In This Week’s Issue:
1. PIPC White Paper: Stakeholder Perspectives on PCORI Implementation, click here to view the white paper, and here to view the Executive Summary.
2. PIPC Annual Forum – Join us on November 5, 2013! e-mail shea@PIPCpatients.org to RSVP.
3. Transcript: PCORI Board of Governors Meeting – September 2013, click here for a transcript of the meeting.
4. PCORI and AHRQ Partner on Request for Applications to Study Treatments for Uterine Fibroids, click here to view the press release, and here to view the RFA
5. Federal Register: Vacancy on PCORI Board of Governors, click here to view the announcement in the Federal Register.
6. Inside Health Policy: PCORI Plans Grants for Patient-Centered Research Proposals, click here to view the article (subscription only).
7. The Hospitalist: Agency Funding for Healthcare Research Could Benefit Hospital Medicine, click here to view the article.
8. Hospital Blog: Beyond the Exchanges, click here to view the article.

In This Week’s Issue:
1. PIPC Annual Forum – November 5, 2013, e-mail shea@PIPCpatients.org to RSVP.
2. Harold Sox to Serve as Senior Adviser to PCORI, click here to view the press release. 
3. PCORI Launches Community-Building “Pipeline to Proposal” Awards, click here to view the press release.
4. New York Times: The Soaring Cost of a Simple Breath, click here to view the article.
5. The Incidental Economist: Who Says PCORI Can't Do Cost Effectiveness?, click here to view the article.
6. New York Times: The Myth of the Medical-Device Tax, click here to view the article.

The Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) today announced the addition of two new members to its Steering Committee, the Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO) and the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). Their addition raises the number of current Steering Committee members to 13.  PIPC is comprised of a total of over 45 member organizations. ​

In This Week’s Issue:
1. PIPC Annual Forum on November 5, click here for details.
2. Pink Sheet: Making CER Findings Relevant Requires Putting Results in Context, click here to view the article (subscription only).
3. The Incidental Economist: We'll Soon Be Buried in Patient Decision Aids, click here to view the article. 
4. KevinMD: Clinicians Do Not Have the Luxury to Not Care about Costs, click here to view the article.
5. Two Million-Dollar Studies Target Heart Health via Health IT, click here to view the article.

1. NHC Presents Draft Usability Criteria, click here to view the NHC White Paper.
2. Blog: Clinicians and Patients as Vital Partners in the Research Process, click here toview the blog post.
3. PCORI Trust Fund Research Exempted from Government Shutdown, click here to view HHS’ contingency staffing plan.
4. Upcoming Events and Webinars, see details below.
5. Pink Sheet: Incoming Chairman Norquist Plans for PCORI to Continue Beyond 2019, click here to view the article (subscription only).
6. National Journal: Health Care's Knowledge Problem, click here to view the article.
7. Pink Sheet: PCORI Board Ponders Plan for More “Focused” Research, click here to view the article (subscription only).