The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) was created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010. Since then, the institute has performed a wide variety of research comparing different treatments to one another. However, PCORI is not a health technology assessment (HTA) body and is not […]
Can PCORI Make Evidence Count in US Medicine?
The Affordable Care Act established the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to promote research on the comparative effectiveness of treatment options and reduce wasteful spending by identifying low-value treatments. Three major challenges emerged during PCORI’s first decade of […]
Webinar Spotlights Legislative Outlook for CER
A recent webinar hosted by the Alliance for Health Policy looks at what could be in store for comparative effectiveness research in the legislative arena. The webinar was posted on YouTube July 29. "This webinar outlined the various PCORI reauthorization bills and amendments that have been […]