News in brief New PCORI funding available for low back pain research PCORI will provide up to $50 million to fund clinical trials examining noninvasive interventions for chronic low back pain. Jan. 24, 2017Tuesday The DO Staff Contact The DO Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute will be providing up to $50 million to fund large randomized clinical trials examining noninvasive interventions for patients with nonspecific, nonradicular chronic low back pain. The institute is now accepting applications; applicants must submit a letter of intent by Feb. 14. PCORI will review letters of intent and invite certain applicants to submit a full application by May 17. PCORI will announce the awards in November; funded research can begin as early as January 2018. To learn more about this opportunity, visit the PCORI website. More in Newsbriefs TouroCOM opens new school in Great Falls, Montana The new campus is Touro University’s third college of osteopathic medicine and the first nonprofit medical school in Montana. “Operation Nightingale” fraud scheme alert: Bogus nursing credentials sold to thousands of aspiring nurses It was recently discovered that a scheme, nicknamed “Operation Nightingale,” offered aspiring nurses the opportunity to purchase fake nursing degree diplomas and transcripts. Previous articleDeadline looms for 2016 Medicare meaningful use attestation Next articleAssociation of Family Medicine Residency Directors endorses osteopathic recognition
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