At the recent meeting of the Patient Centered Outcomes and Research Institute's (PCORI) Board of Governors in St. Louis, Andrew Sperling spoke on behalf of PIPC about the importance of establishing open, transparent procedures. Sperling, a PIPC Steering Committee member and Director of Legislative Advocacy for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, urged the Board to "err on the side of more transparency" in its operation, and noted that research priority setting will be "one of the important early duties of the Board."
Establishing strong operating procedures that incorporate and respond to stakeholder input will help achieve the Institute's potential for generatng research that is responsive to, and centered on, the needs of patients and their caregivers." Sperling added "We appreciate the hard work all of you have done to get this Institute up and running."
Andrew's remarks were important, but we all need to follow up on them. It's up to us to support the PCORI Board in their work to get established, and continue to emphasize the critical importance of achieving a research agenda that is centered on patients and their caregivers. The next PCORI board meeting scheduled for May 16 and 17 in New York City is one opportunity for us to do this.
Andrew's remarks were important, but we all need to follow up on them. It's up to us to support the PCORI Board in their work to get established, and continue to emphasize the critical importance of achieving a research agenda that is centered on patients and their caregivers. The next PCORI board meeting scheduled for May 16 and 17 in New York City is one opportunity for us to do this.
