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Funded Initiatives

Pfizer will publish full proposals of funded initiatives, in addition to any milestone updates, interim reports, final outcomes assessments and any other relevant, pertinent data and information that may be of interest to the healthcare community.

Strategies for duplication and dissemination of successful initiatives ('How-To Guides') will also be made available on this site.

Project Title	Organization	Date of Approval
Improving Chronic Pain Management (ICPM)	New York University	October 2012
Project Next Steps: Using the Stepped Care Model to Improve Chronic Pain Outcomes in a Community Health Center	Community Health Center, Inc.	October 2012
Improving Pain Management at Hospital Admission and Discharge: Implementing an Interdisciplinary Evidence-Based Approach	Society of Hospital Medicine	December 2012
Pain Action Consulting Team (PACT): A Mentoring Model	Johns Hopkins University	December 2012
Opioid Misuse Mitigation and Practice Quality Improvement in Primary Care	Brigham and Womens Hospital	December 2012
Managing Pain: Opioids as Part of the Solution, Not the Problem	University of Cincinnati	December 2012
The Emergency Department Pain Registry: Impact Evaluation of the 2012 American College of Emergency Physicians Opioid Prescribing Guidelines	American College of Emergency Physicians	December 2012

Project Title	Organization	Date of Approval
Use of Pharmacy Practice Faculty and Student Pharmacists to Screen, Educate, and Provide Pneumococcal Vaccine to Elderly Patients in Vermont	Albany College of Pharmacy	August 2012
AOA's Call to Action on Pneumococcal Disease	American Osteopathic Association	August 2012
Improving the Quality of Elderly Care in Indiana: Reducing the Incidence of Vaccine-Preventable Pneumonia and Related Morbidity and Mortality	Indiana University	August 2012
Community-Academic Partnership to Improve Pneumococcal Immunization Rates in an Underserved Population	University of Cincinnati	August 2012
Utilizing Population Health Outcomes Data to Increase Adult Pneumococcal Immunization Rates	University of Cincinnati	September 2012
Improving Pneumococcal Immunization Rates in New Jersey through Collaboration	New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians	December 2012
Utilizing Addressing Educational and Coordination Barriers for Adult Pneumococcal Disease Prevention in Rhode Island	University of Rhode Island	December 2012
Pneumococcal Disease Prevention Initiative: Integrated Interventions for Improved Adult Immunization Rates	Henry Ford Health System	December 2012
APhA's RxVACCINATE: A National Education and Practice Support Initiative to Increase Pharmacist Administered Pneumococcal Vaccinations	American Pharmacists Association	December 2012
Improving Patient Immunization Rates through Optimizing Pharmacy's Role in Providing Immunization Services	Shenandoah University, School of Pharmacy	December 2012
Improvement of Vaccination Rates in Adult Patients at High Risk for Pneumococcal Disease: A Focus on Reasons for Decline of Vaccination	University of Connecticut	December 2012
Pneumococcal Vaccine Services and Harlem Community Pharmacies	Touro College of Pharmacy	December 2012
Prevention of Pneumococcal Infections Through Vaccination: The Pharmacist’s Role in Immunization	University of Florida	December 2012

Project Title	Organization	Date of Approval
2013 Tumor Board Curriculum: Molecular Testing in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer	National Comprehensive Cancer Network Inc.	November 2012
Getting Tissue for Molecular Testing: An NSCLC Strategic Initiative	Temple University	November 2012
Engaging Multidisciplinary Teams to Improve Patient Outcomes With NSCLC Using Educational Resources (EMPOWER)	American College of Chest Physicians	December 2012
Molecular Testing and NSCLC Patients...Improving Efficacy, Enhancing Care	Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center	November 2012
Understanding and Promoting Best Practices in Molecular Testing for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients in Florida	H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Foundation Inc.	November 2012
Educational needs assessment to identify the decision-making and information-seeking patterns of clinicians managing patients with hematologic malignancies	University of Nebraska Medical Center	December 2012
CML, ALL, or B-Cell Lymphomas: Understanding Professional Practice Gaps and Educational Needs Among Hematologist Oncologists in the United States	Annenberg Center for Health Science	December 2012
Renal Cell Carcinoma: Understanding Professional Practice Gaps and Educational Needs Among Medical Oncologists in the United States	Annenberg Center for Health Science	December 2012

Project Title	Organization	Date of Approval
Designing an Electronic Medical Recored-based Clinical Decision Support Tool to Improve CVD Screening in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients	Albert Einstein College of Medicine	December 2012
Health Care Quality Improvement & Education in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Bringing Rheumatologists and Primary Care Providers Together to Improve Rheumatoid Arthritis Outcomes	New York University	December 2012
Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in People with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Performance Improvement in an Office-Based Practice	Joslin Diabetes Center, Inc.	December 2012

Project Title	Organization	Date of Approval
SHEA Antimicrobial Stewardship Education Program: Transforming Practice, Improving Care	Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America	December 2012
Improving the Use of Antimicrobials to Treat Gram-Positive Infections: Encouraging Appropriate Use and Minimizing Antimicrobial Resistance	Partners HealthCare System	December 2012
Improving Management of Hospitalized Adults with Cellulitis or Cutaneous Abcess	Baystate Medical Center, Inc	December 2012
Using Web-Based Instruction Modules to Improve Practitioner Knowledge at Yale New Haven Hospital on the Prevention of Antimicrobial Resistance and Health-Care Associated Infections	Yale New Haven Hospital	December 2012
Surgical Resident and Staff Engagement in Quality Improvement Related to Surgical Site Infections: The Effect of Real-Time Feedback	University of Cincinnati	December 2012
Social Media as a tool for Antimicrobial Stewardship	University of Chicago	December 2012
De-escalation for Therapy of Patients at Low Risk for CA-MRSA	Annenberg Center for Health Science	December 2012

Project Title	Organization	Date of Approval
Virginia Women's Stroke Prevention Initiative	University Health Services Professional Education Programs of Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	December 2012
Improving the Identification of Women at Increased Risk for Stroke in an Urban Medical Center	Wayne State University	December 2012
Stroke Prevention in Healthcare Delivery EnviRonmEnts (SPHERE)	Ohio State University	December 2012
Impact of a Quality Improvement and Education Initiative on 'Appropriate' Use of Anticoagulant Therapy in Women with Atrial Fibrillation	University of Cincinnati	December 2012