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The Tennessean Opinion Piece Spotlights the PCORI-Funded CEASAR Trial

Published: 
April 23, 2019
Blog Topics: 
Research
Ralph Conwill—a prostate cancer survivor and a patient partner on a PCORI-funded study —wrote about his involvement in the research process for a perspective piece published by Nashville’s The Tennessean . In it, he notes that he serves as “an equal partner ... alongside the scientists in what is a...
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Integrating Patient Input into Kidney Disease Research

Published: 
April 15, 2019
Author(s): 
Paul T. Conway,
Richard Knight, MBA
Blog Topics: 
Guest Blogs
Research
In 1969, six patients on dialysis at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn formed a group to elevate kidney disease awareness, call for better educational resources, and create a community for patients living with chronic kidney disease. They met twice a week in the hospital ward—while hooked up to...
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Getting Useful Evidence to Stakeholders Faster: A New Round of PCORI Systematic Reviews

Published: 
April 11, 2019
Author(s): 
Jennifer Croswell, MD, MPH,
Jean R. Slutsky, PA, MSPH,
Diane E. Bild, MD, MPH
Blog Topics: 
Research
At PCORI, our Evidence Synthesis Initiative provides overviews of research findings to patients, clinicians, policy makers, and others who need that information to make the critical healthcare decisions they face daily. We designed these resources to inform patients, clinicians, payers, and others...
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PCORI's Commitment to Publicly Accessible Study Results Captured in JAMA Viewpoint

Published: 
March 28, 2019
Author(s): 
Marina Broitman, PhD,
Hal Sox, MD,
Jean R. Slutsky, PA, MSPH
Blog Topics: 
Evaluating Our Work
Peer Review Blogs
Research
At PCORI, we’re committed not only to funding research that can help patients and those who care for them make better-informed healthcare decisions, but to doing all we can to see that the results of those studies are made widely available. As we outline in a newly posted JAMA Viewpoint , PCORI’s...
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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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Partnering on Patient-Centered Research for People with Kidney Disease

Published: 
March 14, 2019
Author(s): 
Lesa-kaye Holtham, MPH
Blog Topics: 
Guest Blogs
Research
Patient-centered chronic kidney disease research is needed to help patients and healthcare professionals answer many questions they have about the treatment options that best match patients’ individual life goals, preferences, and values. Since 2012, PCORI has funded 18 research studies that will...
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Monitor Trial Spotlighted in Prominent Blog

Published: 
March 12, 2019
Blog Topics: 
Research
The New York Times’s blog The Upshot has featured the PCORI-funded Monitor Trial in a piece highlighting the study's finding that routine glucose monitoring may be unnecessary for people with type 2 diabetes who are not on insulin. The Upshot post is just the latest in a long line of media coverage...
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Mapping Evidence That Patients Can Use

Published: 
March 11, 2019
Author(s): 
Jennifer Croswell, MD, MPH
Blog Topics: 
Evaluating Our Work
Research
PCORI puts a tremendous emphasis on funding projects that arm patients and other decision makers with information that can help them make healthcare decisions. But research projects take time to complete. That’s why we are simultaneously developing a suite of information products that can get...
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January and February 2019 Media Mentions

Published: 
March 1, 2019
Blog Topics: 
Research
We regularly share highlights from news coverage of our work, including the growing collection of results from our funded studies. Here are some recent examples:
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Spotlighting Rare Disease Research

Published: 
February 28, 2019
Author(s): 
Scott Berns, MD, MPH,
Matt Cheung, PhD, RPh
Blog Topics: 
Guest Blogs
Research
A rare disease, by definition, affects fewer than 200,000 individuals in the United States. But combined, up to 30 million Americans have a rare disease, and most conditions are poorly understood. That combined burden is why one of PCORI’s six multi-stakeholder advisory groups is the Advisory Panel...
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