DIA 2013 49th Annual Meeting
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The Environment for Health Care Decision-making: Collecting, Using and Understanding Comparative Effectiveness Research
Track : Track 13: Health Economics and Outcomes (HEO)/Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER)/Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
Program Code: 317
Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Time: 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM  EST
Location: 151B
CHAIR :
 Kimberly Westrich, MA (SCHSUP), Director, Health Services Research, National Pharmaceutical Council, United States
SPEAKER (S):
 Kimberly Westrich, MA (SPKSUP), Director, Health Services Research, National Pharmaceutical Council, United States
 Joel S. Weissman, PhD (SPKSUP), Associate Professor, Health Policy, Harvard Medical School, United States
John Reites, JR (SPKNON), Director, Operations, Quintiles Inc., United States
Description
This session will provide an overview of how stakeholders view the environment for health care decision-making, an in-depth look at how payers view and use comparative effectiveness research (CER) studies for these decisions, and an innovative way to collect the patient data needed for these CER studies.