Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) at AHRQ

Dissemination of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR)
Highlights of AHRQ’s Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) Dissemination Investments
AHRQ Training Projects Funded by PCOR Trust Fund
The PCOR Cycle
Understanding how PCOR improves delivery of care
PCOR Dissemination Investments
Supporting PCOR dissemination
PCOR Training Investments
Preparing a new generation of researchers to conduct PCOR
Male patient with back problems talking to his doctors
PCOR translates evidence into practice for meaningful patient outcomes.
 
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Find out how to search for PCOR studies and findings.
 
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AHRQ seeks nominations of promising PCOR findings with the potential to improve patient health outcomes. Nominate a PCOR finding.
 
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Potential of the PCOR Trust Fund
PCOR compares the impact of two or more preventive, diagnostic, treatment, or health care delivery approaches on health outcomes, including those that are meaningful to patients.
Dissemination of PCOR
Congress instructed AHRQ to invest in four specific activities in two areas that build upon AHRQ’s core mission and experience: Dissemination and Training.
AHRQ Training Projects Funded by PCOR Trust Fund
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund projects for training and career development and dissemination and implementation.
AHRQ's Dissemination and Implementation Initiative
AHRQ will prioritize and fund projects to widely disseminate the most promising findings and implement them in clinical practice.
Library of PCOR Resources
AHRQ provides a comprehensive Web library of PCOR resources to draw attention to the existing collection of PCOR projects conducted by public, private, nonprofit, and academic sources. The collection includes PCOR findings and evidence-based tools that have appeared in the published literature as well as studies and projects that are in progress.