PCORI

February is American Heart Month, and we at PCORI are working hard to fund research that provides useful evidence to people with heart disease and those who care for them as they make decisions about their care. Today, we are sharing a post about a joint PCORI and American Heart Association project...

I arrived at PCORI in August 2012, ready to join a growing organization. I was employee number 23 and not quite sure what I’d signed on to. What I knew was that I wanted to help PCORI succeed in achieving its mission of making healthcare research more patient-centered. On day 1, I may not have had...

PCORI has long recognized the value of accessing large collections of health data to make clinical research faster, easier, and less costly to conduct. Having data from tens of thousands—or tens of millions—of people can enable research teams to find out more about how different therapies affect...

Patients have provided crucial feedback from the beginning of the PCORI-funded project “ S ocio-Legal Services for U nderserved P opulations through P atient Navigation to O ptimize R esources during T reatment ” (Project SUPPORT). This randomized controlled trial looks at whether adding legal...