title: The patient-centered outcomes research institute: research done differently.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) was authorized by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 to fund comparative clinical effectiveness research to provide reliable evidence to help patients and their healthcare providers make informed decisions.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this paper is to describe the synergy between nursing research and PCORI funding priorities, discuss unique aspects of PCORI funding, and identify the implications for nurse researchers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Goals of nursing research are well aligned with PCORI interests. Given this synergy, many phenomena that nursing scientists study could become topics of a competitive proposal for PCORI funding. Major aspects of PCORI funding with implications for nurse researchers include the nature of the questions asked, funding priorities, engagement of patients and stakeholders, compliance with the PCORI's methodology standards, and the proposal review criteria and process.
authors.affiliation: Robin Newhouse, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, is Professor and Chair, Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore. Debra J. Barksdale, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, is Professor and Director, Doctor of Nursing Practice Program, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow Alumnus, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Julie Ann Miller, PhD, is Senior Editor, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Newhouse
authors.forename: Debra J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Barksdale
authors.forename: Julie Ann
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D057186:Comparative Effectiveness Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005376:Financial Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D014481:United States