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Follow on Google News | Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) Releases Poll on Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER)PIPC conducted a national survey of 1,500 registered voters between May 28 – June 5, 2013 to ascertain public opinion regarding CER and attitudes concerning the appropriate role of a federal CER Institute.
By: Thorn Run Partners Other takeaways from the poll, which is publicly available at PIPCpatients.org (http://pipcpatients.org/ • Americans treasure their access to personalized, quality care and fear the potential misuse of information to make coverage decisions and limit their access to the best care. • A significant part of PCORI’ • Voters favor a comparative effectiveness institute focused on providing information, not making coverage decisions. The public remains very supportive of an Institute like PCORI to provide good information to support patient and physician decision-making - despite skepticism about government in general and ACA in particular. This would suggest that, to the extent PCORI remains true to the mission and structure created by Congress, it will enjoy continued support. • In setting goals for communicating research findings, voters prioritize accuracy, transparency and improving access to personalized and high-quality care. By very wide margins, people want good information communicated in a manner that makes it relevant to their individual health needs. According to PIPC Chairman Tony Coelho, "These poll results reinforce the mission of PIPC to help PCORI stay focused on its patient-centered mission, and to continue to emphasize the importance of transparency, good science, and a commitment to improving the communication of useful data to practitioners and individual patients alike." Chairman Coelho continued, "A significant part of PCORI's success will be getting informaiton to the end user, the patient and the doctor, in a manner that is perceived as valuable to their healthcare decision-making, as opposed to being implemented in a manner that limits their choices." The poll was conducted by a leading bipartisan polling firm. PIPC's Steering Committee is comprised of the following organizations: End
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