Slide Presentation of the 2007 Annual Meeting of AHRQ

A Few Suggestions

• Definitions
  • Comparison of "what to what"
    • Drug to drug; drug to procedure; disease management to not
  • What will success look like—information output vs. impact on care delivery
• Scope
  • Clinical decision dilemmas vs. population economics
  • Synthesis of current evidence vs. initiating new comparative research
• Funding
  • Commitment to conduct adequately powered studies
  • Distance from payment authorities
• Stakeholders
  • Genuine involvement with priority setting, methods review and communication approaches