PAM® for Research Studies

Insignia Health offers a limited number of PAM®-only licenses to healthcare researchers.

Research License Service Center

The 12-month renewable license for the PAM® survey is designed for researchers conducting studies with a clear research design and methodology. Upon completion of the study, licensees are required to submit their full, de-identified data set including PAM scores and other self-reported or clinical data to Insignia Health at research@insigniahealth.com. 

Insignia Health will not alter, share or publish your data. However, we will compare your data to our normative data set and use this information to continually refine PAM and PAM-based guidance for coaches, clinicians and patients. Any analysis performed by Insignia Health on the de-identified data can be shared back with the researcher upon request. Examples of PAM and additional methodology and documentation can be found in our Research Library.

The research license does not entitle the researcher to all of the administration, customization and service features available with the standard license or limited commercial license. Access to PAM Scoring and Level of Administered PAMs is provided with this license. We do not share the algorithm used for scoring. If your organization does not meet all of the criteria listed below, or if you prefer a customized activation-based solution for your research, please contact us regarding a commercial license.

Insignia Health will review your application within 10-business days: 

  • If approved, you will receive an email from our support team containing a PDF version of PAM and available translations, along with a macro-enabled PAM survey scoring form.* 
  • If your application is denied, the online account will be disabled. 

* The PAM survey scoring form is an Excel-based application that uses macros and requires an Internet connection to calculate PAM Score and Level. The form is currently supported for Microsoft Windows OS and Excel [2013 and later]. Use of the form on non-Windows operating systems and/or older versions of Excel is not recommended and may result in errors

Research License

To license and use the Patient Activation Measure® (PAM®) or related PAM-based survey in a research study, please check each box to confirm your agreement with each statement first. Why?