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Photos from the Delivering on Patient-Centered CER Forum

The Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) recently held a forum in which representatives from the medical and patient advocacy communities joined PIPC Chairman Tony Coelho and Senator Max Baucus in a discussion on delivering patient centered comparative effectiveness research.

In addition to Chairman Coelho and Senator Baucus, participants included:

  • 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.