The Healthcare Collaborative of Greater Columbus is excited to announce that we have been approved for a funding award through the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards (Engagement Awards) program, an initiative of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). The funds will support HCGC general dissemination of research (the results of which are written for both providers and for patients), as well as targeted research dissemination to applicable audiences/learning groups/workgroups in the region. The goal is to scale how we disseminate research to multi-stakeholder audiences, including all types of clinicians, social service providers and patients, to other groups like HCGC across the state and country.

While PCORI has funded a large portfolio of projects that help develop a community of patients and other stakeholders equipped to participate as partners in comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER), HCGC is one of several first Engagement Awardees to disseminate PCORI-funded study results as a part of the program’s new dissemination initiative. Through the Engagement Award Program, PCORI is creating an expansive network of individuals, communities and organizations interested in and able to participate in, share, and use patient-centered CER.

According to Jean Slutsky, PCORI’s Chief Engagement and Dissemination Officer, “This project was selected for Engagement Award funding because it will involve stakeholders in actively disseminating PCORI-funded research results to those who can use this information to inform healthcare decisions. We look forward to working with HCGC throughout the course of their two-year project.”

HCGC will also be welcoming PCORI research back to the Central Ohio Region in August 2019 at their second Regional Learning Session, part of the 2019 HCGC Monthly Meeting Series.​

Examples of PCORI Research as it relates to HCGC's project work

Quality Improvement:

• Does Daily Self-Monitoring of Blood Sugar Levels Improve Blood Sugar Control and Quality of Life for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Who Do Not Use Insulin? -- The Monitor Trial

• Developing Standards for Improving Measurement and Reporting of Data Quality in Health Research

Population Health:

• Helping Latino Parents Learn Skills to Manage Their Children's Mental Health Care

• Working with Bilingual Community Health Worker Promotoras to Improve Depression and Self-Care among Latino Patients with Long-Term Health Problems

• Using a Home- or Clinic-Based Program to Help Older Adults Manage Their Asthma -- The SAMBA Study

​Behavioral Health

• Does Shared Decision Making Improve Care at Community Mental Health Clinics?​

• Can People Who Have Experience with Serious Mental Illness Help Peers Manage Their Health Care?

Integrating Education and Health

• Pilot Project: Using Parent Preferences in Decisions about Childhood Vaccines

Care Coordination:

• Collaborative Goal Setting with or without Community Health Worker Support for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions

• Adding a New Role at Clinics to Help Patients Access Community Resources

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Womens' Health

• Comparing Two Ways to Treat Depression among Pregnant Women and New Mothers

• Comparing Two Ways to Schedule Breast Cancer Screenings -- The WISDOM Study

Tobacco Cessation

• Pilot Project: Testing Computer Programs That Help People Stop Smoking