93.726: ARRA Accelerating Adoption of Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER)

93.726

Inactive

HHS Immediate Office of the Secretary (IOS) [HHS]

April 20, 2015

June 29, 2014

Comparative effectiveness research is the conduct and synthesis of research comparing the benefits and harms of different interventions and strategies to prevent, diagnose, treat and monitor health conditions in “real world” settings. The purpose of this research is to improve health outcomes by developing and disseminating evidence-based information to patients, clinicians, and other decision-makers, responding to their expressed needs, about which interventions are most effective for which patients under specific circumstances. The purpose of this program is to develop and test strategies to improve the dissemination of CER information and the resultant translation of this evidence into practice in the non-profit and private sectors. Doing so effectively would demonstrate a return on the CER investment, and, more importantly, improve the health of the patients served by a given organization. Funds will be used to support organizations that 1) develop evidence-informed, yet innovative dissemination and translation strategies; 2) develop proposals that study the implementation of dissemination and translation strategies within their organization.

B - Project Grants

Types of institutions or organizations that can apply include integrated health care systems, integrated provider systems, academic medical centers, provider consortia, community health center networks, private payers, other non-governmental organizations that administer or directly provide health care services, and organizations that serve health care consumers. Additional eligible applicants include University-based schools (e.g. School of Public Policy or Public Health) and private research institutes. Projects must meet the definition of CER in the Federal Coordinating Council Report: http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/programs/cer/cerannualrpt.pdf

Expected beneficiaries include patients, health care providers, policymakers, and healthcare systems