Institute: PCORI Must Seize Leading Role in Spreading Findings on What Works in Medicine

CQ HealthBeat News
February 17, 2011

A “thoughtful and aggressive” policy to turn research findings into improved medical treatment will be critical if the nation is going to get better value for its health care dollar, according to a new paper from a a group that represents a broad array of health system stakeholders.

And the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) — created by the health care law to oversee “comparative effectiveness research” —should become a “highly visible champion” for disseminating that research, says the paper from NEHI, formerly the New England Healthcare Institute.

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