An NIH study of treatments for high blood pressure, called the ALLHAT trial, shows some of the strengths and limitations of comparative effectiveness research to improve patient care. More...
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Dr. Harold Sox, co-chair of the Institute of Medicine Committee that developed CER priority recommendations for HHS last year, has a new article providing a CER progress report in this week's Annals of Internal Medicine.
The House of Representatives passed their health reform package - the Affordable Health Care for America Act - last Saturday night by a vote of 220 to 215. With all of the provisions packed into the 2,000-page bill, what's in this historic legislation for comparative effectiveness research (CER)?