This year’s event, “From Evidence to Impact: Putting What Works into Action,” will spotlight results from dozens of PCORI-funded patient-centered outcomes research studies and explore opportunities to use this evidence in ways that patients and other healthcare stakeholders find most useful. Plenary and breakout sessions will be available via webcast and will focus on such topics as:
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How evidence can better answer practical health care questions
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Making health care more efficient, effective, and patient-centered
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How to improve health care decision making
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Addressing the opioid epidemic and improving pain management
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How telehealth and community health workers affect care delivery and outcomes
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The impact of engagement on research
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How to improve care for people with advanced illness and serious mental illness
The preliminary agenda is available here.
Media contact:
Mary McNamara
E-mail: mmcnamara@pcori.org
Location: Washington Marriott Wardman Park , 2660 Woodley Road, NW, Washington, D.C. 20008. There is no fee for attending.
Livestreaming also available
How to Attend:
Attendees, including press, may register online.
Find more information about the event here.