PCORI Dissemination and Implementation Funding Opportunities July 11, 2017 2pm – 3pm EDT
Welcome and Introductions Alicia Thomas, MHS Arielle Gorstein, MPH Lia Hotchkiss, MPH Rachel Mosbacher Eugene Washington Dissemination & Eugene Washington Engagement PCORI Engagement Awards Implementation PCORI Engagement Awards Program Officer Program Officer Program Associate Program Director
Agenda I. Welcome II. Background Information III. Overview of Dissemination & Implementation (D&I) Program IV. Funding Opportunities for D&I I. Engagement Awards II. Limited Competition Awards for D&I V. Applicant Resources Submitting Questions: VI. Questions Submit questions via the Q&A function in GoToWebinar.
The Need for PCORI’s Work • For all the advances it produces, traditional healthcare research has not answered many questions patients face. • People want to know which preventive, diagnostic, or treatment option is best for them. • Patients and their clinicians need information they can understand and use.
Our Mission PCORI helps people make informed healthcare decisions, and improves healthcare delivery and outcomes, by producing and promoting evidence from research guided by patients, caregivers, and the broader healthcare community.
Our Broad and Complex Mandate “The purpose of the Institute is to assist patients, clinicians, purchasers, and policy-makers in making informed health decisions by advancing the quality and relevance of evidence concerning the manner in which diseases, disorders, and other health conditions can effectively and appropriately be prevented, diagnosed, treated, monitored, and managed through research and evidence synthesis... … and the dissemination of research findings with respect to the relative health outcomes, clinical effectiveness, and appropriateness of the medical treatments, services...” -- from PCORI’s authorizing legislation
Snapshot of Funded CER & Methods Projects Number of projects: 458 Amount awarded: As of July 2017, 113 CER and Methods $1.32 billion projects have produced results Number of states where we are funding research: 41 (plus the District of Columbia) As of July 2017
PCORI Dissemination & Implementation Program • The D&I program is charged with heightening awareness of the results of PCORI-funded research, and with advancing efforts to put these findings into practice to improve healthcare delivery and health outcomes. 9
What PCORI Means by D&I • Dissemination is the intentional, active process of identifying target audiences and tailoring communication strategies to increase awareness and understanding of evidence and to motivate its use in policy, practice, and individual choices. • Implementation is the deliberate, iterative process of integrating evidence into policy and practice by adapting evidence to different contexts and facilitating behavior change and decision making based on evidence across individuals, communities, and healthcare systems.
The Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards Program
Engagement Award Program Objectives • Fund projects to equip patients and other stakeholders to engage as meaningful partners in PCOR/CER, from topic selection to design and conduct of research and on to dissemination and implementation of results • Support organizations with constituents who view them as trusted sources of health information to conduct projects to lay the groundwork for disseminating and implementing research results or products derived from PCORI or related studies 13
Engagement Awards Overview Key Information Full Announcement: Eugene Washington Purpose: Support projects that will build a PCORI Engagement Award Program community better able to participate in PCOR and CER as well as serve as channels to disseminate study results; and projects to lay the groundwork for disseminating and implementing PCORI findings Eligibility: Any private or public-sector Funding Level: . Award total costs may not organization, including any nonprofit or exceed $250,000 for-profit organization or any unit of local, state, or federal government. Letters of Inquiry: Competitive Project Period: Maximum of 2 years LOI Deadline : September 29, 2017 (by 5 Funding Cycles Per Year: 3 p.m. ET)
Engagement Award Dissemination Projects • Project activities may include developing, demonstrating, and evaluating the processes/pathways/tools necessary to incorporate PCOR/CER results into decision-making settings • Applicants must: – Identify existing or emerging PCOR/CER findings highly relevant to their target population • Research results should be placed within the context of the existing body of evidence in the topic area identified – Clearly explain how the infrastructure and relationships developed to disseminate and implement PCOR/CER could be sustained over time – Indicate whether the project may have the potential to be scaled to reach an even greater audience or if it could be a vehicle for disseminating and implementing additional PCOR/CER findings
Engagement Award (EAIN): Research Meeting and Conference Support • Funding support for meetings/conferences that align with PCORI’s mission and strategic plan, and facilitate expansion of PCOR/CER in areas such as: – Research Design and Methodology – Research Development – Dissemination and Implementation — Communicates findings — or emerging findings — from PCORI or related studies to a targeted, essential end-user audience. Conference organizers must address the proposed conference activities as part of an essential strategy for increasing the uptake of findings that have important potential impact on clinical practice, including the important role of the proposed target end-user audience. • Meeting and conference support awards are for a maximum total cost of $50,000, and can be up to one year in duration.
Activities We Do Not Fund • Projects intended to improve patient engagement in non-research activities, such as healthcare service delivery, patient self-care, or patient-centeredness of care (e.g., shared decision making) • Research studies • Development of research proposals • Development of interventions • Validation of tools or instruments • Delivery of health care • Development of registries and increasing registry participants • Projects intended to increase the number of patients who participate in research studies or registries • Development of decision aids or clinical practice guidelines • Meetings that don’t focus on PCOR or CER
Tips for Prospective Applicants • Review projects already awarded by PCORI first – summaries and work products available at http://www.pcori.org/research-results • Review Available Resources – Program Guidelines • Program summary, award types, and list of what we don’t fund – Application Guidelines • Programmatic overview and application requirements • Details on how to submit an LOI and application • Application checklist • Includes a glossary of key terms • Allowable and unallowable costs – Applicant FAQs – Online User Manual • Step-by-step guides to walk through the online application portal • Schedule a call with the program team to discuss your ideas by emailing ea@pcori.org • Use Application Guidelines Checklist – Ensure all required and optional components are included before hitting submit 18
Examples of Funded Engagement Awards Projects
Fostering Physician Behavior Change to Improve Health Outcomes and Enhance Patient Engagement Objectives • Identify best dissemination practices that have been effectively used by George Isham, MD, MS nearly two dozen health plans in Alliance of Community Health Plans changing clinical behavior and Foundation improving patient outcomes Project Collaborators: • Develop a report of dissemination ACHP member plans, including Kaiser practices that will cover both the Foundation Health Plan, Inc., and The content of information and the process Permanente Federation; Group Health for dissemination and adoption that Cooperative; Geisinger Health Plan; others – health plans, health systems, HealthPartners; UPMC Health Plan; policy makers, government purchasers SelectHealth; AvMed; Martin’s Point – can draw on when disseminating Health Care; Capital District Physicians’ research findings Health Plan; and Independent Health Engagement Award Project, awarded March 2017
PCOR/CER Roadmap for Essential Hospitals Objectives • Understand how essential hospitals view the utility of PCOR/CER in their work, Bruce Siegel, MD current implementation activities, and America’s Essential Hospitals future needs Project Collaborators: • Develop a landscape review of current The American Hospital use of PCOR/CER by essential hospitals Association/Health Resource and • Identify barriers to the widespread Education Trust, Premier, Association of adoption of PCOR/CER initiatives in American Medical Colleges, Joint member hospitals Commission Resources, and all major hospital associations • Build a roadmap for essential hospitals to overcome these barriers and to facilitate mass adoption of PCOR/CER Engagement Award Project, awarded December 2016 • Disseminate the roadmap to promote PCOR/CER integration
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