Understanding the clinical nuances of when and to whom services render the greatest benefit requires more research. The type of research that addresses this issue is commonly labeled comparative ...

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided $1.1 billion for comparative effectiveness research (CER). The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act established the Patient-Centered ...

“Are we going to throw expensive treatment at someone who is going to die anyway? How do we get people to accept that more isn’t always better, the newest treatment isn’t always better?” Those were ...

A research data repository that combines millions of de-identified claims and electronic medical records would allow healthcare organizations to conduct evidence-based research on the effectiveness of ...

If there was one place research should be easy to perform, it’s on a disease that’s incredibly common. Further, if there are two generally-accepted strategies to treating symptomatic patients with ...

WASHINGTON -- A new report from the Institute of Medicine recommends 100 health topics that should get priority attention and funding from a new national research effort to identify which health care ...

The objectives of this article are (1) to examine the similarities and differences between comparative effectiveness research (CER) and evidence-based medicine (EBM); (2) to describe the implications ...

Comparative effectiveness research has been the target of recurrent criticism in some political circles, with opponents claiming it’s the “gateway to rationing” or it encourages “cookbook medicine.” ...

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced the approval of funding awards totaling more than $165 million for new patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness ...

It is clear to all informed persons that the nation needs better evidence of what works in health care, and this has propelled comparative effectiveness research (CER) policy developments of late.

With all the chatter and perhaps now "twitter" about healthcare reform, one area has gotten a lot of attention and it is an issue that is near and dear to the Society for Women’s Health Research - ...

Or so an email correspondent says, contrary to my assertion in my July 12 Examiner column. I thought his email was interesting, and pass it along with his permission. It begins by quoting the column, ...