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University of Oklahoma Secures Federal Funding to Enhance Health Care Access Throughout the State
- The University of Oklahoma received $1.2 million in federal funding to integrate NIH-funded clinical trials in primary care settings in underserved areas including rural regions of Oklahoma and Tribal nations.
- The CARE for Health™ initiative aims to ensure that all patients receive standard treatments and also benefit from latest medical research.
- The University of Oklahoma brings decades of experience in primary care research to the initiative through Zsolt Nagykaldi, who brings his expertise as a professor and director of research at the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine.
- The initiative builds on a pilot program launched by the NIH last year and is aimed at creating a lasting infrastructure for clinical research that prioritizes health equity and accessibility.
- Research team aims to create solutions that facilitate greater participation and more accurate data collection by addressing specific challenges faced by rural patients.
- The university has pledged to assist primary care practices in efficiently gathering data from electronic health records (EHR) to ensure that it takes far less than the average of 17 years for medical research findings to be utilized in everyday clinical practice.
- The CARE for Health™ initiative represents a holistic approach to health equity, and the University of Oklahoma's contributions help to advance health outcomes.
- The challenge remains to ensure that underrepresented populations benefit from these innovative healthcare strategies.
- The CARE for Health™ initiative sets a precedent for future research models across the nation, prioritizing participant accessibility and addressing the specific needs of rural populations.
- The University of Oklahoma mission is to enhance health equity across the state of Oklahoma and beyond through its involvement in the CARE for Health™ initiative.
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