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Medical product innovation getting tougher, Moody's says
Advances in medical products could slow down considerably in the future as obstacles to innovation mount, according to a new report by Moody's Investors Service. Moody's analysts argue that... Read more...
Committee makes comparative-effectiveness spending recommendations
How do you spend $1.1 billion in comparative-effectiveness research funding? A new report released by an independent advisory committee to HHS may provide some answers. The 73-page report, which was... Read more...
Bill would create office to oversee comparative effectiveness research
As we've reported previously, the comparative effectiveness provision in the stimulus package turned out to be a political hot potato, with some opponents--notably pharma and medical device... Read more...
Comparative effectiveness research becomes battleground
In theory, comparative effectiveness research is a completely neutral idea. If you want to give patients the best, most cost-effective care, simply do good research, find out which treatments work... Read more...
Study: Comparative effectiveness research might improve mental health treatment
When it comes to mental healthcare, it seems that there are huge variations in the treatments Americans receive, according to a growing number of new studies summarized in the latest issue of Health... Read more...
Gov't readies $1.1B 'comparative effectiveness' center for summer
For years--heck, for decades--providers have argued over what treatments are most effective for a given condition. You might assume that doctors could just look up this information in some reference... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Debate blows up over comparative effectiveness research
With $1.1 billion allocated to comparative effectiveness research in the new stimulus package, the concept has suddenly gone from a wonkish concern to a topic of conversation among health advocates... Read more...
Cases for and against third-party oversight in healthcare
Now that $1.1 billion has been set aside for "comparative effectiveness" studies, many physicians and patients are worried that it might lead to more interference by the government. But in a recent... Read more...
Women, minority groups concerned over 'comparative effectiveness'
Women and minorities are up in arms over how some of the money in the recently signed economic stimulus package will be used. According to the Kaiser Network, and first reported by The New York... Read more...
Comparative research studies in the past haven't always had incredible results
Comparative effectiveness research is all the rage right now, and everyone is talking about how much we need it. But are we forgetting what happened with perhaps the largest comparative effectiveness... Read more...
