Enhancing Patient-Centered Outcomes in Emergency Department Migraine Management

Pfizer and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) are collaborating to offer a new grant opportunity seeking proposals for quallity improvement initiatives that will promote the safe management of patients diagnosed with migraine in the emergency department setting. We seek to support projects focused on clinical program development that overcome barriers to safe, evidence-based management, disposition, and follow up of this patient population.

Eligibility

• The following may apply: medical, dental, nursing, allied health, and/or pharmacy professional schools; healthcare institutions (both large and small); professional organizations; government agencies; and other entities with a mission related to healthcare improvement.
• Only organizations are eligible to receive grants, not individuals or medical practice groups (i.e., an independent group of physicians not affiliated with a hospital, academic institution, or professional society).
• Collaborations within institutions (e.g., between departments and/or inter-professional), as well as between different institutions / organizations / associations, are encouraged. Please note all partners must have a relevant role and the requesting organization must have a key role in the project.

Requirements

• Projects evaluating the efficacy of therapeutic or diagnostic agents will not be considered.
• It is our intent to support projects that focus on improving quality of care of patients with migraines in the emergency department setting, including, but not limited to, decreased cost, decreased length of stay, decreased return visits, improved pain control, improved time to pain control, or decreased testing.
• Multi-disciplinary collaborations, are encouraged when appropriate, but all partners must have a relevant role.
• It is expected that projects will be evidence-based (education and/or quality improvement) and the proposed research/evaluation will follow generally accepted scientific principles. During review the intended outcome of the project is given careful consideration and, if appropriate based on the project goal, projects with the maximum likelihood to directly impact patient care will be given high priority. Projects including an educational element can find more information on principals of learning and behavior change for health professionals here.
• There is a considerable amount of interest in receiving responses from projects that utilize system-based changes. Although educational efforts for grantees and patients may be entirely appropriate components in responses to this RFP, projects that include an overt description of system changes will be given high priority.

How to Submit

• Please go to www.cybergrants.com/pfizer/QI and sign in.
  • Note: there are individual portals for each grant application type. Please be sure to use the
    URL above.
  • First-time users should click “Create your password”.
• Click the “Start A New Quality Improvement Grant Application” button.

Please note: Full RFP is attached in the "More Information" section of this page. Faculty and researchers interested in applying for these opportunities based on technologies developed or disclosed at Vanderbilt must submit their proposals through the CTTC.