DoD Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Outcomes Research Award

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The PRORP Outcomes Research Award is being offered for the first time in FY14. It is intended to support research that evaluates the effectiveness and functional outcomes of health care practices and interventions for traumatic military or Veteran amputee and/or limb salvage patients with the potential to impact the standard of care and contribute to evidence-based policy or guidelines for patient evaluation and care. The goal is to better understand the experiences, health, functional abilities, and quality of life of individuals who receive treatment for combat-related orthopaedic injuries, and thereby identify the most effective diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention options available to support critical decision-making for patients, clinicians, other caregivers, and policymakers. Proposed projects should be designed to provide information about the impact, advantages, disadvantages, and risks of specific health care practices and interventions. Studies are sought that: compare different standard of care approaches; include patient-centric outcome assessments; have the potential to provide new knowledge, new clinical practice guidelines, and/or new prescription algorithms that can be disseminated to care providers and patients; and/or; provide information on patient quality of life, reintegration, and/or return to duty.

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