On November 6, 2013 the Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) and the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) convened a Roundtable Discussion of patient advocacy and provider organizations to discuss the development of a Dissemination and Implementation Action Plan by the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). The goal of the Roundtable was to identify and articulate consensus recommendations to guide PCORI as it initiates this next phase of its research agenda.

Today, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s (PCORI) Board of Governors (the Board) met for their January meeting.  The short agenda, which can be found here, considered for approval Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) funding.

The Board voted to approve $5 million to fund research that advances PROMIS within the patient centered framework of PCORI’s mission.  The grants will consist of a maximum $500,000 for two years.