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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

Evaluating Different Ways to Help Patients Make Informed Choices about Surgery for Knee or Hip Osteoarthritis

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

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 Methods to Account for Bias from Unmeasured Sources When Analyzing Time Until a Health Event

Dartmouth College
| New Hampshire
Alistair James O’Malley, BSc (Hons), MS, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Patient-Centered Hepatitis C Virus Care for People Who Inject Drugs -- The HERO Study

Clemson University^
| South Carolina
Alain Litwin, MD, MPH, MS
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Testing a Program That Provides Care for Urgent Health Problems at Home Instead of the Emergency Room

Massachusetts General Hospital
| Massachusetts
Lisa I. Iezzoni, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing the Effects of Different Surgical Treatments on Quality of Life for Patients with Obesity

Massachusetts General Hospital
| Massachusetts
Matthew Hutter, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research

In-Home versus Phone-Based Care for Older Adults with Dementia, Depression, or Delirium

University of Connecticut School of Medicine
| Connecticut
Richard Fortinsky, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Enrollment complete
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Adding a Teachable Moment Approach to a Team-Based Primary Care Ask-Advise-Connect Approach for Tobacco Cessation

Oregon Health & Science University^
| Oregon
Susan (Sue) Flocke, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Two Programs for Helping Patients Make Informed Decisions about Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
| North Carolina
Susan Blalock, PhD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Ways to Reduce High Blood Pressure in Patients from Different Racial and Ethnic Groups -- The RICH LIFE Study

Johns Hopkins University
| Maryland
Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Approaches That Clinics Can Use to Help Control High Blood Pressure among Black Patients

The University of Alabama at Birmingham
| Alabama
Andrea L. Cherrington, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Testing a Program to Improve the Integration of Behavioral Health Care into Primary Care Settings

University of Vermont and State Agriculture College
| Vermont
Benjamin Littenberg, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Two Telehealth Approaches for Treating Complex Psychiatric Disorders in Primary Care -- The SPIRIT Study

University of Washington
| Washington
John C. Fortney, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing the Safety and Effectiveness of Low-Dose versus High-Dose Aspirin to Prevent Problems from Heart Disease -- The ADAPTABLE Study -- A PCORnet® Study

Duke University
| North Carolina
William Schuyler Jones, MD*
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®
Has Results

Testing a Program to Improve Patient-Clinician Communication for Patients Who Speak Limited English

University of California San Francisco
| California
Leah S. Karliner, MD, MAS
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Examining Whether a Self-Care Program Reduces Healthcare Use and Improves Health among Patients with Acute Heart Failure -- The GUIDED HF Study

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
| Tennessee
Sean P. Collins, MD, MSc
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Ways to Treat Arm Weakness Due to Stroke

The Ohio State University
| Ohio
Deborah Larsen, PhD, FAPTA, FASAHP^
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

A Training Program on Pain Coping Skills for African Americans with Hip or Knee Arthritis

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
| North Carolina
Kelli Allen, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Improving Communication about Care Goals for Children with ADHD

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
| Pennsylvania
James Patrick Guevara, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Chemotherapy Recovery at Home versus in the Hospital for Children with Acute Myeloid Leukemia

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
| Pennsylvania
Richard Aplenc, MD, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Implementing and Evaluating a Program to Support Positive Parenting Behaviors

Georgia State University
| Georgia
Daniel Whitaker, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Examining Effects of State Policies to Monitor Mental Health Medicines for Children in Foster Care

Rutgers University–New Brunswick
| New Jersey
Stephen Crystal, PhD, MS
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Testing an Online Program with and without Health Management Support to Help Patients Manage Their Weight

Partners Healthcare Brigham and Women's Hospital
| Massachusetts
Heather J. Baer, ScD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Testing a Program to Help Patients Prepare for Kidney Failure Treatment -- The PREPARE NOW Study

Duke University
| North Carolina
Leigh E. Boulware, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research

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