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Project Status
Project Type

Best Practices to Prevent COVID-19 Illness in Staff and People with Serious Mental Illness and Developmental Disabilities in Congregate Living Settings

Massachusetts General Hospital (The General Hospital Corp.)
| Massachusetts
Stephen Bartels, MD, MS
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research

Does the Stress First Aid Program Improve Well-Being among Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic? -- The COVER-HCW Project

RAND Corporation
| California
Lisa S. Meredith, PhD
Project Status:
PCORI Peer-Review Process Complete
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Ways to Monitor Patients with COVID-19 at Home -- COVID Watch

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
| Pennsylvania
Mucio Delgado, MD, MS
Project Status:
PCORI Peer-Review Process Complete
Project Type:
Research

Improving Methods for Addressing Post-Randomization Selection Bias in Cluster Randomized Trials

Duke University
| North Carolina
Fan Li, PhD
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research

Developing Methods for Conducting Incomplete Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trials

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
| North Carolina
John S. Preisser, PhD
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Non-Medicine Pain Management Therapies for Adults with Advanced Cancer -- The IMPACT Trial

Memorial Sloan Kettering
| New York
Jun Mao, MD, MSCE
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Developing Methods for Comparing Outcomes Across Patient Groups in Observational Studies

Duke University
| North Carolina
Laine E. Thomas, PhD
Project Status:
PCORI Peer-Review Process Complete
Project Type:
Research

Developing Methods to Capture Information from Electronic Health Records on Whether Patients Take Medicine as Directed

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
| Texas
Kirk Roberts, PhD
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

Comparing Behavioral Activation and Medicine Management for Treating Depression in Patients with Advanced Heart Failure

Cedars-Sinai Health System
| California
Waguih Ishak, MD
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Treatments for Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Who Don't Respond to Anti-TNF Therapy

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill^
| North Carolina
Michael Kappelman, MD, MPH^
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®
Has Results

Comparing Two Ways to Help Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and Their Care Partners Choose among Treatment Options -- The DART Study

Tufts University
| Massachusetts
Keren Ladin, PhD, MS
Project Status:
PCORI Peer-Review Process Complete
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Hair Removal Treatments for Adolescents with Pilonidal Disease

The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital
| Ohio
Peter Minneci, MD
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Antiseptic Skin Solutions to Prevent Infection in Patients Having Surgery to Treat Fractures -- The PREPARE Study

University of Maryland Baltimore
| Maryland
Gerard Slobogean, MD, MPH
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research

Testing One State's Effort to Prevent Unsafe Treatments for Patients with Back Pain -- Back on Track

Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, a Division of Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
| Washington
Lynn DeBar, PhD, MPH
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Approaches to Group Medical Visits for Patients with Diabetes

University of Colorado Denver
| Colorado
Bethany Matthews Kwan, PhD, MSPH
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Ways Primary Care Practices Can Help Patients with Serious Illnesses Get the Care That Matches What Is Important to Them

Oregon Health and Science University
| Oregon
Annette M. Totten, PhD, MPA
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Approaches to Improve Black Patients’ Chances of Getting Live Donor Kidney Transplants

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
| Massachusetts
James R. Rodrigue, PhD
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Ways to Help Parents of Children with Sickle Cell Disease Decide on Treatment with Their Doctors

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
| Ohio
Lori E. Crosby, Psy.D
Project Status:
PCORI Peer-Review Process Complete
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Ways to Decrease Medicine Use for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia

University of Pittsburgh^
| Pennsylvania
Natalie E. Leland, PhD
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Mobile Stroke Treatment with Emergency Room Care -- the BEST-MSU Study

Memorial Hermann Health System, Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center
| Texas
James Grotta, MD
Project Status:
PCORI Peer-Review Process Complete
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Ways to Provide Follow-Up Care to Patients after Bone Marrow Transplants

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
| Massachusetts
Gregory Abel, MD, MPH
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Three Treatments for Adults with Major Depression That Does Not Respond to First-Line Treatment -- The ASCERTAIN TRD Study

Massachusetts General Hospital
| Massachusetts
George Papakostas, MD
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Ways to Help Veterans Manage Pain and Reduce Use of Prescription Opioid Medicines -- The VOICE Study

University of Minnesota Twin Cities
| Minnesota
Erin Krebs, MD, MPH
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Clinic- and Home-Based Exercise Programs to Help Adults with Multiple Sclerosis -- The TEAMS Study

University of Alabama at Birmingham
| Alabama
James Rimmer, PhD, MA
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research

Do Medicaid Health Homes Improve the Health of Adults with Diabetes?

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
| New York
Victoria Mayer, MD, MS
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

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