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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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This Week In CER:
September 3, 2010 |

Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) Chairman Tony Coelho was quoted in an Inside Health Policy article this week discussing his concerns on the Department of Health and Human Service’s (HHS) plans to build a CER inventory before the creation of the Patient Centered Outcomes and Research Institute, an independent board that will facilitate CER research.

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Tony Coelho discusses patient centered CER in CQ
September 3, 2010 |

The latest addition of Congressional Quarterly (CQ) features an article on comparative effectiveness research (CER) in which Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) Chairman Tony Coelho weighs in on the issue.

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PIPC Chairman sends letter to HHS on how to best build CER database
August 16, 2010 |

Partnership to Improve Patient Care Chairman Tony Coelho recently sent a letter to Sherry Glied, the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), recommending that the Agency work closely with the Patient Centered Outcomes and Research Institute when building its planned nationwide CER database.

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Submitted by Tony Coelho on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 22:50 | Posted in:

On Thursday, I will be joining the Alliance for Health Reform to participate in a panel discussion about choices can affect healthcare and how comparative effectiveness research (CER) should be considered by policymakers considering healthcare reform legislation.
 

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