PCORI announces $150 million in funding for new health research
WASHINGTON, April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced the approval of funding awards totaling more than $150 million to support new patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies, research to strengthen the rigor and quality of patient-centered CER and a project to implement the findings of PCORI-funded research into practice.
- Two other large studies will compare health system strategies to improve hypertension control, and another will evaluate the effectiveness of medications used for migraine prevention.
- "As a leading funder of patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research, PCORI recognizes the evidence generated from PCORI-funded research helps patients and those who care for them make informed decisions about which health care options will work best for them," said PCORI Executive Director Nakela L. Cook, M.D., MPH.
- "PCORI also funds projects to encourage uptake of results from PCORI-funded comparative clinical effectiveness research to promote trustworthy findings reaching those whom they can help the most."
- Since 2010, PCORI has invested more than $4.5 billion to fund patient-centered CER and research-related projects.