PCORI Hires AHRQ Director to Head Communication and Dissemination Efforts
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is continuing to add to its staff, and its latest hire is a familiar name to those who work in the health outcomes research arena. Jean Slutsky, PA, MSPH, most recently director of the Center for Outcomes and Evidence at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), will be joining PCORI as director of its Communication and Dissemination Research Program on February 17.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is continuing to add to its staff, and its latest hire is a familiar name to those who work in the health outcomes research arena. Jean Slutsky, PA, MSPH, most recently director of the Center for Outcomes and Evidence at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), will be joining PCORI as director of its Communication and Dissemination Research Program on February 17.
According to PCORI’s announcement, Ms. Slutsky “will be responsible for leading a program that has committed more than $43 million to research on how to most effectively communicate and disseminate research results among patients, caregivers, clinicians and other critical health and healthcare decision-makers. The program carries out its work under one of PCORI’s five National Priorities for Research.”
“We wish Ms. Slutsky all the best and look forward to working with her in her new role,” said NatIonal Pharmaceutical Council President Dan Leonard.
Developing effective ways of communicating and disseminating research results is critically important for improving health care delivery and patient outcomes, noted Mr. Leonard.