CMTP Supports CER in Kyphoplasty
BALTIMORE, Maryland (August 16, 2011) - In continued efforts to
improve healthcare and healthcare research, CMTP hosted a stakeholder meeting
earlier this year focusing on Comparative Effectiveness Research for
kyphoplasty, a treatment for chronic back pain.
For further information on the issue and insight from CMTP President
Sean Tunis, read “Comparative Effectiveness Research Tackles Medicine’s
Unanswered Questions,” in today’s Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/comparative-effectiveness-research-tackles-medicines-unanswered-questions/2011/08/01/gIQA7RJSHJ_story.html
The Center for Medical Technology Policy (CMTP) CMTP is a
private, non-profit organization which serves as a neutral forum to promote
discussion and develop strategies that improve the quality of clinical research
for healthcare decision making. CMTP’s objective is to help develop
the methods and strategies that will ensure that comparative effectiveness
research fulfills its intended goal of helping patients, clinicians and payers
make more informed healthcare decision.
Contact:
Julie Simmons
Julie.simmons@cmtpnet.org
410-547-2687 ext. 116
401 E Pratt Street, Suite 631
Baltimore, MD 21202
www.cmtpnet.org
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