Register at Cancercontrol.cancer.gov Cancer, in addition to impacts on morbidity, mortality, and quality of life, has substantialeconomic consequences. The medical care costs for cancer in the U.S. were $183 billion in 2015 and are projected to increase to $246 billion in 2030. Other cancer-related costs across the care continuum may be less well understood. Additional information is needed on factors affecting patient, health care system, and societal costs for cancer prevention, screening, treatment, and survivorship. However, multiple factors may limit cancer health economics research. The
Deadline Dates: This notice applies to due dates on or after October 5, 2020 and subsequent receipt dates through July 5, 2023. Program Objectives Providing care that is consistent with a patient’s values, preferences, and goals is a cornerstone of palliative care, an interdisciplinary patient-centered approach that aims to improve quality of life for persons with advanced illness and their families. Palliative care focuses on several objectives including relief of symptoms and suffering, communication of prognosis and treatment options in the context of patients’ goals, and coordination of
Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Advancing the Science of Geriatric Palliative Care Sponsor Name : National Institutes of Health/DHHS Funding Opportunity Number: NOT-AG-20-041 Deadline Dates: This notice applies to due dates on or after October 5, 2020 and subsequent receipt dates through September 8, 2023. Program Objectives This Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) encourages research grant applications focused on palliative care in geriatric populations. This NOSI covers studies in a variety of settings including hospitals (and specific sites within hospitals including specialty medical or
The AGING Initiative would like to share an upcoming funding opportunity on behalf of the U.S. Deprescribing Research Network (USDeN): USDeN seeks an investigator team to participate in a funded electronic data harmonization initiative related to deprescribing. Currently, 4 health systems will soon begin participation in a Data Harmonization workgroup to demonstrate approaches to using routinely available electronic health data in trials of deprescribing. We are seeking a 5th site to join this workgroup. The project will span 24 months, with $70,000 of funding available for the new site
The Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) Program at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has posted the draft report for the systematic review on Integrating Palliative Care in Ambulatory Care of Non-Cancer Serious Chronic Illness . It is available for your review and feedback until September 18, 2020 at the Effective Healthcare Web site . The purpose of the review is to evaluate effectiveness and implementation of interventions for integrating palliative care into ambulatory care for patients with serious life-threatening chronic illness or conditions other than cancer and
About the Webinar: Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 12:30-2:00 p.m. ET. Register here: This pre-application technical assistance webinar will provide an overview of the two NIH multimorbidity funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) listed below. These FOAs are soliciting innovative research to better understand, measure, and intervene on multimorbidity, or multiple chronic conditions. · PAR-20-179 : Advancing Research To Develop Improved Measures and Methods for Understanding Multimorbidity (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) · PAR-20-180 : Identifying Innovative Mechanisms or Interventions That Target
2021 Harvard Medical School Workshop on Research Methods in Supportive Oncology This NCI-funded intensive 6-day workshop will provide an overview of fundamental methods in supportive oncology research (psychosocial oncology, palliative care, symptom management, and survivorship). Over the course of the workshop, participants will write a complete study protocol under the direct mentorship of expert faculty in the field of supportive oncology. Essential workshop topics include: creation of conceptual models, supportive care clinical trials, development of psychosocial interventions, decision
