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    Featured Topic: Women's Health

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    Engagement Tools and Resources for Research

    This searchable peer-to-peer repository includes resources that can inform future work in patient-centered outcomes research.

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    Research Fundamentals: A New On-Demand Training

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    PCORI Funding Opportunities

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    January 2021 Board of Governors Meeting

    The Board approved funding for a new research study relating to kidney health and a new funding allocation for PCORnet. Learn more

    Confronting COVID-19: A Webinar Series

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    2020 PCORI Annual Meeting

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Dissemination

Treating Urinary Incontinence in Women without Surgery

Published: 
May 28, 2020
Author(s): 
Jane Chang, MPH,
Joanna Siegel, SM, ScD,
Kimberly Bailey, MS
Blog Topics: 
Dissemination
Evaluating Our Work
Research
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 Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has created an Evidence Update to share research findings on...
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Increasing Our Support for Sharing Research Results with Study Participants

Published: 
May 26, 2020
Author(s): 
Joanna Siegel, SM, ScD,
Elizabeth "Beth" Nguyen, MPH
Blog Topics: 
Dissemination
Research
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 research, it’s important that they hear about the results they’ve helped make possible. Sharing the overall results of...
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PCORI's New Policy on Data Management and Data Sharing: A Step Forward for Open Science

Published: 
September 11, 2018
Author(s): 
Jason Gerson, PhD,
Katherine Jackstadt, MS,
Joe V. Selby, MD, MPH
Blog Topics: 
Research
Dissemination
Funding Awards
Last week, PCORI’s Board of Governors approved the Policy for Data Management and Data Sharing , the latest expression of our commitment to open science. We think it’s a substantial step toward being more accountable to those who pay the bills for health research–the public. PCORI has already...
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Refreshing the Engagement Awards Program

Published: 
February 12, 2018
Author(s): 
Lia Snyder, MPH,
Ivey Wohlfeld
Blog Topics: 
Dissemination
Engagement Blogs
Funding Awards
Research
The Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards program has awarded $48 million to fund more than 250 projects that build communities ready to engage in patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) and comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER). We’re pleased with our program’s accomplishments...
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Patients Become Partners in PCORI Peer Review

Published: 
February 1, 2018
Author(s): 
Marina Broitman, PhD,
Kira Lesley,
Whitney Brower, MPH,
Blog Topics: 
Dissemination
Guest Blogs
Peer Review Blogs
Research
Peer review—independent assessment by recognized experts—is central to the research process, from deciding which study proposals to fund to evaluating articles for publication in scientific journals. At PCORI, our authorizing law requires the completed research we fund to undergo peer review, which...
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PCORI Projects Put Findings into Action

Published: 
March 28, 2017
Author(s): 
Joanna Siegel, SM, ScD,
Christopher Gayer, PhD
Blog Topics: 
Research
Dissemination
Funding Awards
Comparing treatments to find the best ones for individuals, evaluating approaches that help patients make informed decisions, developing methods to improve the efficiency of clinical research—these are important categories of studies that PCORI funds, but they advance us only partway to our goal...
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Assessing Research Quality, Getting the Word Out Widely

Published: 
March 8, 2017
Author(s): 
Joanna Siegel, SM, ScD,
Christopher Gayer, PhD
Blog Topics: 
Dissemination
Peer Review Blogs
Research
As the results of our first funded studies start to arrive , we at PCORI are working to meet one of the unique challenges laid out in our authorizing law. We are charged with assessing the scientific integrity of our primary research, and then making the findings quickly available in a meaningful...
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Faster Ways to Get Actionable Evidence to Stakeholders

Published: 
November 2, 2016
Author(s): 
Evelyn P. Whitlock, MD, MPH,
Joanna Siegel, SM, ScD
Blog Topics: 
Dissemination
Evaluating Our Work
Research
When patients, clinicians, or other healthcare stakeholders raise a question that doesn’t already have an evidence-based answer, sometimes the dilemma can be best addressed with a new research study. But not always. In some cases, a careful look at results and data from already-completed research...
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Expanding Public Access to PCORI's Research Results

Published: 
April 26, 2016
Author(s): 
Jason Gerson, PhD,
Joe V. Selby, MD, MPH,
Joanna Siegel, SM, ScD,
Blog Topics: 
Dissemination
Engagement Blogs
Funding Awards
Peer Review Blogs
Research
We at PCORI are committed to doing all we can to see that the results of our funded research are disseminated widely and taken up in practice. This part of our mission is essential to the improvements in health and patient outcomes that are the goals of our research funding. So we’re pleased to...
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The Science of Dissemination & Implementation: An Important PCORI Focus

Published: 
January 21, 2016
Author(s): 
Joanna Siegel, SM, ScD,
Bridget Gaglio, PhD, MPH,
Carly Parry, PhD, MSW, MA
Blog Topics: 
Research
Dissemination
PCORI’s primary charge is to support patient-centered research to improve patient care and outcomes. However, conducting studies is not in itself sufficient to improve care. To affect patients’ health, decision makers—patients, caregivers, clinicians, and others—need easy access to the valuable...
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About the PCORI blog

Welcome to the PCORI blog, an online forum designed to discuss and share information about patient-centered outcomes research. Blog postings are from PCORI staff, Board and Methodology Committee members, and external partners.

We encourage you to post comments and link to and share our content within PCORI’s Terms of Service.

About Us

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Research & Results

  • Explore Our Portfolio
  • Research Fundamentals
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  • Putting Evidence to Work
  • Peer Review
  • Evidence Synthesis
  • About Our Research

Engagement

  • The Value of Engagement
  • Engagement in Health Research Literature Explorer
  • Influencing the Culture of Research
  • Engagement Awards
  • Engagement Resources
  • Engage with Us

Funding Opportunities

  • What & Who We Fund
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  • Applicant Training
  • Merit Review
  • Awardee Resources
  • Help Center

Meetings & Events

February 2
PCORI 2021 and Beyond: Opportunities for Funding and Involvement in Patient-Centered Research
February 9
Board of Governors Meeting: February 9, 2021
February 11
Advisory Panel on Patient Engagement Winter 2021 Meeting

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