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Webinar: Role of Pharmaceuticals in the ACO Environment
The National Pharmaceutical Council invites you to participate in an Advisor Live webinar, "The role of pharmaceuticals in the accountable care organization (ACO) environment." Advisor Live is a…
Communicating About Comparative Effectiveness Research: A Health Affairs Symposium on the Issues
One of many issues connected with comparative effectiveness research is how the findings will be communicated, particularly if they pertain to prescription drugs and if the findings could be useful…
CER Communications: Helping Patients Make Informed Decisions
Any guidelines for communicating comparative effectiveness research (CER) must focus on positioning patients to make informed decisions about their health care, according to Art Caplan, PhD, Director…
Two Perspectives on Academic Detailing and CER Communication
With hundreds of millions of dollars being invested in comparative effectiveness research (CER), most health care stakeholders acknowledge that there needs to be a focus on putting findings into…
A Look at the CER Communications Landscape
The digital landscape has opened the door for a variety of stakeholders to share comparative effectiveness research (CER) online, but it’s not always easy to gauge the quality of the information…
Ensuring a Free Flow of CER Information
By Dan Leonard, President, National Pharmaceutical Council
The Good, the Bad, and the Different: Deciphering Heterogeneity
Heterogeneity is the variation in, or diversity of, participants, interventions, and outcomes within or between studies and patients. Every day, pharmacy and medical managers in managed care…
Leading Researchers Outline Principles for Planning & Conduct of CER
A new set of principles developed by a group of leading researchers could help to ensure more consistency in how comparative effectiveness research (CER) is planned and conducted.
Principles for Planning and Conducting Comparative Effectiveness Research
A group of researchers developed a set of 13 best practice principles for comparative effectiveness research. The 13 principles were published as part of a peer-reviewed study in the September 2012…
The Role of Pharmaceuticals in the ACO Environment
Mark your calendars for October 16 from 2 pm-3pm ET and plan to participate in a special webinar about the role of pharmaceuticals in the accountable care organization (ACO) environment.
Public Comment Period Begins for PCORI's Draft Methodology Report
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced that it will begin accepting public comments on its draft methodology report. This document, which outlines a set of 60 best…
Imputing Productivity Gains From Clinical Trials
A new study conducted by Tufts Medical Center and the National Pharmaceutical Council demonstrates a novel approach to measure productivity. The study found that therapies to treat depression yielded…