Solutions

The Partnership's Principles define a framework for CER policy that is centered on improving patient care. Learn more about PIPC's principles.

Recent Blog Posts

PIPC chairman delivers speech to specialty docs on importance of patient centered CER
July 6, 2010 |

Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) chairman, Tony Coelho, recently delivered a speech on patient centered comparative effectiveness research (CER) in front of fifty specialty doctors from around the country, among others, at the Alliance for Specialty Medicine’s (ASM) “Capitol Hill Advocacy Conference.” The conference took place just a day before the specialty doctors met w

 | Read More
Tony Coelho's recent speech on patient centered CER
June 24, 2010 |

Below: PIPC Chairman Tony Coelho's recent speech on patient centered CER. The speech was delivered on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at the Alliance for Specialty Medicine's “Capitol Hill Advocacy Conference,” in Washington, D.C.

 | Read More
Lack of support for "evidence-based health care"— don't blame the patient
June 10, 2010 |

A new Health Affairs article concludes, based on focus groups and interviews, that "consumers will revolt if evidence-based efforts are perceived as rationing or as a way to deny them needed treatment."

You don't need to look any further than public reaction to the U.S. Preventive Service Task Force's updated recommendations on mammography screening to see the proof of this.
 
How should policy-makers react? Should they conclude that consumers, and even more so, patients, cannot be relied on to make evidence-based decisions, and therefore these decisions need to be made for them? Or should they conclude that evidence-based models of medical care and health delivery need to be carefully constructed so they have the trust and support of patients and consumers?

 | Read More

For Reporters

For journalists and other media professionals

More Information

Stay Connected

Case Studies

Comparative effectiveness research can be valuable in helping us learn what works by studying the outcomes of different health care interventions. Used inappropriately, comparative research can unintentionally restrict or delay patient access to optimal care, undermine physician-patient decision-making, and discourage continued medical progress.

June 15, 2009
ALLHAT Case Study
ALLHAT Case STudy

In December of 2002, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that...