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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

Pilot Project: Patient and Stakeholder Opinions on Simpler Informed Consent Options

Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
| Maryland
Ruth Faden, PhD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Understanding What Is Most Important to Patients with Back or Stomach Pain

HealthPartners Research Foundation
| Minnesota
Leif I. Solberg, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Figuring Out Why Some Patients Do Not Fill Their Blood Pressure Prescriptions

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
| Massachusetts
Michael Fischer, MD, MS^
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Figuring Out Why People with Heart Failure Go Back to the Hospital

The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
| Pennsylvania
Stephen E. Kimmel, MD, MSCE
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Creating an App That Helps Stroke Survivors and Their Caregivers

National Stroke Association
| Colorado
Sharon Januchowski, RN^
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Can Patient-Reported Outcomes Improve Patient-Clinician Decision Making About Rheumatoid Arthritis?

Johns Hopkins University
| Maryland
Clifton O. Bingham III, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Testing a Program to Help Older Adults with Long-Term Illnesses

Columbia University Medical Center
| New York
Thelma J. Mielenz, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Working With Patients and Experts to Create a Survey about the Burdens of Living with a Rare Disease

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences^
| Arkansas
Pamela H. Williams, JD, PhD, RN
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Learning What Matters Most to Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease

St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
| Missouri
Kim G. Smolderen, PhD, MSc, BS
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Patients and Health Experts Work Together to Create New Ways of Delivering Primary Care

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

Pilot Project: Do Friends and Family Members Answer Questions about Health Differently Than Patients Do?

University of Iowa
| Iowa
Fredric D. Wolinsky, PhD, MA, BA
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Improving Ways to Discover Research Needs from Stakeholders

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
| North Carolina
Kathleen C. Thomas, PhD, MPH, BA
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: An Evaluation of the Boot Camp Translation Process

University of Colorado Denver
| Colorado
Donald Nease, MD^
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Developing a Questionnaire to Help Patients with Chronic Illness Think about Their Preferences and Make Decisions with Their Doctors

Yale University
| Connecticut
Maria O'Connell, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Understanding Patients' and Families' Experiences When Hospital Care Is Different Than Expected

Vanderbilt University
| Tennessee
Matthew B. Weinger, MS, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Helping Physical Therapists Understand Patient Movement Goals in Physical Therapy

San Francisco State University
| California
Diane D. Allen, PT, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Developing an App to Help Alaska Native and American Indian Patients with Depression Manage Their Condition

Southcentral Foundation
| Alaska
Renee F. Robinson, RPH, MPH, PharmD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Methods to Identify Community Priorities for Mental Health Care

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
| Arkansas
J. Greer Sullivan, MD, MSPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Using Research to Learn How Patients Prefer to Get Mental Health Care

University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
| Arizona
Scott C. Carvajal, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Creating an App to Help Patients Understand and Manage Their Multiple Sclerosis

University of California at San Francisco
| California
Stephen Hauser, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Does the MySupport Survey Help Patients Talk to Their Doctors about Their Pain?

Kaiser Foundation Research Institute
| California
Lynn L. DeBar, PhD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Using Feedback to Help Doctors Avoid Ordering Unneeded Medical Tests

University of California, Davis
| California
Joshua J. Fenton, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: How People with More Than One Health Problem Manage Their Many Medicines

Washington State University
| Washington
Roxanne Vandermause, RN, CARD, CCM
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Using Parent Preferences in Decisions about Childhood Vaccines

Kaiser Permanente Northern California^
| California
Tracy A. Lieu, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Getting Patients' Views about the Effectiveness of Services Provided by Community Health Centers

University of California, Los Angeles
| California
Robin M. Clarke, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research

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