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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 Title
Project Status
Project Type

Improving Instrumental Variables Methods for Non-Randomized Studies

The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania
| Pennsylvania
Luke Keele, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruitment not applicable
Project Type:
Research

Helping Researchers Assess How Well Data Reflect Clinical Context

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
| Pennsylvania
Charles Bailey, MD, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruitment not applicable
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

Developing Methods to Help Identify Patients with Rare Diseases in Electronic Health Records

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
| Pennsylvania
Daniel Herman, MD, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruitment not applicable
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

Developing Methods to Analyze Data Missing Due to Death in Cluster Randomized Trials

Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
| Pennsylvania
Michael Harhay, PhD, MPH, MA, MS
Project Status:
In progress; Recruitment not applicable
Project Type:
Research

Developing Methods for Combining and Analyzing Electronic Health Record Data

University of Pennsylvania
| Pennsylvania
Yong Chen, PhD, MA
Project Status:
In progress; Data collected
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®
Has Results

Improving Methods for Extracting Data from Clinicians' Notes in Electronic Health Records

Medical University of South Carolina
| South Carolina
Paul M. Heider, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruitment not applicable
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

Developing Methods to Identify Patients Who Benefit Most from Different Treatments

University of Pennsylvania
| Pennsylvania
Yong Chen, PhD, MA
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®
Has Results

Developing Statistical Methods for Estimating Patient Phenotypes Using Electronic Health Record Data

University of Pennsylvania
| Pennsylvania
Rebecca Hubbard, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®
Has Results

Including Patients in the Governance of Learning Health Systems

University of Pennsylvania
| Pennsylvania
Steven Joffe, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Two Ways to Identify What's Important to Patients in Research

Thomas Jefferson University
| Pennsylvania
Kristin L. Rising, MD, MSHP
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Developing Sets of Survey Questions to Measure Children's Sleep Health

The Childrens' Hospital of Philadelphia
| Pennsylvania
Christopher B. Forrest, MD, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Using Surveys to Assess Patient-Centered Factors that May Affect Responses to Chronic Pain Treatment

University of Pittsburgh
| Pennsylvania
Carol Greco, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Creating a Manual to Better Define Rehabilitation Treatments

Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
| Pennsylvania
John Whyte, MD, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Developing New Methods that Estimate if Treatment Reduces the Risk of Death in Observational Studies

University of Pennsylvania
| Pennsylvania
Richard L. Tannen, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Testing Whether Home Visits by Community Health Workers Help African-American and Hispanic Patients with Low Incomes Better Manage Asthma

University of Pennsylvania
| Pennsylvania
Andrea J. Apter, MD, MA, MSc
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing the Effects of a Stroke Medicine in Older Adults with and without Chronic Kidney Disease

University of South Carolina^
| South Carolina
John Brooks, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Guidance for Researchers on Optimal Methods for Conducting Comparative Effectiveness Research with Observational Data

University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
| Pennsylvania
Douglas Landsittel, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research

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