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Innovative Treatment Options for Underserved, Hard-to-Reach Populations
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In December 2013, a participant in a study I was conducting arrived for what would be her 11th group therapy session for her substance abuse. She looked different this time…
Diabetes Results That Can Make a Difference
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Diabetes runs in my family. Three of my four grandparents had type 2 diabetes, which is where your body doesn’t use insulin properly, and your blood sugar levels get too…
Funding the Next Generation of Learning-Health-System Researchers
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The healthcare community is finding common ground when it comes to identifying essential elements of a learning health system (LHS). At their core, organizations that apply LHS principles are committed…
Building Awareness of Health Research in the Mississippi Delta
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When I was 17, my father died of lung cancer. At first, when he started coughing up blood, my mother and he thought he had a sore throat and a…
The 2017 PCORI Annual Meeting: A Report on Our Progress and Promise
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We’re just days away from PCORI’s third Annual Meeting. We’ll report to the nation on our funded research to help patients and those who care for them make better-informed healthcare…
Results That Make a Difference
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Here at PCORI, we are eagerly looking forward to our Annual Meeting which is now just a few weeks away. The meeting’s theme is “Delivering Results, Informing Choices,” so what…
What 30 Years of Living with Pain Taught Me about Advancing Research
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When I was 15 years old, I was hit by a car while riding my bike. It was an accident I wasn’t expected to survive. I sustained major injuries, requiring…
PCORI-Funded Research Addresses Pain and Opioid Use
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As the nation’s growing opioid crisis continues to make headlines, the underlying problem of managing chronic pain gets less public attention. Around 100 million US adults experience chronic pain, according…
PCORI's Data-Sharing Initiative: An Update
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At PCORI, we try to ensure transparency in everything we do. It’s part of our commitment to the patients, caregivers, researchers, clinicians, and other healthcare stakeholders we serve. This transparency…
Finding and Recruiting Research Partners: Lessons from PCORI Awardees
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Engaging patients and others across the healthcare community is at the core of all we do at PCORI. That includes requiring that researchers work with patients and other key stakeholders…
A Clinician's View: Patient-Centered Research Is the Path to Better Health Care
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Every day, patients make difficult decisions about their care. Should I have surgery? Which drug is best for me? Would I be better off waiting, or should I begin treatment…
Bipartisan Policy Center Forum Highlights CER and PCORI's Work
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The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) recently held the second of two forums on the future of comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER), featuring a pair of panels addressing the history, concerns…
Keeping Our Research Standards Up to Date
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Failure to follow good research practices can result in studies that don’t provide findings useful for informing clinical decisions. To avoid such wasted effort, PCORI’s authorizing law required that our…
Achieving Results: An Update
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I’ve reported to you on occasion about results emerging from PCORI’s earliest funded studies. Most recently, in April , I called your attention to a number of articles that appeared…
Implementing Shared Decision Making: A New PCORI Initiative
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Helping patients use evidence to make informed healthcare decisions that best match their values and preferences is one of PCORI’s major goals. This is an important focus because even with…
Updates to the Engagement Awards Program
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Since our establishment, PCORI has been committed to meaningful involvement by patients, caregivers, clinicians, and other healthcare stakeholders throughout the research process. As part of our Engagement program, the Eugene…
Research to Aid Decisions about Prostate Cancer Treatment
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This spring, the US Preventive Services Task Force updated its recommendations for prostate cancer screening , saying that men age 55 to 69 years should consult their doctors to make…
New Drugs for Fighting Hepatitis C: Prioritizing Quality of Life as Well as Cure
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Choosing the right treatment for hepatitis C virus infection can be difficult. Patients and doctors want to conquer the infection and prevent liver damage without introducing other problems. In the…
Patient Perspectives on Arthritis Research
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Nearly one-quarter of American adults have been told by a doctor that they have arthritis. The lived expertise of people with the condition informs PCORI research on arthritis, which includes…
PCORI Celebrates National Women's Health Week
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Note: In 2018, National Women's Health Week is observed from May 13 through May 19. Research that focuses on women’s health has been at the center of PCORI’s portfolio from…
Comparing Treatments to Lower Cholesterol
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Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, the so-called bad form of cholesterol, is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, which is the leading cause of death in the United States. Patients…
Engaging Communities in Asthma Studies: How We Can Make a Difference
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While the United States has some of the best asthma care in the world, that care is not equally accessible to all children and families. Some communities have historically been…
Progress and Promise: Celebrating PCORI's PCORnet Initiative
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Three years ago, PCORI began an ambitious journey to address an urgent national need: creating a platform that could help us conduct patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) and related…
It's Looking Like a Banner Year for Results from Our Funded Studies
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Spring’s arrival always heralds the promise of good things to come. This year at PCORI, it has brought a major wave of scientific publications reporting the results from PCORI-funded comparative…
Streamlining Our Application Process
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Through the years, we’ve been grateful to receive feedback about the application process for our research awards. You’ve told us that changes to our application process occur too frequently, are…
