Engagement Blogs

Supporting the Safety Net through Research Training and Engagement

Published: 
February 14, 2020
Author(s): 
Adney Rakotoniaina
Blog Topics: 
Engagement Blogs
Research
Community Health Centers (CHCs), including Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), provide primary care services to the most underserved populations in the country. These health centers also offer dental, behavioral, pharmacy, and other services to patients who would otherwise be unable to...
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Updates to Engagement Award Funding Opportunities

Published: 
February 3, 2020
Author(s): 
Ivey Wohlfeld
Blog Topics: 
Application Process
Engagement Blogs
Funding Awards
Since 2014, the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards program has awarded more than $95 million to fund more than 477 projects that build communities ready to engage in patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) and comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER). Supporting communities to...
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Introducing the Engagement Tool and Resource Repository for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research

Published: 
December 2, 2019
Author(s): 
Krista Woodward, MPH, MSW,
Ivey Wohlfeld,
Alana Cole
Blog Topics: 
Engagement Blogs
Research
PCORI requires that its funded projects meaningfully engage patients and other stakeholders throughout the research process. Engagement with patients and those who care for them ensures that study results are more relevant for decision making, and thus, more likely to be taken up in practice. But...
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Engaging and Serving the Veteran Community

Published: 
November 8, 2019
Author(s): 
Adney Rakotoniaina
Blog Topics: 
Engagement Blogs
Research
When military members return to civilian life, they sometimes carry undiscussed wounds, ranging from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to familial interpersonal strain. Frequently, these conditions are known only by veterans and their families. The Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards...
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Announcing New Special Engagement Award Funding Opportunities, Evaluating Reporting Tool

Published: 
September 16, 2019
Author(s): 
Lia Snyder, MPH
Blog Topics: 
Engagement Blogs
Funding Awards
Research
Since 2014, the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards program has awarded $85 million to fund more than 420 projects that build communities ready to engage in patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) and comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER). To further our mission of supporting...
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Booth Captures Powerful Stories from Patients, Caregivers

Published: 
July 16, 2019
Blog Topics: 
Engagement Blogs
PCORI Annual Meeting
Research
A woman with scoliosis, a man living with HIV, and a wife threading the line between spouse and caregiver. These individuals and hundreds like them have shared their experiences in the MyPaTH Story Booth, and so can you at the 2019 PCORI Annual Meeting . The Story Booth is like a traveling studio...
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Teens and Families Trained to Engage with Researchers in PCORI-Funded Project

Published: 
May 23, 2019
Blog Topics: 
Engagement Blogs
Research
Youth are not often engaged as partners in traditional research, and even in the kind of patient-centered outcomes research to which PCORI is committed, youth are less likely than adults to contribute.
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Patient Engagement Is Critical to Producing Useful, Relevant Research

Published: 
March 14, 2019
Author(s): 
Laura Forsythe, PhD, MPH,
Kristin L. Carman, PhD, MA,
David Hickam, MD, MPH
Blog Topics: 
Engagement Blogs
Evaluating Our Work
Research
Since our founding nearly 10 years ago, PCORI has emphasized the importance of engagement—the meaningful involvement of patients, caregivers, clinicians, insurers, and others across the healthcare community in every aspect of the research process—as a way to make health research more relevant,...
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To Advance Public and Patient Engagement in Research, We Must Demonstrate Its Value

Published: 
December 17, 2018
Author(s): 
Kristin L. Carman, PhD, MA,
Laura Forsythe, PhD, MPH
Blog Topics: 
Engagement Blogs
Research
PCORI is proud to be a leader in urging more patient and public engagement in health research. That’s why we require it in everything we do, including the studies we fund. And we’re pleased to see that others in the healthcare community are also increasingly advancing this work. But we also know...
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Putting PCORI's Updated Engagement Plan Template to Work in Research

Published: 
September 24, 2018
Author(s): 
Julie Kennedy Lesch, MPA,
Lisa Stewart, MA
Blog Topics: 
Engagement Blogs
Application Process
At PCORI, we know that successful engagement with partners begins with a well-thought-out plan. That’s why in addition to describing how patient and other stakeholder partners have been a part of planning a study, applicants for research funding are also asked to share an outline of how partners...
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