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Resources, Roles, and Returning Value: Lessons from Patient- and Participant-Driven Research Communities (Part 2)
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As Patient and Participant-Driven Research Communities (PDRCs) have become widespread, PCORI embarked on an initiative to understand the patient and participant-driven research landscape more fully and organize a learning network…
Resources, Roles, and Returning Value: Lessons from Patient- and Participant-Driven Research Communities (Part 1)
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PCORI’s mandate to fund research that is done differently requires engagement of patients and stakeholders as partners. By “engagement in research,” we refer to the meaningful involvement of patients, caregivers…
PCORI-funded Survey on Smell and Taste Dysfunction Prompts Tremendous Response from Patients
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Although the primary purpose of our ability to smell and taste is to protect us from danger, we often take these vital senses for granted. Jenifer Trachtman, Smell for Life…
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…
Making A Difference: A Special Journal Supplement on Patient and Veteran Engagement in Health Research
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Researchers are increasingly realizing that partnering with patients and stakeholders to design and conduct studies can make those studies and the results they produce more useful to those making important…
Beyond Access to Care: Addressing Disparities across the Healthcare Continuum
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Health disparities are pervasive and persistent in the United States. Despite growing recognition that disparities exist, health inequities based on gender, race, socioeconomic status, and other demographic factors remain challenging…
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 Chronic Kidney Disease
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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…
Minority Health Month: Spotlight on Diabetes
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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-Funded Research Promotes Kidney Health in Observance of National Kidney Month
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Healthy kidneys are key to healthy bodies—acting as a filter so that the nutrients we need to stay in our bloodstream are kept circulating while waste products are released in…
Community Activist's Work Influenced by Service on PCORI Advisory Panel
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My time on the PCORI Patient Engagement Advisory Panel (PEAP), as both a member and chair from 2017 to 2020, has had a tremendous impact on my thinking about patient…
PCORI Board of Governors Adopts Research Agenda to Guide Future Research Funding
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PCORI’s Board of Governors has taken another important step in outlining how PCORI will focus its patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) funding and other activities in the years ahead…
Exploring the Evidence on Social Needs Interventions to Improve Health Outcomes
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More than 250,000 peer-reviewed articles and conference proceedings on health, biological, and biomedical sciences are published each year in the United States. With an average length of 30 pages, a…
PCORI's Health Systems Implementation Initiative: A "Fireside Chat" with Joanna Siegel
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What is the Health Systems Implementation Initiative, PCORI's new dissemination and implementation initiative? Dissemination and Implementation Director Joanna Siegel, SM, ScD, discusses some of the nuances of this new program…
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…
New Initiative Will Fund Expanded Efforts to Implement Findings in Health Systems
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Facilitating the uptake of evidence from PCORI-funded research is a key part of our work and mission. To expand our efforts to promote the uptake of useful research results in…
Experiences as a Patient Inspire Advocacy Work of New Physician Member of HDDR Advisory Panel
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Diana Cejas, MD, MPH, is one of the newest members of the PCORI Advisory Panel on Healthcare Delivery and Disparities Research (HDDR). As a physician of color, clinical researcher and…
Engaging Journalists and Future Clinicians to Disseminate PCORI-Funded Study Results
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PCORI’s portfolio of funded research projects is home to more than 700 patient-centered outcomes research/comparative clinical effectiveness research (PCOR/CER) studies aiming to generate important evidence about health conditions and treatment…
Engagement Awards Funding Announcements Open
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Since 2014, the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award program has awarded more than $130 million to fund more than 637 projects that build communities ready to engage in patient-centered outcomes…
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's First Rapid Review: Video-Teleconferencing for Disease Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
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If you tuned in to the PCORI Annual Meeting last November, you may have heard PCORI Executive Director Nakela L. Cook, MD, MPH, discuss our new Rapid Review series. We…
PCORI Enhances Funding Opportunities and Streamlines Application Processes in 2022
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PCORI is excited to announce several updates to our funding processes which we believe will streamline the application process and enhance the funding opportunities that we offer. One of the…
PCORI’s Proposed Research Agenda: Public Comment Open Until Jan. 31, 2022
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The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) took another critical step in developing its strategic plan to guide future research funding with the release of its proposed Research Agenda. PCORI’s Board…
Helping Make Veterans Research More Patient-Centered
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One of the goals PCORI set in its strategic plan is to influence research to become more patient-centered. Engaging patients and healthcare stakeholders in the research process is central to…