What does PORT stand for?

Legal involvement was assessed using the Schizophrenia Patient Outcomes Research Team client survey, and victimization was assessed with the Lehman Quality of Life Inventory victimization subscale.

The recommendations of the highly respected Schizophrenia Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT) [34-35] have become important in guiding mental health treatment.

Translating research into practice: The Schizophrenic Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT) treatment recommendations.

Craig Fleming of the Prostate Patient Outcomes Research Team (Oregon Health Sciences University).

The Patient Outcomes Research Teams and the development of clinical guidelines supported by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research are examples of this trend.

However, despite its primary mission of improving the effectiveness of medical practice, at least one observer has noted that much of the research conducted by the Patient Outcomes Research Teams under MEDTEP has neglected quality; instead, it has been concentrated on cost issues.

The Johns Hopkins-led study, conducted by the Cardiovascular Patient Outcomes Research Team, or C-PORT, is designed to evaluate patient outcomes when an interventional cardiologist who diagnoses a blockage during a diagnostic catheterization at a hospital without on-site surgical back-up immediately moves on to clearing the blockage via a balloon angioplasty rather than having to stop the procedure and transfer the patient to another hospital.

Our study showed that physicians who perform fewer than the recommended number of angioplasties per year have a higher percentage of patients who go on to have bypass surgery or die," says Jollis, whose research was funded by the Office of Health Care Policy and Research in Rockville, MD, as part of a grant to the Ischemic Heart Disease Patient Outcomes Research Team.