Pennsylvania’s UPMC-Pitt Group Pursues Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Funding

Circle Connections: Awards & Accreditations University of Pittsburgh and UPMC officials hope a collaboration forged last year serves as a blueprint for getting more of the $3.5 billion that will be available through 2019 as a result of the Affordable Care Act. On Tuesday, members of the UPMC-Pitt Collaborative Work Group met with researchers and medical personnel from both institutions to pitch for projects to submit for funding through the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, which was established under the act. The collaboration was developed to help navigate changes in how medical research will be funded under the . . .