ADVANCE recently launched EVERYWOMAN, a new study on reproductive health in the safety net, in partnership with Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Fenway Health, and Health Choice Network. In honor of Cervical Health Awareness Month, we sat down with Project Director, Anna Templeton to learn more about the study.Read more
ADVANCE meets its goals around engagement and dissemination via coordinated efforts from the ADVANCE Data Coordinating Center OCHIN, Inc. One method for dissemination is the OCHIN Grand Rounds series, which kicked off its second season this past November with Dr. Erika Cottrell presenting Adoption of EHR Tools for Collecting and Acting on Social Determinants ofRead more
Happy 2018, everyone! I hope that everyone had a joyous and safe holiday season. We are now looking forward to an exciting year ahead as we work to continue the great work that you, our ADVANCE team and partners, are all doing. Coming up in January, the ADVANCE team will be applying to join theRead more
Welcome to December, everyone! Last month the ADVANCE team was quite busy with writing new proposals as well as disseminating study findings through papers and conference presentations. The ADVANCE network also reached a milestone: there are now just over 4 million distinct patients in the ADVANCE network data warehouse. I hesitate to celebrate this milestoneRead more
Written by Ashley Kroll Diabetes has impacted my life for as long as I can remember. My mom was diagnosed with gestational diabetes in 1994, when she was pregnant with my youngest brother and, as is common among women with gestational diabetes, it soon developed into type II diabetes. Diabetes has become remarkably common inRead more
Written by Molly Krancari, E.Tiffany Prescott, and William Pinnock Last week, over 1,000 people met in Washington D.C. for the two-and-a-half day PCORI Annual Meeting. This year’s theme, “Delivering Results, Informing Choices,” established a framework for attendees to discuss trends in patient-centered outcomes research and folks across the health care industry—scientists, patients, providers, and payers—wereRead more
Happy November, everyone! I, for one, am looking forward to cooler weather after such a hot summer in Portland. Autumn is my favorite time of year as leaves change color, the weather turns colder, and we gear up for the holidays. Here are a few updates for you all: I attended the PCORnet PI meetingRead more
Written by Heather Angier, Miguel Marino, and Jennifer DeVoe This article originally appeared on Community Research Laboratory and is being reprinted with the authors’ permission. A recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine that provided findings about the current state of health reform in the United States did not include results from communityRead more
Written by Patty Poston, ADVANCE Patient Investigator The pain is ever present. The feeling, or sensation, is strange. I don’t remember exactly when it began, sometime during late summer of 2016, with swollen toes and some tingling. I was planning a trip to my doctor when our winter weather hit. We usually don’t have muchRead more
Social determinants of health (SDH), including the economic, social, and environmental characteristics of communities where people live, affect a wide range of health outcomes and risks. A large body of research suggests that SDH may contribute as much or even more to health outcomes than clinical factors. However, care quality metrics typically emphasize disease specific,Read more
