This Washington Post article discusses the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, an initiative under the Affordable Care Act to help patients and their doctors make better-informed decisions about care. The organization’s mandate is to launch, fund and coordinate research on “comparative effectiveness” — to find out which drugs, devices and treatment options are more effective than others.
Scientists Embark on Unprecedented Effort to Connect Millions of Patient Medical Records
Gene Rich quoted on research to inform real-world decisions.