Expanding the Capacity for Expanding the Capacity for Comparative Effectiveness Comparative Effectiveness Research Research Carolyn Clancy, MD Carolyn Clancy, MD Director Director U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Quality AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting Orlando – June 3, 2007 Orlando – June 3, 2007
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Expanding the Capacity for Expanding the Capacity for Comparative Effectiveness ResearchComparative Effectiveness Research
U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityU.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AcademyHealth Annual Research MeetingAcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting
Orlando – June 3, 2007Orlando – June 3, 2007
Research Needs Gaining Research Needs Gaining Increased AttentionIncreased Attention
Rationale for Rationale for Evidence-Based MedicineEvidence-Based Medicine
Maximize the likelihood Maximize the likelihood that beneficial treatments that beneficial treatments are used and that harmful are used and that harmful treatments are not used treatments are not used
Provide an explicit, fair Provide an explicit, fair and rational method of and rational method of resource allocationresource allocation
Why do we Need Why do we Need Effectiveness Research?Effectiveness Research?
Not all interventions that Not all interventions that sound “logical” are beneficial sound “logical” are beneficial when carefully studiedwhen carefully studied
Not all beneficial Not all beneficial interventions are equally interventions are equally beneficial, or equally safebeneficial, or equally safe
Budgets are limitedBudgets are limited Issues are complex and Issues are complex and
cannot be clarified without cannot be clarified without careful analysiscareful analysis
The Intersection of The Intersection of Effectiveness and SafetyEffectiveness and Safety
Effectiveness – Effectiveness – BenefitsBenefits
The Intersection of The Intersection of Effectiveness and SafetyEffectiveness and Safety
evidence on treatment effectiveness.– Identifying relevant knowledge gaps.
B.B. Evidence Generation (DEcIDE, CERTs)Evidence Generation (DEcIDE, CERTs)– Development of new scientific knowledge to address
knowledge gaps. – Accelerate practical studies.
C.C. Evidence Communication/Translation Evidence Communication/Translation (Eisenberg Center)(Eisenberg Center)– Translate evidence into improvements – Communication of scientific information in plain language to
policymakers, patients, and providers..
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AHRQ Focuses on the AHRQ Focuses on the Health Care SystemHealth Care System
Assess the Assess the effectiveness, comparative effectiveness, comparative effectivenesseffectiveness and cost- effectiveness and cost- effectiveness of health of health care servicescare services
Identify ways to improve Identify ways to improve patient safetypatient safety and and qualityquality of health care systems of health care systems
Advance the appropriate use of Advance the appropriate use of health health information technologyinformation technology
Understand Understand system issuessystem issues: role of : role of organizational design, management, workflow, organizational design, management, workflow, management, and incentives on efficiency and management, and incentives on efficiency and effectivenesseffectiveness
Develop Develop datadata on the health care system for on the health care system for monitoring and decision-makingmonitoring and decision-making