Blog

Finding and Recruiting Research Partners: Lessons from PCORI Awardees

Published: 
September 1, 2017
Author(s): 
Chinenye Anyanwu, PharmD, MPH,
Rachel Hemphill, MA, PhD
Blog Topics: 
Research
Engagement Blogs
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 to design and conduct the studies we fund, and to disseminate their findings. Why have we been committed to this...
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A Clinician's View: Patient-Centered Research Is the Path to Better Health Care

Published: 
August 24, 2017
Author(s): 
David Hahn, MD, MS
Blog Topics: 
Research
Guest Blogs
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 now?
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Bipartisan Policy Center Forum Highlights CER and PCORI's Work

Published: 
August 17, 2017
Blog Topics: 
Engagement Blogs
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, current challenges, and future opportunities for patient-centered CER. The forum noted the key...
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Keeping Our Research Standards Up to Date

Published: 
July 31, 2017
Author(s): 
David Hickam, MD, MPH,
Emily Evans, PhD, MPH,
Robin Newhouse, PhD, RN,
Blog Topics: 
Research
Methods Blogs
Guest Blogs
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 research program be based on rigorous scientific methods and that we develop a set of standards...
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Achieving Results: An Update

Published: 
July 21, 2017
Author(s): 
Joe V. Selby, MD, MPH
Blog Topics: 
Research
Evaluating Our Work
Executive Director's Blog
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 in leading medical journals. At the time, I predicted a steady stream of additional publications reporting findings...
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Implementing Shared Decision Making: A New PCORI Initiative

Published: 
July 19, 2017
Author(s): 
Joanna Siegel, SM, ScD,
Christopher Gayer, PhD
Blog Topics: 
Research
Application Process
Funding Awards
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 evidence from comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies, choosing between treatments or other...
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Engagement Project Yields Unexpected Dividends

Published: 
June 9, 2017
Author(s): 
Lia Hotchkiss, MPH
Blog Topics: 
Research
Engagement Blogs
Funding Awards
When she applied for a Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award, Sharron Close, PhD, of Atlanta never dreamed it would lead her all the way to the Georgia capitol and Governor Nathan Deal. Close, a researcher at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University, was leading a PCORI-...
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Updates to the Engagement Awards Program

Published: 
June 7, 2017
Author(s): 
Lia Hotchkiss, MPH,
Ivey Wohlfeld
Blog Topics: 
Research
Engagement Blogs
Funding Awards
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 Washington PCORI Engagement Awards have supported more than 200 projects...
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Research to Aid Decisions about Prostate Cancer Treatment

Published: 
June 6, 2017
Author(s): 
Ronald C. Chen, MD, MPH,
David F. Penson, MD, MPH
Blog Topics: 
Research
Guest Blogs
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 individual decisions about whether to undergo this screening. They can take into account current evidence of its...
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New Drugs for Fighting Hepatitis C: Prioritizing Quality of Life as Well as Cure

Published: 
May 24, 2017
Author(s): 
David R. Nelson, MD,
Summer Wadsworth
Blog Topics: 
Research
Guest Blogs
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 past decade, drug development has occurred so rapidly that patients and clinicians must base their...
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