PCORI Releases Draft Of Research Priorities
The draft, which offered insight into the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute's priorities and comparative effectiveness research agenda, did not single out any specific diseases or treatments. The Institute did seek public comment.
Kaiser Health News: Capsules: Panel Sidesteps Controversy On Draft For Comparative Effectiveness Research
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) — created by the health law to help determine the most effective medical treatments — released its draft priorities and research agenda on Monday, but it did not single out any specific diseases, treatments or procedures to study (Appleby, 1/23).
Modern Healthcare: PCORI Seeks Input On Draft Research Agenda
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute is asking providers and patients for their feedback on its newly released draft research agenda and priority list. ... The 22-page draft outlines five priority areas for research, including addressing health care disparities. It will be available for public comment until March 15, PCORI said in a news release (McKinney, 1/23).
Bloomberg: U.S. Panel Measuring Adequacy Of Cures Lays Out Broad Agenda
A U.S. agency formed to compare the effectiveness of drugs and medical devices plans a broader agenda that will study subjects such as whether care provided by nurse-practitioners is as good as that of doctors. The agency, called the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, was created by the 2010 health care overhaul. Republican opponents of the law say the institute will lead to government-directed rationing as it judges treatments. Representative Thaddeus McCotter, a Michigan Republican, has introduced legislation to eliminate the agency (Wayne, 1/23).
Politico Pro: Lack Of Specifics Could Blunt PCORI's Impact
The agenda released Monday for the health care reform law's comparative effectiveness research program may scatter the agency's focus so widely that it could undercut the impact supporters hope to see. The Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute is balancing two objectives — how to break new ground on key research questions and set the stage for future research the agency won't be able to do. But in not staking a claim to a flagship issue like diabetes or a more connected set of specific research questions, the agency may avoid alienating any stakeholders for now at its own peril (Norman, 1/23).
Medscape: Feds Target Roles Of PAs And Nurses For Comparative Research
Physicians and hospitals are deploying nurses, physician assistants, and other nonphysicians in new, expanded, and sometimes controversial ways, especially as health care reform puts a premium on medical homes and the teams that staff them. A new research agency created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) wants to compare such workforce strategies to see which ones benefit patients the most. That is just one priority among many that appears in a tentative agenda published online today by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (Lowes, 1/23).
