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legislation established the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to take a look at the different research conducted on specific disease topics and compare the findings. With this approach, the goal is to provide information that can help patients and their health care professionals make the decisions that best benefits the patients.
In essence, patient-centered outcomes research sees how the research about diseases, disorders and health conditions-as related to prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management-stacks up and provides those findings for consideration. The comparisons will take into account the health outcomes of the studies, clinical effectiveness, appropriateness of medical treatments and services. Run by a 19-member board, members will only review and consider research that has been through the peer-review process, similar to NIH's process.
The board will include a representative from the National Institutes of Health and the Agency on Healthcare Research and Quality –most likely the person in the position of director, unless the director of these respective agencies has appointed someone else to the board to take their place. Members appointed to the board by the comptroller of the United States will serve six-year terms.
The Institute will also create and carry out a national comparative effectiveness research agenda, complete with specific research priorities and funding to contract with federal agencies, academic institutions and private research groups that will conduct comparative effectiveness research studies. Research will not be allowed to take into account cost-effectiveness. To help set the research agenda, the board will be counseled by internal advisory boards. All findings will be released to the general public within 90 days.
Links
Center for Medical Technology Policy
http://www.cmtpnet.org/comparative-effectiveness/overview-of-the-patient-centered-outcomes-research-institute
Comparative Effectiveness Research
http://www.npcnow.org/Public/Issues/Comparative_Effectiveness_Research/Public/Issues/i_cer
/Comparative_Effectiveness_Research_Main_Page.aspx
Current PCORI Members
http://www.gao.gov/about/hcac/pcori_members.html
PCORI Meetings and Events
http://www.pcori.org/meetingsandevents.html
About PCORI
http://www.pcori.org/aboutus.html
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