{"id":29271,"date":"2012-05-24T09:37:51","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T13:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/?post_type=voices&#038;p=29271"},"modified":"2012-05-24T20:18:22","modified_gmt":"2012-05-25T00:18:22","slug":"the-next-phase-in-outcomes-research-pcori-funded-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/2012\/05\/24\/the-next-phase-in-outcomes-research-pcori-funded-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"The Next Phase in Outcomes Research: PCORI-Funded Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/05\/pcori-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29276 alignright\" title=\"pcori logo\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/05\/pcori-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"83\" height=\"66\" \/><\/a>The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), which was established by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gao.gov\/about\/hcac\/patientcentered_outcomes.html\">2010 Affordable Care Act<\/a>, announced on May 22 that it seeks to distribute <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcori.org\/2012\/pfa\/\">$120 million in research grants<\/a>. I serve on PCORI\u2019s board of governors.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the funded projects will be to generate knowledge that enables patients and their caregivers to make better-informed healthcare decisions. Grants will focus on comparative-effectiveness studies in 4 categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>assessment of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment options for patients<\/li>\n<li>health system interventions<\/li>\n<li>communication and dissemination strategies<\/li>\n<li>interventions to reduce or eliminate disparities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The success of this effort will depend on the strength of each and every funded project. So we are looking to patients, researchers, clinicians, and administrators around the country to collaborate and develop outstanding proposals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>An essential ingredient is that patients and their caregivers be genuinely involved<\/strong> in the design, implementation, dissemination, and adoption of the research. We at PCORI believe that although patients may not be experts in research, they are experts in their own experience. That principle is fundamental to what we aim to achieve.<\/p>\n<p>For more perspective on our goals and our mission, please watch a video of a brief talk about PCORI that I gave in February. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sKOMDFnqkoY\">Click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To review the funding opportunities, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcori.org\/funding-opportunities\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Then, here on CardioExchange, share your thoughts about PCORI\u2019s approach and about the research that needs to be done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute is distributing $120 million in research grants for comparative effectiveness studies. Learn about PCORI&#8217;s mission and the funding opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":211,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1292,1290,1291],"class_list":["post-29271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-comparative-effectiveness","tag-outcomes-research","tag-pcori"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29271\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}