A research data repository that combines millions of de-identified claims and electronic medical records would allow healthcare organizations to conduct evidence-based research on the effectiveness of ...

Comparative effectiveness research has been the target of recurrent criticism in some political circles, with opponents claiming it’s the “gateway to rationing” or it encourages “cookbook medicine.” ...

If there was one place research should be easy to perform, it’s on a disease that’s incredibly common. Further, if there are two generally-accepted strategies to treating symptomatic patients with ...

Five Republican Senators have reintroduced a bill to bar the federal government from undertaking comparative effectiveness research, according to a release by Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho). The 2009 ...

The research results must avoid creating unintended access barriers, coverage denials, or arbitrary dollar thresholds that can arise through centralized cost effectiveness determinations. By focusing ...

Or so an email correspondent says, contrary to my assertion in my July 12 Examiner column. I thought his email was interesting, and pass it along with his permission. It begins by quoting the column, ...

Comparative effectiveness research (CER) seeks to assist consumers, clinicians, purchasers, and policy makers to make informed decisions to improve health care at both the individual and population ...

A Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) study shows that surgery is better than medical treatment for a particular cardiac condition. My patient is 78 years old and has complicated diabetes. – does ...

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced funding awards totaling $208 million to support 17 new comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies, including ...

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced the approval of funding awards totaling more than $165 million for new patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness ...

That’s her hope for her current multisite randomized controlled trial, which will test the effects of a low glycemic load diet and calorie restriction in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). She and ...