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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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PIPC: A Strong Advocate for Health Reform
Submitted by Tony Coelho on Sat, 09/05/2009 - 03:33 | Posted in:Despite recent media accounts, PIPC is decidedly not an "anti-reform" group. We are pro-reform, and we were established to promote sound, patient-centered comparative effectiveness research (CER). PIPC's mission statement, adopted in 2008 when the Partnership was founded, states that PIPC is "dedicated to supporting CER that strengthens physician and patient decision making, improves health care quality, and supports continued medical progress."
St. Petersburg Times on CER
Submitted by Tony Coelho on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 19:17 | Posted in:The St. Petersburg Times ran an editorial Sunday about the good, the bad and the ugly in the debate over health care reform.
Patient Care – Not Cost – Must be Focus of Future CER
Submitted by Tony Coelho on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 20:05 | Posted in:As the nation continues to focus on the health care debate, PIPC is maintaining its commitment to ensuring patient care – not cost – is the driving force behind new efforts to implement comparative effectiveness research (CER).
