Comparative Effectiveness news and information

Comparative effectiveness research—learning what works best in medicine—is a great idea whose time has come.
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Ascension Health, St. Louis, promoted Patricia Maryland to president of healthcare operations and COO, effective July 1. Maryland, 59, is the Michigan ministry market leader for Ascension Health and president and CEO of St. John Providence Health System in Detroit. In her new role, Maryland...
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Bryan Luce has been named the first chief science officer of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, a Washington-based independent not-for-profit established by the healthcare reform law to fund and promote comparative-effectiveness research.
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Geared toward boosting “the nation's capacity to efficiently conduct comparative clinical effectiveness research,” the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute announced it will spend up to $68 million to support the development of an interoperable network of research networks.
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Leah Binder, president and CEO of the Leapfrog Group, and Dr. Trent Haywood, chief medical officer of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, are among the final roster of 84 individuals chosen by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to serve on its four advisory panels, the...
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Oracle's Healthcare Interoperability solution helps provide healthcare workers with a real time patient medical summary irrespective of where the patient has previously been treated to help improve outcomes, increase healthcare efficiency and reduce costs. Oracle's solution also supports...
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The YMCA of the USA will provide its diabetes-prevention program to 10,000 Medicare beneficiaries in 17 communities as part of a demonstration project aimed at lowering the incidence of Type 2 diabetes, reducing medical costs and testing the effectiveness of the Y's program.
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Proton-beam therapy, an expensive and emerging treatment for prostate cancer, is no more effective than standard radiotherapy in patients one year after they underwent treatment, according to a new study's findings.
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The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute is seeking applications for $12 million in funds for projects that address gaps in comparative-effectiveness research methods.
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Following President Barack Obama's Election Day victory, things are likely to continue on largely as planned at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation and other entities created by the healthcare reform law, experts say.
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