Comparative Effectiveness Research:

Panel I: Updates from the Hill

Maura Fitzsimons | Legislative Assistant, Senate Committee on Finance 

G. William Hoagland | Senior Vice President, Bipartisan Policy Center; Moderator

Additional participants to be announced

Panel II: Research Impacts

Pat Dunn, Ph.D., M.S., M.B.A. | Patient Representative

Erik Hess, M.D., M.Sc. | Professor, Vice Chair for Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Kathleen McTigue, M.D., M.P.H., M.S. | Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Director, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh

Neely Williams, M.Div. | Patient co-Principal Investigator

Anand Parekh, M.D., M.P.H. | Chief Medical Advisor, Bipartisan Policy Center; Moderator

Panel III: Impacts on Care Delivery

John B. Bulger, D.O., M.B.A. | Chief Medical Officer, Geisinger Health Plan 

John Cuddeback, M.D., Ph.D. | Chief Medical Informatics Officer, American Medical Group Association

David Kelley, M.D., M.P.A. | Chief Medical Officer, Office of Medical Assistance Programs, Department of Human Services, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Ceci Connolly | President and CEO, Alliance of Community Health Plans; Moderator 

 
Patient-centered comparative effectiveness research (CER) informs decisions made by health care providers and their patients each day and is an important tool to improve quality of care and health outcomes. Join us for a discussion about the dissemination and translation of CER findings, the role of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and the potential for future investments.