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PIPC Hosts Forum on CER
The Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) recently held a forum called “Delivering on Patient-Centered CER.” The forum, which featured Senator Max Baucus as its keynote speaker, focused on next steps in achieving patient-centered comparative effectiveness research (CER). To read Sen. Baucus' speech, click here.
In addition to Senator Baucus, PIPC Chairman Tony Coelho moderated a lively and informative discussion with important speakers from the medical community and patient advocacy groups. To read PIPC Chairman Coelho's speech, click here.
Participating in the discussion were:
- Marc Boutin, Executive Vice President and COO of the National Health Council
- Joyce Dubow, Senior Health Care Reform Director, Office of Policy & Strategy for AARP
- Andy Imparato, President and CEO of American Association of People with Disabilities
- Dr. Jack Lewin, CEO of American College of Cardiology
- Jennifer M. Luray, Senior Vice President for Susan G. Komen for the Cure Advocacy Alliance
- Dr. Gary Puckrein, President and CEO of the National Minority Quality Forum
- Dr. Robert Zwolak, Professor of Vascular Surgery at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
Click here to see the speeches from the forum.
Below, please see a list of materials that were distributed at the event:
- Delivering On Patient-Centered CER Agenda \ Forum Agenda.
- Delivering On Patient-Centered CER Panelist Biographies
- Delivering On Patient-Centered CER Press Release
- Partnership to Improve Patient Care Membership List
- CER in the law resource
- The Final Passage of the CER Law
- Implementing Patient-Centered CER: Elements for Success