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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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Various voices calling for transparency in CER
Submitted by admin on Fri, 03/18/2011 - 19:23 | Posted in:In a recent letter in the St. Louis Times Dispatch, Drs. Palmisano and Gale stressed the importance of establishing open, transparent procedures in the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
PIPC Chairman discusses importance of patient-centered CER at Health Affairs summit
Submitted by admin on Thu, 10/07/2010 - 13:38 | Posted in:Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) Chairman Tony Coelho recently discussed the importance of patient-centered CER at a Health Affairs briefing entitled “Comparative Effectiveness Research Enters New Era” in Washington, D.C.
Tony Coelho argues in support of health bill’s patient-centered provisions in New York Times
Submitted by admin on Wed, 09/22/2010 - 13:30 | Posted in:A letter-to-the-editor from Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) Chairman Tony Coelho was recently published in the New York Times.
For patients to truly control treatment decisions, they must understand CER results
Submitted by admin on Tue, 09/14/2010 - 16:18 | Posted in:The headline of a recent Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement blog poses the question: “Will CER Really Make a Difference if the Public Doesn’t Want It?”
Identifying the answer to this question could help ensure that CER really does makes the difference we all hope it will.
Patients fear that CER will decrease vital time spend with doctors
Submitted by admin on Thu, 09/09/2010 - 21:23 | Posted in:A recent blog by Evan Falchuck speaks to points I recently made in a Partnership to Improve Patient Care blog on consumer skepticism regarding comparative effectiveness research (CER) in the United States.
This Week In CER:
Submitted by admin on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 19:55 | Posted in: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.
Tony Coelho discusses patient centered CER in CQ
Submitted by admin on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 14:45 | Posted in: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.
PIPC Chairman sends letter to HHS on how to best build CER database
Submitted by admin on Mon, 08/16/2010 - 13:12 | Posted in: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.
IOM priorities for CER: Did our input matter?
Submitted by Tony Coelho on Fri, 08/06/2010 - 14:21 | Posted in:
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.
Senator Baucus and other key figures discuss need for patient centeredness in CER at PIPC Forum
Submitted by admin on Fri, 07/30/2010 - 17:51 | Posted in:Speaking at the Partnership to Improve Patient Care's (PIPC) forum on CER July 22, Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) highlighted the promise of the health reform law in delivering patient-centered CER and pledged "diligent oversight" to ensure it fulfills this promise in implementation.
