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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…
Patient-Centeredness for Treatment-Resistant Depression: Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research Trial Tests a New Approach
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Treatment-Resistant Depression Major depressive disorder is a serious health concern for adults in the United States. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, close to one…
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…
Reaching the Summit: Patient-Centered CER Helps Women Overcome Peripartum Depression
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What is peripartum depression? Peripartum depression is more than just “baby blues:” this condition is clinical depression experienced by a person during pregnancy or after giving birth that can continue…
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…
AHRQ and PCORI Invest in Learning Health Systems Scientist Training
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) are partnering to advance learning health system scientist training. Learning health systems strengthen institutional research…
Engagement Award April 2024 Cycle Funding Announcements Open
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The Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award Program is now accepting applications for the April 2024 Cycle PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs). The Engagement Award Program supports projects that encourage active, meaningful…
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…
Addressing the Needs of Older Adults Through Patient-Centered CER
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Rapid advancement in pharmacology and technology as well as the growing population of older adults and evolving federal policy point to an urgent need to generate, disseminate and implement robust evidence that can be put into practice in the field of gerontology. Panelists at the 2023 PCORI Annual Meeting discussed PCORI’s substantial investment in CER focused on palliative care, healthy aging and more, and how PCORI’s patient-centered approach enables older adults and their support systems to have a significant contribution.
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Tailored Interventions to Improve Health and Reduce Inequities
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Through one-on-one conversations, small group meetings and large stakeholder convenings with people with IDD and their caregivers as well as researchers, clinicians and advocacy organizations, PCORI continues to understand priorities of people with IDD and those who support and care for them. In a recent discussion during the 2023 PCORI Annual Meeting, panelists discussed the spectrum of PCORI’s funded research aimed at improving mental health in individuals with IDD and the vital role of patient partners in this work.
Ask Me Anything: Opening Conversations on Patient-Centered CER with PCORI
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Opening conversations on patient-centered CER with PCORI Each year as part of the PCORI Annual Meeting , patients, caregivers, researchers and the broader healthcare community gather to discuss the latest…
How to Use PCORnet® in Your Research
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Many researchers in the PCORI community have taken full command of their research by utilizing the wealth of resources now available through PCORnet ® , the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research…
Patient-Centered Research Is Critical to Enhancing Care Coordination
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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…
Engagement Award October 2023 Cycle Funding Announcements Open
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The Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award Program is now accepting applications for the October 2023 Cycle PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs). The Engagement Award Program supports projects that encourage active, meaningful…
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…
New Research Aims to Reduce Postpartum Deaths and Close Critical Peripartum Gaps
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Sixty-five percent of maternal deaths in the United States occur postpartum, and the majority occur a week or more after delivery. And yet, there is comparatively little attention or follow-up…
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…
Addressing American Indian Health Disparities: The American Indian Health Research & Education Alliance Native Research Ambassador Program
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American Indians (AI) are at high risk for developing chronic medical conditions, including hypertension, diabetes, and kidney disease, and yet are among the least represented people in healthcare research. In…
Identifying Meaningful Health Equity Research: Racial Health Equity and Social Needs Review
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Helping all people reach their full health potential is the goal of achieving health equity. Many health inequities linked to race are due to structural barriers such as lack of…
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…
Removing Roadblocks to Kidney Transplant through Health System Change
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With just about any health condition, early intervention offers the best chance for a positive outcome. The sooner a diagnosis is made, and treatment starts, the better chance a person…