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Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Comparative effectiveness research plan seeks input from all sides (including patients/families) deadline March 15th ... American Medical News



"PCORI leaders want feedback from patients, caregivers, clinicians and others on its research agenda. They want to know if the tentative agenda covers key subjects for which more evidence-based information is needed, said Eugene Washington, MD, MSc, PCORI's board chair and dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles. The leaders also want to involve patients in a significant way in the research process, according to PCORI Executive Director Joe Selby, MD, MPH. "This initial agenda does not limit which conditions or treatments will be studied. It is a starting point," he said, adding that 2012 "will be a year of engagement."".........

Also: "The 53-day public comment period, which will end March 15, will be used to solicit feedback and revise the priorities and agenda before a final version of each is adopted by PCORI's Board of Governors."