CORI Receives $2.5 Million NIH Grant
PORTLAND, OR – November 1, 2004 –The Clinical
Outcomes Research Initiative (CORI), a research organization
dedicated to improving the overall practice of endoscopy,
announced today that Oregon Health & Science University
has been awarded a $2.5 million grant
from the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney
Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH),
an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The award supports the use of the existing National Endoscopic
Database (NED) and the CORI consortium to perform research
that will improve the quality of endoscopic practice. CORI’s
research goals are focused on four major themes:
Analysis of practice: Analyses of endoscopic practice patterns
and fundamental endoscopic outcomes, changes in practice
over time, and practice variation will inform decisions on
resource utilization.
Translating research into practice: The
grant will use the consortium
to assess physician attitudes and knowledge, measure actual
practice, and study the impact of new information on endoscopic
practice in prospective studies.
Prospective research: Prospective research will focus on
areas of practice that lack evidence of effectiveness. We
will study outcomes of endoscopic surveillance, endoscopic
therapies, and new endoscopic innovations, as well as factors
that influence the quality of endoscopy as reflected in procedure
complications, completion, and success.
CORI as a resource: The repository will be available as
a resource to the research community.
This new project will allow CORI to be able to expand its research
mission and advance scientific knowledge in the following
ways:
- Analysis of practice will highlight variation,
changes in practice over time, and the impact of new
information and research on endoscopic practice (translation).
- Measurement
of endoscopic findings based on procedure indication
and patient characteristics will identify patients most
likely
to have serious pathology at endoscopy.
- Prospective studies
will provide information about endoscopic surveillance
(Barrett’s
esophagus, colon neoplasia, ulcerative colitis), procedure
quality and complications,
and diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.
- Prospective
studies will investigate the impact of innovations
in practice, such as capsule endoscopy, propofol anesthesia,
and endoscopic treatments for reflux disease.
Analysis of the National Endoscopic Database (NED) can provide
new information to improve the quality of care for patients
with digestive diseases. Examples in other disciplines have
shown that practice networks can influence clinical practice.
CORI provides a tool for measuring clinical effectiveness
in diverse practice settings where endoscopy is most commonly
performed.
"The NIH has been a continuing supporter of our program
and our technology," said David Lieberman, CORI Executive
Director. "This grant award makes it possible both to
advance our research efforts and to simultaneously develop
our technology for further data collection and analysis.
We are thankful to the NIH for their progressive approach
to our research and technology." About the Clinical Outcomes Research Initiative
The Clinical Outcomes Research Initiative (CORI) was founded
in 1995 by the ASGE as a national data repository for endoscopic
research. The shared repository is designed to promote endoscopic
research among GI physicians. CORI is a leading source of
GI research information, receiving more than 20,000 clinical
procedure reports from more than 750 physicians nationwide
each month. CORI research data have been used to support
more than 50 major research initiatives to date. CORI operates
as a not-for-profit subsidiary of the ASGE. For more information,
visit CORI’s web site: http://www.cori.org
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