What We Do
CPORT serves as a nucleus of expertise and effort related to perioperative health services research, to provide educational and mentoring opportunities for interested trainees and early-career faculty, and to facilitate collaboration across multiple disciplines to improve perioperative outcomes through high-quality comparative effectiveness research and implementation science.
Selected CPORT Research
REGAIN (Regional versus General Anesthesia for Promoting Independence after Hip Fracture Surgery)
Principal Investigator: Mark D. Neuman, MD, MSc
Funding: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Washington DC
REGAIN Trial Website
Summary: The REGAIN trial is a multicenter randomized trial to compare short- and long-term outcomes of two common approaches to anesthesia for patients undergoing surgery for hip fracture. By comparing two universally available, basic anesthetic approaches, the REGAIN trial will directly and immediately affect patient decision-making, care, and outcomes for the more than 300,000 US patients who need surgery to treat hip fractures each year, as well as the more than 8.5 million older US adults who face decisions about anesthesia for other major surgeries each year.
The REGAIN Trial was mentioned in Congress in testimony on the reauthorization of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). View the video on the Ways and Means Committee YouTube channel.
HATRICC (Handoffs and Transitions in Critical Care)
Principal Investigator: Meghan Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP, FCCM
Funding: Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Summary: HATRICC is an ongoing multicenter study to improve handoffs from the operating room to the intensive care unit. Using qualitative and quantitative research methods, HATTRIC will lend insight into the quality of current handoff practices and the effectiveness of a structured approach to improving peri-procedural communication for patients requiring critical care.