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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: Creating a Decision-Support Computer Program to Help Cancer Patients Understand and Manage Their Symptoms

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
| Massachusetts
Mary E. Cooley, PhD, CRNP, MSN
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Understanding How Much Patients Remember about Decisions Made during a Doctor's Visit

Brown University
| Rhode Island
Ira B. Wilson, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Learning What Matters to Patients with Swollen or Irritated Blood Vessels

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
| Pennsylvania
Peter A. Merkel, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Discovering What Health Outcomes Matter Most to Children and Parents

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
| Pennsylvania
Katherine B. Bevans, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Helping Patients with Irregular Heartbeat Decide Whether or Not to Get a Defibrillator

University of Colorado School of Medicine
| Colorado
Daniel D. Matlock, BS, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Helping Nursing Home Residents and Their Families Decide Whether to Go to a Hospital for a Medical Problem

Florida Atlantic University (FAU)
| Florida
Ruth M. Tappen, EdD, RN, FAAN
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: What Makes Patients Rate Their Experiences Higher at Some Hospitals Compared With Others?

Emory University
| Georgia
Edmund R. Becker, PhD, MA, BS
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Figuring Out Which Patients Are Likely to Return to the Hospital

Boston University School of Medicine/ Boston Medical Center
| Massachusetts
Brian W. Jack, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Learning About Focus Groups and Interviews in Research

Family Health International
| North Carolina
Gregory S. Guest, PhD, MA
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Improving Patient Care by Helping Patients and Doctors Communicate Better

Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute
| California
Ming Tai-Seale, PhD, MPH^
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
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

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