The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided $1.1 billion for comparative effectiveness research (CER). The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act established the Patient-Centered ...

A Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) study shows that surgery is better than medical treatment for a particular cardiac condition. My patient is 78 years old and has complicated diabetes. – does ...

As the nation transforms its healthcare system—with or without the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—it must face the challenge of how to maintain, or even improve, the quality of care. This requires ...

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Comparative effectiveness research has been the target of recurrent criticism in some political circles, with opponents claiming it’s the “gateway to rationing” or it encourages “cookbook medicine.” ...

PCORI also is offering up to $200 million through the Phased Large Awards for Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research (PLACER) PFA, for ambitious, large-scale two-phased trials addressing critical ...

In a recent scientific paper published in the journal Nature Microbiology, researchers reproduced two target trials using electronic health records (EHRs) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ...

Larotrectinib and entrectinib are tumor-agnostic tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) inhibitors that are indicated for the treatment of advanced or metastatic solid tumor cancers with neurotrophic ...

Ellen-Marie Whelan discusses why we need evidence-based health care, how it will improve health, and how we can promote it. The positions of American Progress, and our policy experts, are independent, ...

Comparative effectiveness research is under attack as a new way to limit access to the best health care. Nothing could be further from the truth—in fact, it’s the exact opposite. The positions of ...