"Integrating Comparative Effectiveness Research into Everyday Practice"

Comparative effectiveness research has emerged as a critical element of health care improvement. It compares drugs, medical devices, tests, surgeries, or ways to deliver health care. AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program conducts comparative effectiveness reseach, producing research reviews, new research reports, and plain-language guides that summarize findings for clinicians, patients, and consumers, as well as other resources such as continuing education modules for providers.

To highlight AHRQ’s existing comparative effectiveness research and ways that it can be used by clinicians for day-to-day decisionmaking in their practices, AHRQ will host a free Web conference, "Integrating Comparative Effectiveness Research into Everyday Practice," on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 from 2:00 – 3:30 pm ET.

The Web conference will feature:

"The Role of CER in Health Care Improvement," Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D.¸ Director, AHRQ
"AHRQ's Existing CER Resources on Diabetes and Cardiac Conditions," Jean R. Slutsky, P.A., M.S.P.H., Director of AHRQ's Center for Outcomes and Evidence
Examples of Incorporating CER Into Clinical Practice, (Speakers TBD)

To participate in this Web conference, register here:
http://www.meetview.com/ahrq20101012/.

Physicians, pharmacists, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants are encouraged to participate in this Web conference. We also encourage those involved with clinician associations and integrated health care systems to participate and learn about research affecting clinical practice.

Other Effective Health Care Program Web conferences:

The Effective Health Care Program will be Webcasting the proceedings of the session titled, “New and Improved: Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes and HIT” from the AHRQ 2010 Annual Conference. This session is scheduled for Monday, September 27 at 8:00 a.m. eastern time. For more information about this Webcast, please visit: http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/index.cfm/registries-for-evaluating-patient-outcomes-and-hit-webcast/

If you missed the August 19 Webcast of Carotid Revascularization: Present Patterns of Use, What Will the Future Hold? , you can now view the archived proceedings at: http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/index.cfm/carotid-webcast/