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Research institute promotes records use in clinical studies

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is not widely known. Yet this year-old, nonprofit organization, established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is tasked with

Proposed database could boost comparative effectiveness research

Comparative effectiveness research (CER), which generated a lot of heat during the healthcare reform debate, has taken its first step forward with the publication in the Federal Register of a

EHRs needed for comparative effectiveness research, too

A year-old consortium of academic medical centers, pharmaceutical companies, and information technology firms is trying to find a way to harness electronic health records for clinical research. The