Healthcare Innovation June 13, 2024
Initiative seeks to accelerate dissemination of patient-centered outcome research evidence to reduce healthcare disparities
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) intends to fund state-based healthcare extension cooperatives that can accelerate the dissemination and implementation of patient-centered outcome research (PCOR) evidence into practice.
The purpose of the initiative is to accelerate dissemination and implementation of PCOR evidence through improvements in healthcare policy, payment, and practice and to reduce healthcare disparities especially among people who receive Medicaid, are uninsured, and other people who are medically underserved. One initiative’s focus must be on behavioral healthcare.
This effort builds on AHRQ’s prior PCOR Trust Fund investments developing the evidence base for healthcare extension services and leverages AHRQ’s expertise in supporting healthcare...