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Search a repository of PCORI-funded comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies, as well as projects that seek to encourage engagement in research, disseminate and implement PCORI-funded research findings, and improve the nation's capacity to conduct patient-centered CER, among others. Learn more about the Portfolio

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Project Status
Project Type
Has Results

Supporting Shared Decision Making between Clinicians and Older Adults about Colorectal Cancer Screening -- The PRIMED Study

Massachusetts General Hospital
| Massachusetts
Karen Sepucha, PhD, and Leigh Simmons, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Helping Women with Breast Cancer Choose between Surgical Treatment Options

Dartmouth College
| New Hampshire
Glyn Elwyn, MD, PhD, MSc^
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Methods to Identify and Predict Which Patients Will Have High Healthcare Needs and Use -- A PCORnet® Study

Cornell University
| New York
Rainu Kaushal, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®
Has Results

How Accurate Are PCORnet® Data for Measures of Children's Healthcare Quality? -- A PCORnet® Study

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
| Ohio
Kathleen Walsh, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®
Has Results

Measuring the Effects of Social Risks on Patient Health Outcomes -- A PCORnet® Study

Oregon Community Health Information Network, Inc. (OCHIN)
| Oregon
Abigail Sears, MBA, MHA and Erika Cottrell, PhD, MPP^
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®
Has Results

Testing Whether Providing Older Patients with a List of Questions to Ask Their Surgeons Improves Decision Making and Well-Being

University of Wisconsin-Madison
| Wisconsin
Margaret L. Schwarze, MD, MPP
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Using Numbers in a Decision Aid to Describe Risks and Benefits of Colorectal Cancer Screening Options

Indiana University
| Indiana
Peter H. Schwartz, MD, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Designing and Testing a Visit Planner to Help Patients Address Their Top Concerns during Healthcare Visits

Kaiser Foundation Research Institute
| California
Richard W. Grant, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Training Staff at Doctors' Offices to Use Shared Decision Making with Patients Choosing Asthma Treatments

Atrium Health
| North Carolina
Hazel Tapp, PhD, BSc
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Does a Decision Aid Help Patients Learn about Their Treatment Options for Advanced Heart Failure?

Baylor College of Medicine
| Texas
Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby, MA, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Is it Possible to Collect Patient-Reported Data in Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities?

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
| Illinois
Allen Heinemann, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Preparing Spanish-Speaking Older Adults for Advance Care Planning and Medical Decision Making -- The PREPARE Trial

University of California San Francisco
| California
Rebecca Sudore, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Two Contraceptive Care Programs to Reduce the Rate of Unintended Pregnancies

Washington University School of Medicine
| Missouri
Tessa Madden, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Effect of End-of-Life Care Planning Discussions on Hospice Use among Patients Receiving Dialysis for Kidney Failure

Baystate Medical Center
| Massachusetts
Lewis Mitchel Cohen, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Two Web-Based Programs for Improving Shared Decision Making and the Person's Experience in Mental Health Care

UPMC Center for High ValueHealth Care
| Pennsylvania
Kim MacDonald-Wilson, ScD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Testing a Program to Support Decision Making among Parents of Children in the PICU

Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
| Illinois
Kelly N. Michelson, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Why Do Radiation Doses in CT Differ across Hospitals and Countries?

University of California San Francisco
| California
Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD, BS
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Using a Reproductive Life Planning Website and Action Plan to Help Women Choose and Use Birth Control

Pennsylvania State University Hershey Medical Center
| Pennsylvania
Cynthia Chuang, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Shared Decision Making Coaching for Behavioral Health Providers and Patients

Massachusetts General Hospital^
| Massachusetts
Margarita Alegria, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Determining Whether a Mobile App and Website Improve Appropriate Pap Test Screening for Cervical Cancer

University of California, Los Angeles^
| California
Anna-Barbara Moscicki, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Identifying Personal Strengths to Help Patients Manage Chronic Illness

Case Western Reserve University
| Ohio
Kurt C. Stange, MD, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research

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