Comparative Effectiveness news and information

Cardinal Health has teamed up with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana in an effort to improve cancer care in Louisiana through the use of clinical pathways, or sets of evidence-based best practices.
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Research that compares treatments for cancer care should also incorporate data on patients' preferences and experiences, according to new recommendations published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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Providers' scant use of decision-support tools is just one of several barriers that hinder the ability of comparative-effectiveness research to change clinical practice, according to an article in the October issue of Health Affairs.
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A new cycle of funding for as much as $96 million in comparative-effectiveness research is now open, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute announced Monday.
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Even as protocols and procedures for trauma care have been widely standardized in recent years, the price tag for such care still varies considerably from one region of the U.S. to another.
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For healthcare organizations, developing a "rapid learning" process can promote a willingness to make evidence- and practice-based changes that can help them keep pace with payment reforms or adhere to new regulations, such as those regarding the meaningful use of electronic health-record systems,...
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The National Institutes of Health has created a new Office of Emergency Care Research.
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An analysis of claims for Medicare and three commercial insurers found imaging use cooled in 2006 after a boom earlier that decade and continued to flag through 2009, a newly released study found.
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In the next three years, about 400 people on the brink of death will be part of a study for which they did not volunteer.
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For its eagerly anticipated first wave of grant funding, announced June 18, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute didn't jump right into traditional, side-by-side comparative effectiveness research.
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