PCORI devotes $600 million to effectiveness research

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute last week announced it would invest up to $600 million in patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research in eight areas. The areas are: improving mental and behavioral health; improving cardiovascular health; preventing maternal morbidity and mortality; promoting health for older adults; addressing substance use; improving outcomes for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities; addressing rare diseases; and promoting sleep health. The funding will become available on Oct. 1 and run for three years. PCORI, an independent nonprofit organization authorized by Congress in 2010, funds research to provide patients, their caregivers and clinicians with evidence-based information needed to make better-informed health care decisions. (PCORI news release, 6/7/23)