements seeking the best ideas of researchers and their partnered stakeholders. We looked for…

With each of PCORI’s research funding cycles we have a unique opportunity to improve our process for supporting studies that will provide patients, caregivers, and their clinicians with evidence-based information…

In 2013, Geisinger Health System convened its clinical, research, and administrative leadership to conduct a mid-course evaluation of our 10-year strategic plan for research. Our aim: to assess the internal…

Hypertension, a leading cause of cardiovascular disease and premature death, affects nearly one in three adults in the United States. Despite the effectiveness of current treatments, only about half of…

Introducing new, much-needed perspectives into the nation’s healthcare research enterprise takes teamwork. We at PCORI routinely partner with patients, caregivers, clinicians, and other healthcare stakeholders in all our activities; those…

PCORI recently convened a large stakeholder workshop to discuss whether new comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies we might fund could answer key questions about how to best diagnose and…

Patients and caregivers are becoming more deeply involved in research that evaluates the effectiveness of different healthcare options. In the past, when patients were involved in research, they generally participated…

Partnerships are basic to PCORI. In pursuing our mission to fund research that will improve the nation’s health outcomes, we know we can’t act alone. We work closely with patients…

As Americans live longer and face higher rates of chronic conditions, family members are increasingly stepping up to provide their day-to-day care. PCORI recognizes the critical and growing role these…

We’re pleased to report taking a major step toward test-driving PCORnet, the national patient-centered clinical research network designed to enhance the nation’s capacity to conduct studies that will answer important…

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been the subject of a great deal of conversation in healthcare circles and the media this year. A chronic disease, HCV infection can damage…

Better integration of research and practice can speed the production and influence of evidence-based health information that can answer questions that patients, clinicians, and health systems face every day. And…

To mark our fourth anniversary, we invited representatives of our key stakeholder communities to describe the influence that PCORI has had on their work and their perspectives on clinical research…

To mark our fourth anniversary, we invited representatives of our key stakeholder communities to describe the influence that PCORI has had on their work and their perspectives on clinical research…

As PCORI’s portfolio of patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness (CER) research projects grows, we carefully consider how to see that our funding has the greatest impact. We know we must spend…

To mark our fourth anniversary, we invited representatives of our key stakeholder communities to describe the influence that PCORI has had on their work and their perspectives on clinical research…

At PCORI, our mandate is to both support comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) and get the results of those studies out to those who need them. It’s a task we…

Patients are increasingly becoming active partners in both their own care and efforts to improve the healthcare system. We are learning that this involvement can result in more effective and…

It’s been four years since the US Government Accountability Office appointed PCORI’s founding Board of Governors . As we recognize this anniversary, we look back on a series of accomplishments…

PCORI is committed to ensuring that our research efforts are informed by the end-users of healthcare information, including people in diverse communities from coast to coast. One way we have…

The Greater Plains Collaborative (GPC), a new network of 10 leading medical centers in seven Midwestern states, is a component of PCORnet , our national patient-centered clinical research network initiative…

How can patients and researchers with an interest in a particular disease find each other to partner in patient-centered clinical research? This question is central to PCORI as we fulfill…

Information Technology (IT) plays an increasingly prominent role in all aspects of society, and National Health IT Week , beginning September 15, offers an opportune time to reflect on how…

September marks World Alzheimer’s Month , a time when national and local Alzheimer associations advance awareness of the disease through media outreach, screenings, and fundraising efforts. This year’s campaign asks…

One of our strategic imperatives is to engage patients, caregivers, clinicians, and other healthcare stakeholders in the entire research process, from topic generation to dissemination and implementation of results. The…