Tag Archive for ‘PCORI’
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
This column discusses the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s focus on patient-centered care, comparative effectiveness research, and research funding. It also provides information on how surgeons can get involved.
NCDB and ACS-CRP: Working together to develop risk-stratified strategies for surveillance
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute has awarded three research funding contracts to the ACS Cancer Research Program of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology with the goal of developing a more patient-centered and individualized approach to post-treatment surveillance of colorectal, breast, and lung cancers.
Surgeons as employees: Is the lining always golden?
The allure of hospital employment and the financial incentives for hospitals to recruit physicians as employees are covered in this column.
Patient-centered outcomes research: Is this really something new?
This column informs Bulletin readers about the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the research it will support, and new projects that have recently launched.
