Project Descriptions-Clinical
Summaries of Projects
Cancer Prevention and Screening for Disabled Adults in Rural Primary Care
PI: Buckley, D.
1/1/2008 - 12/1/2012
Total Funding to date: $560,615
To better understand, toward ultimately improving, the delivery of cancer screening and preventive services for people with physical disabilities in rural primary care practice.
Accuracy of Breast Pathology & the Impact of Technology and Double Reading
PI: Carney, P.7/7/2009 - 5/31/2011
Total Funding to date: $198,216
To develop measures to assess pathologists interpretation of the slide-based test set and in conducting the analyses; to develop the Web-based tool for pathology interpretation, implementation; and data management; and to quantify at the U.S. population level the extent of harms due to variability among pathologists and resulting false-positive and false-negative interpretations.
Harvest Fiesta – A Partnership for Health Research
PI: Carney, P.
9/29/2008 - 8/31/2011
Total Funding to date: $82,972
To create a community-based participatory research partnership between Nuestra Comunidad Sana, a program of the Next Door Inc. and OHSU designed to enhance collaboration between community and research partners; to use popular education and participatory action techniques to inform and engage Hispanic families participating in an ongoing program on organic farming (Harvest Fiesta) about key research methods and findings in health and disease, particularly those associated with occupational farming, home gardening, and nutrition.
Health Insurance & Cancer Screening in Rural Oregon
PI: Carney, P.
7/1/2007 - 6/30/2011
Total Funding to date: $931,640
To evaluate the role of health insurance status and coverage on access to breast, cervical and colorectal cancer preventive and screening services among underserved rural populations in Oregon.
Cardiovascular Disease Care and EMR Use
Total Funding to date: $195,000
To identify how community primary care practices use EMRs to support clinical and non-clinical care processes. This work paves the way for interventions to improve clinical care through more effective EMR use.
Diabetes Prevention & Self-Management
Total Funding to date: $19,635 (subcontract)
To disseminate, translate, and seek reimbursement for implementing the Chronic Care Model (CCM) for patients with, and at risk for, diabetes into primary care practices in a fee-for-service payment environment.
The Academy for Integrating Mental Health and Primary Care
Total Funding to date: $34,560 (subcontract)
To conduct a formative and summative learning evaluation of The Academy for Integrating Mental Health and Primary Care by assessing both the process of implementing interventions as well as the outcomes, and by communicating and reflecting on key formative insights with collaborative research teams throughout the implementation process.
Complications of Surgery for Spinal Stenosis: A Clinical Prediction Rule
PI: Deyo, R.
9/16/2008 - 7/31/2011
Total Funding to date: $901,965
To improve patient safety in surgery for spinal stenosis by better informing surgeons' and patients' treatment decisions with individualized data on operative risks.
Back pain Outcomes using Longitudinal Data (BOLD)
Total Funding to date: $58,963 (subcontract)
To establish a large, nationally-representative, community-based registry of patients with low back pain as a foundation for rigorous controlled observational studies as well as randomized controlled trials (RCTs).
Chiropractic and Exercise for Back Pain in Adolescents
Total Funding to date: $8,916 (subcontract)
To determine the relative clinical effectiveness of three months of chiropractic care and supervised exercise vs. supervised exercise in adolescents with sub-acute recurrent, or chronic LBP.
Improving the quality of care for children with Respiratory Tract Infections in primary care
Total Funding to date: $34,560 (subcontract)
To improve the quality of care given to children presenting to primary care with respiratory tract infections (RTIs) through systematic review.
