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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…
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…
PCORI offers more than $500 million through new funding opportunities
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today began inviting proposals for new studies and projects through 10 funding opportunities. Five of these PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs) are…
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…
PCORI approves $80.5 million for health research using novel approaches to tackle social and clinical care factors that contribute to maternal health inequities
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced funding awards totaling $80.5 million to support four new, ambitious patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies focused on…
PCORI approves $225 million in funding for dozens of health research studies and related projects
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced the approval of funding awards totaling $225 million, which include $207 million to support 20 new patient-centered comparative clinical…
Patient-Centered Research Is Critical to Enhancing Care Coordination
Leadership Perspective
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…
PCORI's Board of Governors approves 34 new members to multi-stakeholder advisory panels
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors yesterday approved proposed slates with a total of 34 people to serve on PCORI’s five multi-stakeholder advisory panels…
PCORI offers up to $610 million through new research funding opportunities
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today began inviting proposals for new studies and implementation projects through 11 funding opportunities, including the first focused specifically on PCORI…
PCORI makes first funding awards to advance the science on engaging patients, caregivers and other partners in health research
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced the approval of $9 million for the first seven studies through its groundbreaking Science of Engagement initiative. An unprecedented…
PCORI approves $208 million for research on heart disease, chronic disease, palliative care and a range of conditions impacting people of all ages
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced funding awards totaling $208 million to support 17 new comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies, including four trials of…
Doing Research Differently: The Unique Value of Engagement in PCORI-Funded Research
Leadership Perspective
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…
PCORI to direct up to $600 million in health research funding spanning eight high-need areas impacting the nation's health
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved PCORI investing up to $600 million in patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) through the development…
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…
PCORI offers up to $452 million through new health research funding opportunities on various topics
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today began inviting proposals for new studies and implementation projects through nine funding opportunities. These PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs) include four…
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…
PCORI approves $123 million for research on postpartum care, hypertension management, antibiotic prescribing and a range of conditions
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced funding awards totaling $123 million to support 15 new research studies. These studies aim to fill evidence gaps, enhance…
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…
PCORI and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Collaborate to Train a New Generation of Learning Health System Scientists
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The benefits of learning health systems are increasingly evident in today’s data-rich healthcare environment. By collecting and analyzing data and experience from diverse sources, these systems are able to generate…
Addition of Broad Pragmatic Studies (BPS) Category 3: PCORnet® Studies, Beginning in 2023 Cycle 2
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The Broad Pragmatic Studies (BPS) PCORI Funding Announcement (PFA) was first issued in January 2022 and is designed to provide funding for high-quality comparative clinical effectiveness research projects. All applications…
PCORI offers up to $308.5 million through new funding opportunities
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has opened the application periods for nine funding opportunities that offer up to $308.5 million in total funding. The latest PCORI…
Tracy Wang, MD, MHS, MSc Joins PCORI
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PCORI is delighted to welcome Tracy Wang, MD, MHS, MSc as Chief, Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research (CER). Wang will draw upon her clinical expertise as a cardiologist and her extensive…