Project Working Groups
CMTP’s primary activities during the development phase are to design and begin implementation of clinical studies for three pilot project topics. In May of 2006, CMTP held the first meeting of its steering committee, which led to the selection of five potential pilot project topics, based on specific pre-established criteria. The topics selected were: 1) intensity-modulated radiation therapy, 2) delivery of ICU care through telemedicine, 3) minimally-invasive bariatric surgery, 4) Oncotype-Dx test for predicting risk of recurrence of breast cancer, 5) CT angiography for diagnosis of coronary artery disease.
Small multi-disciplinary workgroups, consisting of product developers, clinicians, payers, methodologists, patients and other stakeholders, have now been formed for each potential topic. The role of these workgroups is to:
- Identify the specific questions that health care decision makers have about each technology
- Determine the study methods that will be needed to address these questions, with emphasis on real-world, pragmatic designs
- Develop study protocol outlines for 3 of the 5 technologies
- Initiate partnerships necessary for study funding and implementation
The workgroup discussions of important unanswered questions, methods, funding, and implementation are expected to provide generalizable insights into the real world evaluation of the broader categories of technologies that these specific pilot topic represent.
To find out more about a working group's activities, please contact info@cmtpnet.org.
