Donna Shaffer gave a presentation at America 's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) Medical Leadership Forum in October of 2007 on CMTP 's goals, objectives, and pilot projects. Shaffer provided an overview on CMTP's current research model and introduced a new model that focused on decision-based evidence-making, multi-stakeholder workgroups, and comparative effectiveness discussion.

A Multi-Stakeholder Approach to Designing Studies of Emerging Medical Technologies