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PIPC Weekly Update - June 30, 2014

6/30/2014

In This Week’s Issue:
1. PIPC Chairman's Corner: Accelerating Cures: A Patient-Centered Approach to Innovation, click here to view the blog post.
2. PIPC Chairman Coelho Comments on Evidence-Based Medicine and Patient-Centeredness, click here to view the full response.
3. Inside Health Policy: Rare Disease Group Releases First Patient-Initiated Drug Development Guide, click here to view the article (subscription only).
4. PCORI Blog: What’s Happening in Merit Review, click here to view the blog post.
5. PCORI Blog: National Cancer Institute Designates PCORI As An Approved Funding Organization, click here to view the blog post.
6. The Pink Sheet: ASCO Method For Valuing Cancer Drugs To Reflect Biopharma, Patient Input, click here to view the article (subscription required).
7. KevinMD.com: Don't Mistake Patient Satisfaction for Patient-Centeredness, click here to view the blog post.
8. Inside Health Policy: Comparative Effectiveness Research Group Takes On Hep C Rx Sovaldi, click here to view the article (subscription required).

PIPC Chairman Coelho: Evidence-Based Medicine and Patient-Centeredness

6/26/2014

In a recent BMJ article on evidence-based medicine, the authors warn that an over-dependence on clinical evidence could inappropriately drive clinical decisions according to a rule rather than encouraging providers to respond to the needs of the patient. "Inflexible rules and technology driven prompts may produce care that is management driven rather than patient centered," the authors comment. "Evidence based guidelines often map poorly to complex multimorbidity." Responding to the article, PIPC Chairman Tony Coelho agrees that "a return to 'real' evidence-based medicine means bringing the patient back to the center."

Chairman's Corner: Accelerating Cures: A Patient-Centered Approach to Innovation

6/25/2014

The Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) recognizes the importance of promoting health care delivery systems that support the related goals of patient-centeredness and medical progress through innovation and ongoing clinical research and analysis. It is from that premise that we came together to support the creation of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), and from which we advocate for patient-centeredness throughout our health system.

PIPC Weekly Update - June 23, 2014

6/23/2014

In This Week’s Issue:
1. PIPC: Chairman Coelho Participates in HTAi Conference: click here to view the agenda.
2. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute: 2013 Annual Report, click here to view the report.
3. PIPC Member Responds to PCORI’s “PCORnet: An Update on Our Blueprint for Transforming Health Research,” click here for the original post and subsequent responses.
4. Psychiatric Times: Assessing and Enhancing the Effectiveness of Antidepressants, click here for the article (free registration required).
5. AJMC: Survey Reveals that Value-Based Reimbursement is on the Rise, click here to view the article.
6. HIStalk Interviews Aaron Sorensen, Director of Informatics, Temple University School of Medicine, click here to view the interview.
7. PhRMA Blog: Patient Reported Outcomes As a Means to Reaching Effective Quality Measurement, click here to view the post.

PIPC Weekly Update - June 16, 2014

6/16/2014

In This Week’s Issue:
1. PIPC Comments on E&C Committee's 21st Century Cure's Initiative, click here to view the comments, click here to view the comments, and here to learn more about the 21st Century Cures Initiative.
2. In the News: Paying for Value, see details below.
3. The Wall Street Journal: The Health-Care Industry Is Pushing Patients to Help Themselves, click here to view (subscription required).
4. Blog: How PCORI is Advancing Men's Health, click here to view the post.
5. Blog: The 2014 PCORI Matchmaking App Challenge: Answering Important Questions, click here to view the post.
6. Grand Forks Herald: UND Plans Health Care Analysis Unit, click here to view the article.
7. Wolters Kluwer Law & Health: New National Database Could Revolutionize Comparative Effectiveness Research, click here to view the article.
8. Albert Einstein College of Medicine: The Wisdom of the Crowd: When "Big Data" Meet Community-Based Research, click here to view the post.
9. University of Nebraska Medical Center: Life and Research in the Fast Lane, click hereto view the article.

PIPC Weekly Update - June 9, 2014

6/9/2014

In This Week’s Issue:
1. PCORI and NIH Announce Major Study of Patient-Centered Approach to Preventing Fall-Related Injuries in Older Adults, click here to view the press release, click here to view the KHN article.
2. The New England Journal of Medicine: Learning From Big Health Care Data, click here to view the article.
3. PMLiVE: Lilly Joins Clinical Data Sharing Effort, click here to view the article.
4. Bloomberg BNA: Clinical Researchers Exploring New Sources of Patient Health Data, click here to view the story (subscription required).

PIPC Weekly Update - June 2, 2014

6/2/2014

In This Week’s Issue:
1. PCORI Blog: Former PEAP Member Becomes a PCORI Engagement Officer, click hereto view the post.
2. Alliance for Aging Research: CER for More Patient-Centered Care, click here for the editorial.
3. Clinical Therapeutics: Role of PCORI in Addressing Disparities and Engaging Patients in Clinical Research, click here for the post.
4. Medscape: The Misnomer of Low-Value Care, click here for the article (subscription required).
5. Clinical Therapeutics: Informing Drug Development and Clinical Practice Through Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, click here for the article.
6. Modern Healthcare: High Drug Costs May Lead to Price Controls, AHIP's Ignagni Says, click here for the article (subscription required).
7. NEHI: An Evolving Landscape: Comparative Effectiveness Research, Outcomes Research and Health Care Innovation, click here to view the brief.
8. PLOS Medicine: The Role of Open Access in Reducing Waste in Medical Research, clickhere for the article.

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