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PCORI Improves Funding Opportunities and Application Process for 2021
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In response to applicant feedback, we are making constructive changes to the PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs) programming for 2021. We are excited to share these updates, which should streamline the…
Patient Peer Review, PCORI Style
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The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is a unique organization that, as its name implies, engages patients in all its work. One aspect of that work is peer review, which…
PCORI Methodology Work Featured in Journal Supplement
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A paper authored by PCORI staff and a member of PCORI’s Methodology Committee is featured in a special issue of Journal of General Internal Medicine on implementation science and quality…
Welcoming New Members to Our Board of Governors, Honoring Outgoing Colleagues
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Since its first meeting 10 years ago, PCORI’s Board of Governors has brought together a broad range of perspectives and expertise to guide the organization’s strategic direction. This year marks…
PCORI-Funded Project Featured on Good Morning America Website
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ABC News’ flagship morning program Good Morning America recently featured an online story on care for people with Down syndrome that highlighted a PCORI-funded project. The story about 28-year-old Cristina…
PCORI Researchers Are Answering Rapidly Emerging Questions about Telehealth
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Telehealth—the use of digital information and communication technologies, such as computers and mobile devices, to access health care services remotely and manage health care—has grown in promise as technology has…
PCORI and RAND Project to Evaluate Measures of Patient and Stakeholder Engagement
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At PCORI, we have made great strides in making the case for engagement in research, and in showing practical ways to incorporate patients and other stakeholders seamlessly into research teams…
PCORI-Funded Study Examining Treatment Options for Appendicitis Yields Useful Early Results
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Early results from a PCORI-funded study show that seven in 10 adults with uncomplicated appendicitis were able to safely delay surgery for at least three months by taking a course…
New Online Training Teaches Fundamentals of Research
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We know at PCORI that engaging patients and stakeholders is critical to generating and conducting meaningful research that informs decisions about health care. As partners, patients and stakeholders bring a…
New Provision Bolsters Relevance, Usefulness of PCORI's Work
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When Congress reauthorized PCORI’s funding for another 10 years, it gave us and the healthcare community we serve a remarkable opportunity to continue to fund critical research to inform a…
Formulating Our Approach to New Research Areas
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As part of last winter’s legislation that reauthorized PCORI’s funding for 10 years, Congress included two new research areas for PCORI to address: strategies for improving maternal mortality, and improving…
New PFA Opens for Brief Interventions for Youth at Risk of Suicide
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We opened our online system for an array of PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs) September 1, including Suicide Prevention: Brief Interventions for Youth . This PFA was developed in response to…
Free Annual Meeting September 16-17 to Explore Timely Healthcare Topics
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When patients, caregivers, researchers, and members of the healthcare community join us for this year’s PCORI Virtual Annual Meeting, they will experience presentations on some of the timeliest topics in…
Webinars Offer Lessons from Health Systems Dealing with Coronavirus Challenges
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The coronavirus pandemic has led to disruptions in healthcare systems across the globe. Since March, hospitals in different areas of the country have had to address enormous challenges to their…
New Phased Funding Initiative Seeks to Answer Complex Research Questions
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PCORI is accepting Letters of Intent throughout the summer for a new research initiative to fund large, compelling clinical trials in comparative effectiveness research (CER). Trials funded through this initiative—…
Engagement Tools Offer Tips for Engaging Virtually
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As the nation deals with ramifications of the coronavirus pandemic, PCORI and its funded research teams are adapting everything from the questions they seek to answer to the way they…
The Patient's Journey: PCORI's Investment in Research across the Cancer Continuum
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An estimated 1.6 million people are diagnosed with cancer every year in the United States. With an aging population, the number of patients with cancer is projected to increase significantly…
Treating Urinary Incontinence in Women without Surgery
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Millions of women have urinary incontinence (UI), or leaking urine. Treatments can help improve quality of life for women with UI. Yet many don’t discuss UI with their doctors. The…
Increasing Our Support for Sharing Research Results with Study Participants
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At PCORI, our mission is to fund research that can help patients and those who care for them make better-informed decisions about their health care. When people contribute to this…
Spreading Awareness and Interventions for Mental Health
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Mental health is a topic that some people feel uncomfortable discussing. But failing to spread mental health awareness can have serious consequences. For example, people with serious mental illness (SMI)—conditions…
Visualizing Data to Compare Different Types of Pelvic Floor Muscle Training Exercises for Women with Urinary Incontinence
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A new interactive evidence visualization on pelvic floor muscle training, or PFMT, is now available on the PCORI website. This visual evidence synthesis tool uses data from randomized controlled trials…
COVID-19, Other Research Funding Opportunities Open for Proposals
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As COVID-19 continues to present unique healthcare challenges to our nation, PCORI in turn continues to consider how we can best contribute to ongoing efforts to combat it hand in…
Introducing an Engagement Awards Funding Cycle to Address COVID-19
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Recognizing the public health crisis that COVID-19 presents to our nation, PCORI has considered in recent weeks how we could best contribute to ongoing efforts in collaboration with government, industry…
Our Shared Journey to Enduring Success
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It is my great honor and privilege to join the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute today as its next Executive Director. I extend my deepest appreciation to Josephine P. Briggs, MD…
Answering the Call on COVID-19
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In this unprecedented and challenging time, PCORI is gearing up to do all we can to address the threat COVID-19 poses to the nation’s health with a multipronged effort to…
