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PIPC Weekly Update - September 30, 2013

9/30/2013

In This Week’s Issue:
1. TODAY: Join National Health Council at a Symposium to Explore Production of Useful CER Evidence, click here for additional information, and to register for the event.
2. PIPC's Executive Director Participates in PCORI Stakeholder Engagement Panel, click here and here to view the slides presented by PCORI.
3. PCORI Board of Governors Meets in Washington, DC, see details below
4. PCORI Seeks Applications for Improving Healthcare Systems – December 2013 Cycle, click here for additional information on how to apply.
5. PCORI Blog: PCORI: Three Years of Progress and a Foundation for the Future, click here to view the blog post.
6. NEJM: Exchanges Could Create Incentives for Insurers to Encourage Application of CER Findings, click here to view the article.

Join the Symposium to Explore Production of Useful CER Evidence

9/25/2013

Join a conversation on ways to guide the development of the evolving field of comparative effectiveness research (CER), evaluate its results, and communicate the findings at "Putting Patients First: Paving a Path to Useful CER," a symposium sponsored by both the National Health Council (NHC) and the National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) and co-sponsored by PCORI and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. The event will be held at the W Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Sept. 30. Click here to register.

PIPC Weekly Update - September 20, 2013

9/20/2013

In This Week’s Issue:
1. PIPC Releases Best Practices for CER Communication, click here to view the PIPC press release, and here to view the best practices paper.
2. PIPC Chairman Tony Coelho Presents to the CBC Health Braintrust, click here to view the CBC Health Braintrust agenda.
3. Chairman Coelho Urges Stakeholders to Attend PCORI Board Meeting on September 23, click here to view the meeting agenda for this public board meeting.
4. PIPC Congratulates New PCORI Board Chairman, Dr. Grayson Norquist, click here to view the press release.
5. PCORI Blog: Have a Health Question? We May Be Able to Fund a Study that Will Find the Answer, click here to view the blog post.
6. PIPC Attends PCORI Patient Engagement Panel, click here to view the meeting agenda
7. Video: Should Doctors Weigh Costs When Making Decisions?, click here to view the video.
8. PCORI Blog: On Contracts: Improving Our Application Review Process, click here to view the blog post.
9. MedPage Today: Payers Slow to Use Comparative Research Data, click here to view the article.
10. Pink Sheet: Antibiotics Go Head-To-Head In PCORI-Funded Observational Study, click here to view the article (paid subscription required).

PIPC Chairman Coelho Speaks at the 2013 CBC Health Braintrust Event

9/20/2013

Today, at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Fall 2013 Health Braintrust event, PIPC Chairman Tony Coelho and Dr. Freda C. Lewis-Hall, Chief Medical Officer of Pfizer Inc., talked about the health disparity elimination priorities and recommendations that have been set by the PCORI. Chairman Coelho stated to the CBC Health Braintrust, "Changing the culture of research is not an easy task. Traditionally, research topics are usually driven by researchers, and the researchers do not always adequately engage patients and providers. Therefore research findings, although perhaps interesting, aren’t always particularly useful at the point of care to patients and clinicians. Especially for people in subgroups that tend to receive disparate care...PCORI was created to change that dynamic, to be different, to engage the patient each step of the way – from developing the research agenda to establishing a study design to disseminating findings." The agenda for the CBC Health Braintrust is available here.

PIPC Congratulates New PCORI Board Chairman, Dr. Grayson Norquist

9/19/2013

The Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) welcomes the selection of Dr. Grayson Norquist as the new Chairman of the PCORI Board of Governors. PIPC’s Chairman Tony Coelho stated, “Although we were disappointed when Dr. Washington resigned as the PCORI Board Chair, I am pleased by today’s decision by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Dr. Norquist has consistently provided thoughtful insights during PCORI’s Board proceedings, including a continued emphasis on engaging patients and their caregivers in PCORI’s work. He embraces the vision and opportunity of PCORI as an Institute doing research differently so that it is guided by, and responsive to, the needs of patients and their caregivers.”

PIPC Releases Best Practices for CER Communication

9/18/2013

Washington D.C. - Today, The Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) outlined its recommended best practices for the communication of comparative effectiveness research (CER) findings. The best practices help chart a path for communicating and implementing CER results in ways that are patient centered and improve care quality.

PIPC Weekly Update - September 13, 2013

9/13/2013

In This Week’s Issue:
1. Roll Call: PIPC Chairman: Patients Will Compare Treatment Options, as Long as They Are Pertinent to Them, click here to view the article.
2. PCORI Approves $114 Million for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, click here to view the press release.
3. PCORI Awards $9 Million Contract to Harvard Group to Coordinate National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, click here to view the press release.
4. PCORI Blog: Strength is in the Networks: Memphis Regional Engagement Workshop, click here to view the article.
5. Forbes: Can We Save Money And Lives With More Accessible Patient Health Information?, click here to view the column.

Roll Call: Op-Ed Highlights PIPC Poll, Patient Engagement

9/11/2013

In an opinion article published in Roll Call, PIPC Chairman Tony Coelho discusses how patients will compare treatment options utilizing the results of comparative effectiveness research. Chairman Coelho writes, "central to this mission is doing research on the questions that matter to patients, engaging patients and physicians in their decision-making and communicating research findings in a way that helps doctors and patients make good health care decisions." He goes on to note that patients and clinical experts should be partners with PCORI as they develop protocols for communicating research findings in a manner that people find useful in their decision-making.

Chairman's Corner: Patients Will Compare Treatment Options, as Long as They Are Pertinent to Them

9/11/2013

A new national poll sponsored by the Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) shows that public support for comparative effectiveness research remains strong, as long as it stays focused on giving patients and doctors information to support their individual health care decisions.

The findings, based on a survey of 1,500 registered voters, should be encouraging to policymakers, particularly in view of the broader public ambivalence on health care. When presented with a comparative effectiveness research institute that provides useful clinical information to doctors and patients (similar to the institute created by Congress in the Affordable Care Act), 54 percent of respondents expressed support, compared with 32 percent opposed. This support contrasts with the public’s drop in confidence in the U.S. medical system, which fell to 35 percent in a recent Gallup poll.

PCORI Board Approves $114 Million for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research

9/10/2013

Today, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors approved $114 million to fund 71 awards to institutions in 20 states plus DC to conduct patient-centered outcomes research. This latest, third round of patient-centered comparative effectiveness research (CER) funding adds to the over $300 million in awards approved in 2012, and will be accounted for under the $400 million the Board intends to commit by year-end.

PIPC Weekly Update - September 6, 2013

9/6/2013

In This Week’s Issue:
1. PCORI Releases RFP for Dissemination and Implementation Action Plan, click here to view the RFP.
2. PIPC to Host 2013 Forum on November 5 in Washington D.C., click here for more information.
3. Upcoming PCORI Events and Webinars, see details below.
4. Webinar: National Health Council Leads Development of CER Usability Criteria, click here to register for the event.
5. PCORI Welcomes New AHRQ Director Richard Kronick to Its Board of Governors, click here to view the press release from PCORI.
6. PCORI Blog: Patient and Clinician Survey Reveals Encouraging Attitudes Towards CER, click here to view the blog post and to read further into the survey results.

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