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Center on Health Care Effectiveness at Mathematica Announces December Forum Date
Focus On Applying Comparative Effectiveness Research at Point of Care
Media Advisory: November 29, 2010
Contact: Rachel Machta, (202) 250-3570
WASHINGTON, D.C.—November 29, 2010—The Center on Health Care Effectiveness at Mathematica Policy Research announces its second issue forum, “Putting Evidence into Action: The Essential Component of Health Care Reform.” The forum is scheduled for Thursday, December 9, from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. at Mathematica’s office at 600 Maryland Ave., SW, Suite 550, Washington, D.C.
Roundtable discussants will be:
- Eugene Rich, M.D., director, Center on Health Care Effectiveness
- Dominick Esposito, Ph.D., senior researcher, assistant director, Center on Health Care Effectiveness
- Timothy Lake, Ph.D., senior researcher
- Ann Bonham, Ph.D., chief scientific officer, Association of American Medical Colleges
- Hoangmai H. Pham, M.D., M.P.H., senior adviser, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Speakers will address what needs to be learned to get comparative effectiveness research into use at the point of care, focusing on (1) knowledge translation, (2) provider incentive reform, (3) delivery system transformation, and (4) consumer engagement.
The forum can be attended in person or via webinar. Lunch will be provided for those attending in person. Register online.
The Center on Health Care Effectiveness was founded in 2010 to inform health care policy and improve patient outcomes. Building on more than four decades of Mathematica's substantive expertise, methodological skill, and corporate infrastructure, CHCE is at the forefront of CER policy analysis and research. It combines a collaborative, collegial tradition with the broad-based talents of more than 150 health services researchers and scientists whose knowledge spans methodologies and disciplines. In addition to conducting comparative effectiveness policy analysis and research, the center provides evidence syntheses, delivery system research on putting CER into practice, and technical assistance for policymakers on using evidence to promote effective care.
Mathematica Policy Research, a nonpartisan research firm, provides a full range of research and data collection services, including program evaluation and policy research, survey design and data collection, research assessment and interpretation, and program performance/data management, to improve public well-being. Its clients include federal and state governments, foundations, and private-sector and international organizations. The employee-owned company, with offices in Princeton, N.J., Ann Arbor, Mich., Cambridge, Mass., Chicago, Ill., Oakland, Calif., and Washington, D.C., has conducted some of the most important studies of disability, health care, education, family support, employment, nutrition, and early childhood policies and programs.