HHS awards $17M for patient-centered outcomes research
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced three sets of grants and cooperative agreements, totaling nearly $17 million for patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR).
The three-year funds, made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) through the Health Resources and Services Administration, will establish a network of PCOR centers, enable PCOR in pediatric emergency medicine and support building capacity for community-based providers to engage in this type of research.
Five cooperative agreement awards will go to organizations in four states to create the Community Health Applied Research Network (CHARN) to demonstrate that safety net providers and academic institutions can partner together to create an effective infrastructure that supports PCOR. This network in particular will provide an opportunity to evaluate patient-centered outcomes research among diverse populations and patient subgroups that are not always adequately represented in similar studies.
The CHARN consists of a Central Data Management Coordinating Center, based at the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals’ Center for Health Research in Portland, Ore., and four networks selected as research “nodes” in California, Illinois, Massachusetts and Oregon. The nodes are geographically dispersed consortia of safety net providers in 17 states.
Three of the four research nodes will focus on patient-centered outcomes research related to the delivery of primary care, while the fourth (in Boston), will focus more specifically on research that is relevant to the care and treatment of individuals with HIV/AIDS.
Another grant totaling $3.5 million will be awarded to Columbia University to support patient-centered outcomes research within the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. The funds will help boost data capacity, conduct studies and disseminate information on research findings involving pediatric emergency care.
Separately, a grant totaling $3.5 million will be made to the American Academy of Pediatrics at Elk Grove Village, Ill., to support development of an electronic health record sub-network within the Pediatric Research Network in the Office Setting, a pediatric primary care research network. The results from this work will be used to inform guidelines and policies of pediatric practice.
Community Health Applied Research Network Awards were awarded to:
The grants were approximately $16.97 million, according to HHS. For information about patient-centered and comparative effectiveness research and the ARRA, click here.
The three-year funds, made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) through the Health Resources and Services Administration, will establish a network of PCOR centers, enable PCOR in pediatric emergency medicine and support building capacity for community-based providers to engage in this type of research.
Five cooperative agreement awards will go to organizations in four states to create the Community Health Applied Research Network (CHARN) to demonstrate that safety net providers and academic institutions can partner together to create an effective infrastructure that supports PCOR. This network in particular will provide an opportunity to evaluate patient-centered outcomes research among diverse populations and patient subgroups that are not always adequately represented in similar studies.
The CHARN consists of a Central Data Management Coordinating Center, based at the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals’ Center for Health Research in Portland, Ore., and four networks selected as research “nodes” in California, Illinois, Massachusetts and Oregon. The nodes are geographically dispersed consortia of safety net providers in 17 states.
Three of the four research nodes will focus on patient-centered outcomes research related to the delivery of primary care, while the fourth (in Boston), will focus more specifically on research that is relevant to the care and treatment of individuals with HIV/AIDS.
Another grant totaling $3.5 million will be awarded to Columbia University to support patient-centered outcomes research within the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. The funds will help boost data capacity, conduct studies and disseminate information on research findings involving pediatric emergency care.
Separately, a grant totaling $3.5 million will be made to the American Academy of Pediatrics at Elk Grove Village, Ill., to support development of an electronic health record sub-network within the Pediatric Research Network in the Office Setting, a pediatric primary care research network. The results from this work will be used to inform guidelines and policies of pediatric practice.
Community Health Applied Research Network Awards were awarded to:
- Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations in Oakland, Calif., $2 million;
- Eire Family Health Center/Alliance of Chicago Community Health in Chicago, $2 million;
- Fenway Community Health Center in Boston, $2 million;
- Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Center for Health Research in Oakland, Calif. $1.97 million; and
- Oregon Community Health Information Network in Portland, Ore., $2 million.
The grants were approximately $16.97 million, according to HHS. For information about patient-centered and comparative effectiveness research and the ARRA, click here.