WASHINGTON D.C. – Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) Chairman Tony Coelho today presented before the Board of Governors of the Patient Centered Outcomes and Research Institute (PCORI) in New York City, commending PCORI for its progress to date and recommending next steps to advance patient-centeredness in comparative effectiveness research (CER).
WASHINGTON D.C. – The Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) today announced the release of a white-paper on priority-setting in comparative effectiveness research (CER). The paper, "Priority-Setting for Comparative Effectiveness Research: A Review of Key Elements," is intended to help the Patient Centered Outcomes and Research Institute's (PCORI) Board of Governors as they work to establish a program for patient-centered CER
ST. LOUIS – Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) steering committee member Andrew Sperling spoke before the Patient Centered Outcomes and Research Institute’s (PCORI) Board of Governors at their meeting in St. Louis and asked PCORI members to create open, transparent procedures for setting research priorities that are responsive to the information needs of patients and their caregivers.Sperling, who is the Director of Legislative Advocacy for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), noted that setting priorities for comparative effectiveness research funding is “one of the important initial duties of the Board.” Sperling announced at the meeting that PIPC is releasing a paper on the topic that identifies five key elements for sound priority-setting: transparency and openness; stakeholder participation; multiple input opportunities; clinical input and guidance; and a systematic procedure for decision-makers to gather and incorporate the input they receive.
WASHINGTON D.C. – The Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) today released a white paper that defines a “Procedural Framework for the Conduct of Comparative Effectiveness Research.” The paper and its executive summary provide guidance for policy-makers, patient and providers for establishing CER procedures that foster openness, transparency and patient-centeredness.
WASHINGTON D.C. – The Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) today launched the CER Inventory, an online research tool that gives researchers, providers and patients comprehensive information on federally funded comparative effectiveness research.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Tony Coelho, chairman of the Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC), today participated in “Comparative Effectiveness Research Enters New Era,” a Health Affairs briefing on comparative effectiveness research (CER) that launched the publication’s CER-focused October issue.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) today welcomed the naming of the Board of Governors of the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
WASHINGTON – This week, Tony Coelho, chairman of the Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) sent a letter to the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Sherry Glied, urging the agency to work in close coordination with the new Patient-Center Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) as it considers developing an inventory of comparative effectiveness research (CER). PIPC sent the letter in response to HHS soliciting recommendations on how to build a CER database.
WASHINGTON, April 19, 2010 – The chairman of the Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC), Tony Coelho, encouraged racial and ethnic minority Americans to get more involved in comparative effectiveness research (CER) studies as a way to ensure that African Americans and other people of color have access to the latest treatment options and research available. He also called on the research community to look at ways to include all Americans in their work.
Patient advocacy group was instrumental in comparative effectiveness research reform, vows to stay engaged.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) announced its 2010 Steering Committee to lead PIPC as it continues to promote and advance a patient-centered approach to comparative effectiveness research (CER). New members to the Steering Committee include the American Association of People with Disabilities, American College of Cardiology, American Gastroenterological Association, and The AIDS Institute. The steering committee will be primarily focused on working with the Obama Administration and Congress as they implement the CER provisions included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act recently signed into law by President Obama. President Obama signs off on reform that ensures proper use of comparative effectiveness research
WASHINGTON, DC – The Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) applauded President Obama's signing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which includes provisions creating a new program for patient-centered comparative effectiveness research. Patient-Centered Policy Must Accompany Funding for Comparative Effectiveness Research, PIPC Says2/5/2010
Tony Coelho, chairman of the Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC), praised the Administration’s commitment to advancing patient-centered comparative effectiveness research, and urged enactment of CER legislation to ensure that the research is genuinely focused on patient and provider needs.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) today applauded Senator Reid’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for including strong patient-centered comparative effectiveness research (CER) language. The CER language is based on the approach taken by Senators Baucus and Conrad in their CER bill (S. 1213), which is supported by over 100 organizations across the country, representing patients, providers, people with disabilities, and minority health organizations.
WASHINGTON, DC - The Partnership to Improve Patient Care(PIPC), is disappointed that the House Energy and Commerce Committee did not act on the bipartisan Christensen-Inslee-Upton-Walden amendment, which promoted patient-centered comparative effectiveness research (CER). The amendment has strong bipartisan support and would advance an objective, credible and independent CER program that meets the needs of all patients.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Tony Coelho, chairman of the non-partisan, patient-focused, grassroots organization, Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) and author of the Americans with Disabilities Act will participate in a panel discussion on comparative effectiveness research (CER) tomorrow at the Blue Skies and Brickwork Conference: Access to Care from the White House to the State House to Your House.
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