The Patient-centered Outcomes Research Institute’s Role in Advancing Methods for Patient-centered Outcomes Research

The Patient-centered Outcomes Research Institute’s Role in Advancing Methods for Patient-centered Outcomes Research

Currently, there is wide-spread recognition that much of health care is insufficiently grounded in evidence as to what works for whom under what circumstances. An important reason for this is that research efforts often do not compare alternative options of health care nor are they sufficiently focused on outcomes that matter to patients. In addition, the methods to conduct research designed to...

Patient-centered endpoints for perioperative outcomes research.

T trite but enduring cliché can be traced back to the late 19th century. The fact that it survived to this day indicates that perceptions of “success” can still differ widely between doctors and patients. For example, although the “1-yr graft patency” after coronary artery bypass surgery may be a highly meaningful outcome for a cardiac surgeon, it could have been achieved without any meaningful...

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research and Patient-Centered Care for Older Adults

Patient-centered care that reflects consumer-driven health care decision of an individual as opposed to collective or social choice-based health decision has many implications for clinical decision and resource allocation. With possession of required information and faced with appropriate assessment of preferences, older adults make better choices for their own health. However, one must acknowl...

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Practice: The CAPriCORN Infrastructure

CAPriCORN, the Chicago Area Patient Centered Outcomes Research Network, is one of the eleven PCORI-funded Clinical Data Research Networks. A collaboration of six academic medical centers, a Chicago public hospital, two VA hospitals and a network of federally qualified health centers, CAPriCORN addresses the needs of a diverse community and overlapping populations. To capture complete medical re...

The PCORI perspective on patient-centered outcomes research.