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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
Has Results

Comparing Ways to Increase Hepatitis B and C Screening among Asian Americans

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

Comparing Calorie Counting versus MyPlate Recommendations for Weight Loss

University of California Los Angeles
| California
William James McCarthy, PhD, MA
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Does Working with a Health Coach Help Patients with COPD Improve Their Quality of Life and Breathe Easier?

University of California, San Francisco
| California
David Hinton Thom, MD, MPH, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Statistical Methods for Reducing Bias in Comparative Effectiveness Research When Using Patient Data from Doctor Visits

University of California San Francisco
| California
Charles Elliott McCulloch, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Peer-Led Support Groups with Therapist-Led Support Groups for Treating Hoarding Disorder

The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco
| California
Carol A. Mathews, MD*
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Automated Tracking of Symptoms and Treatment Side Effects to Help Patients Starting New Medicines for Diabetes-Related Nerve Pain

Kaiser Foundation Research Institute
| California
Alyce Sophia Adams, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Does Shared Decision Making Improve Care at Community Mental Health Clinics?

Family Service Agency of San Francisco
| California
Joyce Chu, PhD^
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research

Addressing Obesity in Latino Adolescents with Spina Bifida

Spina Bifida San Diego
| California
George Chiang
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Pipeline to Proposal, Tier I

YOU COMPLETE ME! Demonstrating the Efficacy of an Innovative Medical Appointment Model to Support Aging Patients

Palo Alto Medical Foundation
| California
Peter H. Cheng, MD, AGSF
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Pipeline to Proposal, Tier I

Sepsis Survivors Engagement Project (SSEP)

Loma Linda University Center for Comparative Effectiveness and Outcomes Research
| California
H. Bryant Nguyen, MD
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Pipeline to Proposal, Tier I

Lowering Barriers to Access HIV Care in a Geographically and Economically Diverse Area

Foothill AIDS Project
| California
Marie-France François
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Pipeline to Proposal, Tier I

Empowering Patients and Their Families to Improve Outcomes That Are Most Important to Them after Lung Cancer Surgery

UC Davis Medical Center, Section of General Thoracic Surgery
| California
David Tom Cooke, MD, FACS
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Pipeline to Proposal, Tier I

Creating the Patient-Centered Primary Care Council in the Highland Hospital Adult Medicine Clinic: Strengthening Primary Care Together

Patient-Centered Primary Care (PCPC) Team, K-6 Adult Medicine Clinic, Highland Hospital
| California
Rachel Berkowitz, MPH
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Pipeline to Proposal, Tier I

Healthy Outcomes for Older Foster Youth

Loma Linda University Center for Comparative Effectiveness and Outcomes Research
| California
Ellen T. Reibling, PhD, MA
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Pipeline to Proposal, Tier I
Has Results

Comparing Cardiac Rehabilitation at Home or in a Clinic after Hospitalization

University of California San Francisco
| California
Mary Whooley, MD
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

Use of Patient Portals by People with Long-Term Health Problems

Kaiser Foundation Research Institute
| California
Mary Reed, DrPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Using an Online Decision Aid to Help Medicare Beneficiaries Choose a Prescription Drug Plan

Stanford University School of Medicine
| California
Mary Bundorf, PhD, MPH, MBA
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

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

Comparing Programs to Improve Asthma Control and Quality of Life for Latino Youth Living in Rural Areas and Their Caregivers -- The Respira Sano Study

San Diego State University Research Foundation
| California
John P. Elder, PhD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Effects of Maternal Depression and Its Treatment on Infant Health in Pregnant Women, with or without Other Mental Illness

Kaiser Foundation Research Institute
| California
De-Kun Li, MD, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research

Patient-Oriented Scalable National Network for Effectiveness Research (pSCANNER) - Phase I

University of California, San Diego
| California
Lucila Ohno-Machado, MD, MBA, PhD
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
PCORnet®: Clinical Data Research Networks (CDRN) Phase I
Has Results

A Decision Aid to Help Women Choose and Use a Method of Birth Control

University of California, San Francisco
| California
Christine E. Dehlendorf, MD, MAS
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research

Kaiser Permanente & Strategic Partners Patient Outcomes Research To Advance Learning (PORTAL) Network - Phase I

Kaiser Foundation Research Institute
| California
Elizabeth A. McGlynn, PhD
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
PCORnet®: Clinical Data Research Networks (CDRN) Phase I

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