In This Week’s Issue:
1. Today: FDA Meeting for Patient-Focused Drug Development on Chronic Pain, click here to register.
2. PCORI Video: Mentorship and Training to Improve Patient Engagement, click here to watch the video.
3. Patient EngagementHIT: Top Challenges Impacting Patient Access to Healthcare, click here to read the article.
4. FierceHealthcare: It’s time to move to 'value 2.0' in healthcare, click here to read the article.
5. Forbes: Canaries in the Coal Mine, click here to read the article.
6. Upcoming Events and Webinars, see details below.
7. Medical Journal Articles, see details below.
8. AHRQ Effective Program Updates, see details below.
1. Today: FDA Meeting for Patient-Focused Drug Development on Chronic Pain, click here to register.
2. PCORI Video: Mentorship and Training to Improve Patient Engagement, click here to watch the video.
3. Patient EngagementHIT: Top Challenges Impacting Patient Access to Healthcare, click here to read the article.
4. FierceHealthcare: It’s time to move to 'value 2.0' in healthcare, click here to read the article.
5. Forbes: Canaries in the Coal Mine, click here to read the article.
6. Upcoming Events and Webinars, see details below.
7. Medical Journal Articles, see details below.
8. AHRQ Effective Program Updates, see details below.
1. Today: FDA Meeting for Patient-Focused Drug Development on Chronic Pain
The FDA is hosting a public meeting on Patient-Focused Drug Development for Chronic Pain on July 9. “FDA is interested in hearing patients’ perspectives on chronic pain, views on treatment approaches, and challenges or barriers to accessing treatments for chronic pain. FDA is particularly interested in hearing from patients who experience chronic pain that is managed with analgesic medications such as opioids, acetaminophen, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), antidepressants; other medications; and non-pharmacologic interventions or therapies. The questions that will be asked of patients and patient representatives at the meeting are listed below, organized by topic. For each topic, a brief initial patient panel discussion will begin the dialogue. This will be followed by a facilitated discussion inviting comments from other patients and patient representatives in the audience. Webcast participants will also have an opportunity to provide input through webcast comments.” Click here to register.
2. PCORI Video: Mentorship and Training to Improve Patient Engagement
Elena Rios, President and CEO of the National Hispanic Medical Association, says her organization is using PCORI funding to expand mentorship and training opportunities for its faculty interested in patient-centered outcomes research. “The National Hispanic Medical Association has been involved with PCORI through our foundation, the National Hispanic Health Foundation which does research training to be able to identify senior faculty to mentor junior faculty who are all engaged in Hispanic health research with patient engagement. What we’ve done is provided skill based trainings over webinar and also training at our national conference.” Click here to watch the video.
3. Patient EngagementHIT: Top Challenges Impacting Patient Access to Healthcare
In an article for Patient EngagementHIT, Sara Health writes that health care organizations must into convenient care options and other patient services to drive more patient access to healthcare. “Connecting patients with the right care at the right time is an important value-based care principle. When a patient can easily access a primary care or wellness visit, she may see a diminished likelihood of developing a more concerning illness down the line. Healthcare organizations need to have the right patient-centered mechanisms in place that ensure patients can easily access those care services.” Click here to read the article.
4. Fiercehealthcare: It’s Time to Move to 'Value 2.0' in Healthcare
In an article for FierceHealthcare, Mark Linthicum discusses the problems with measuring the "value" in value-based payment arrangements. “Cost effectiveness, they say, implies that you can quantify what someone’s health is worth, or that someone’s livelihood is less valuable if they have a disability. Patients and patient groups accuse present methods of painting with too broad a brush, distilling patients down to calculated averages. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has prohibited the use of cost-effectiveness analysis, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has thus far barred cost-effectiveness analysis in coverage decisions. Value is a matter of perspective, and no patient is average. As stakeholders across healthcare struggle with and refine the process of determining value, differing perspectives will trigger fierce debate, with some arguing that cost-effectiveness analysis should never have a place in a value-based health system.” Click here to read the article.
5. Forbes: Canaries in the Coal Mine
Gary Price and Tim Norbeck stress the need for a patient-centered electronic medical record (EMR) in an article for Forbes. “Understandably, health systems which have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in technology which captures every billable penny and literally will not allow care to proceed until every box satisfying regulators and payers has been checked, may not be eager to challenge the EMR industry to do better. It is far easier to pursue a tougher canary. I would argue that it is imperative for the health of our physicians, the quality of our medical care, and yes, even the efficiency and costs of the care we deliver together, that the current EMR interface be radically reformed. It has to be patient-centered at the point of care, not primarily designed to satisfy regulators. It has to make everyone on the healthcare team’s work easier and more efficient, not provide an obstacle to care or needlessly delay it.” Click here to read the article.
6. Upcoming Events and Webinars
Implementation of Effective Shared Decision Making Approaches in Practice Settings (Cycle 2 2018 PFA) Applicant Town Hall
July 11, 2018
Click here for details.
NPC @ MedCity CONVERGE
July 11-12, 2018
Click here for details.
Examining the Impact of Real-World Evidence on Medical Development: Application
July 17, 2018
Click here for details.
7. Medical Journal Articles
Stakeholder-Driven, Consensus Development Methods to Design an Ethical Framework and Guidelines for Engaged Research, clickhere to view.
The Effect of Medical Technology Innovations on Patient Outcomes, 1990-2015: Results of a Physician Survey, click here to view.
The Impact of Individual Patient Data in a Network MetaAnalysis: An Investigation into Parameter Estimation and Model Selection, click here to view.
Patient Similarity for Precision Medicine: A Systematic Review, click here to view.
Multi-Stakeholder Engagement in Health Services Research, click here to view.
Care Transitions From Patient and Caregiver Perspectives, click here to view.
Incorporating Quantitative Patient Preference Data into Healthcare Decision Making Processes: Is HTA Falling Behind? Click here to view.
A Framework for Identifying Treatment-Covariate Interactions in Individual Participant Data Network Meta-Analysis, click here to view.
Nursing Research, CER, PICO and PCORI, click here to view.
Comment & Response: Measures of the Burden of Medical Expenses, click here to view.
A New Framework for Patient Engagement in Cancer Clinical Trials Cooperative Group Studies, click here to view.
Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFACs): Identifying Challenges and Solutions to Support Engagement in Research, click here to view.
Missing Data in Trial-Based Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: An Incomplete Journey, click here to view.
Effectiveness and Safety of Direct Oral Anticoagulants and Warfarin, Stratified by Stroke Risk in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation, click here to view.
Patient-Centered Recruitment and Retention for a Randomized Controlled Study, click here to view.
Pharmaceutical Benefit Managers, Brand-Name Drug Prices, and Patient Cost Sharing, click here to view.
8. AHRQ Effective Program Updates
Collaboration Is Key to Accelerating Diagnostics Access to Optimize Benefits of Precision Medicines, click here to view.
Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes: A User’s Guide Call for Case Examples, click here to view.
Telehealth for Acute and Chronic Care Consultations, click here to view.
Library of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Resources, click here to view.
Mobile Health Applications for Self-Management of Diabetes, click here to view.
Role of Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Asthma, click here to view.
Library of Common Data Definitions: Atrial Fibrillation, click here to view.
Library of Common Data Definitions: Asthma, click here to view.
Patient or Participant Generated Registries, click here to view.
Effects of Dietary Sodium and Potassium Intake on Chronic Disease Outcomes and Related Risk Factors, click here to view.
Prioritization and Selection of Harms for Inclusion in Systematic Reviews, click here to view.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Diagnosis and Treatment in Children and Adolescents, click here to view.
A Framework for Conceptualizing Evidence Needs of Health Systems, click here to view.
Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Adult Women: A Systematic Review Update, click here to view.
Drug Therapy for Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review Update, click here to view.
Effects of Dietary Sodium and Potassium Intake on Chronic Disease Outcomes and Related Risk Factors, click here to view.
The FDA is hosting a public meeting on Patient-Focused Drug Development for Chronic Pain on July 9. “FDA is interested in hearing patients’ perspectives on chronic pain, views on treatment approaches, and challenges or barriers to accessing treatments for chronic pain. FDA is particularly interested in hearing from patients who experience chronic pain that is managed with analgesic medications such as opioids, acetaminophen, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), antidepressants; other medications; and non-pharmacologic interventions or therapies. The questions that will be asked of patients and patient representatives at the meeting are listed below, organized by topic. For each topic, a brief initial patient panel discussion will begin the dialogue. This will be followed by a facilitated discussion inviting comments from other patients and patient representatives in the audience. Webcast participants will also have an opportunity to provide input through webcast comments.” Click here to register.
2. PCORI Video: Mentorship and Training to Improve Patient Engagement
Elena Rios, President and CEO of the National Hispanic Medical Association, says her organization is using PCORI funding to expand mentorship and training opportunities for its faculty interested in patient-centered outcomes research. “The National Hispanic Medical Association has been involved with PCORI through our foundation, the National Hispanic Health Foundation which does research training to be able to identify senior faculty to mentor junior faculty who are all engaged in Hispanic health research with patient engagement. What we’ve done is provided skill based trainings over webinar and also training at our national conference.” Click here to watch the video.
3. Patient EngagementHIT: Top Challenges Impacting Patient Access to Healthcare
In an article for Patient EngagementHIT, Sara Health writes that health care organizations must into convenient care options and other patient services to drive more patient access to healthcare. “Connecting patients with the right care at the right time is an important value-based care principle. When a patient can easily access a primary care or wellness visit, she may see a diminished likelihood of developing a more concerning illness down the line. Healthcare organizations need to have the right patient-centered mechanisms in place that ensure patients can easily access those care services.” Click here to read the article.
4. Fiercehealthcare: It’s Time to Move to 'Value 2.0' in Healthcare
In an article for FierceHealthcare, Mark Linthicum discusses the problems with measuring the "value" in value-based payment arrangements. “Cost effectiveness, they say, implies that you can quantify what someone’s health is worth, or that someone’s livelihood is less valuable if they have a disability. Patients and patient groups accuse present methods of painting with too broad a brush, distilling patients down to calculated averages. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has prohibited the use of cost-effectiveness analysis, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has thus far barred cost-effectiveness analysis in coverage decisions. Value is a matter of perspective, and no patient is average. As stakeholders across healthcare struggle with and refine the process of determining value, differing perspectives will trigger fierce debate, with some arguing that cost-effectiveness analysis should never have a place in a value-based health system.” Click here to read the article.
5. Forbes: Canaries in the Coal Mine
Gary Price and Tim Norbeck stress the need for a patient-centered electronic medical record (EMR) in an article for Forbes. “Understandably, health systems which have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in technology which captures every billable penny and literally will not allow care to proceed until every box satisfying regulators and payers has been checked, may not be eager to challenge the EMR industry to do better. It is far easier to pursue a tougher canary. I would argue that it is imperative for the health of our physicians, the quality of our medical care, and yes, even the efficiency and costs of the care we deliver together, that the current EMR interface be radically reformed. It has to be patient-centered at the point of care, not primarily designed to satisfy regulators. It has to make everyone on the healthcare team’s work easier and more efficient, not provide an obstacle to care or needlessly delay it.” Click here to read the article.
6. Upcoming Events and Webinars
Implementation of Effective Shared Decision Making Approaches in Practice Settings (Cycle 2 2018 PFA) Applicant Town Hall
July 11, 2018
Click here for details.
NPC @ MedCity CONVERGE
July 11-12, 2018
Click here for details.
Examining the Impact of Real-World Evidence on Medical Development: Application
July 17, 2018
Click here for details.
7. Medical Journal Articles
Stakeholder-Driven, Consensus Development Methods to Design an Ethical Framework and Guidelines for Engaged Research, clickhere to view.
The Effect of Medical Technology Innovations on Patient Outcomes, 1990-2015: Results of a Physician Survey, click here to view.
The Impact of Individual Patient Data in a Network MetaAnalysis: An Investigation into Parameter Estimation and Model Selection, click here to view.
Patient Similarity for Precision Medicine: A Systematic Review, click here to view.
Multi-Stakeholder Engagement in Health Services Research, click here to view.
Care Transitions From Patient and Caregiver Perspectives, click here to view.
Incorporating Quantitative Patient Preference Data into Healthcare Decision Making Processes: Is HTA Falling Behind? Click here to view.
A Framework for Identifying Treatment-Covariate Interactions in Individual Participant Data Network Meta-Analysis, click here to view.
Nursing Research, CER, PICO and PCORI, click here to view.
Comment & Response: Measures of the Burden of Medical Expenses, click here to view.
A New Framework for Patient Engagement in Cancer Clinical Trials Cooperative Group Studies, click here to view.
Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFACs): Identifying Challenges and Solutions to Support Engagement in Research, click here to view.
Missing Data in Trial-Based Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: An Incomplete Journey, click here to view.
Effectiveness and Safety of Direct Oral Anticoagulants and Warfarin, Stratified by Stroke Risk in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation, click here to view.
Patient-Centered Recruitment and Retention for a Randomized Controlled Study, click here to view.
Pharmaceutical Benefit Managers, Brand-Name Drug Prices, and Patient Cost Sharing, click here to view.
8. AHRQ Effective Program Updates
Collaboration Is Key to Accelerating Diagnostics Access to Optimize Benefits of Precision Medicines, click here to view.
Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes: A User’s Guide Call for Case Examples, click here to view.
Telehealth for Acute and Chronic Care Consultations, click here to view.
Library of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Resources, click here to view.
Mobile Health Applications for Self-Management of Diabetes, click here to view.
Role of Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Asthma, click here to view.
Library of Common Data Definitions: Atrial Fibrillation, click here to view.
Library of Common Data Definitions: Asthma, click here to view.
Patient or Participant Generated Registries, click here to view.
Effects of Dietary Sodium and Potassium Intake on Chronic Disease Outcomes and Related Risk Factors, click here to view.
Prioritization and Selection of Harms for Inclusion in Systematic Reviews, click here to view.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Diagnosis and Treatment in Children and Adolescents, click here to view.
A Framework for Conceptualizing Evidence Needs of Health Systems, click here to view.
Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Adult Women: A Systematic Review Update, click here to view.
Drug Therapy for Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review Update, click here to view.
Effects of Dietary Sodium and Potassium Intake on Chronic Disease Outcomes and Related Risk Factors, click here to view.
