19 Appointed to New Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News On September 23, 2010, 19 members were appointed to the Board of Governors for the new Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Subtitle D – Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Section 6301) established PCORI as a non-profit organization to assist patients, clinicians, purchasers, and policy-makers in making informed health decisions by carrying out research projects that provide quality, relevant evidence on how diseases, disorders, and other health conditions can effectively and appropriately be prevented, diagnosed, treated, monitored, and managed. The PCORI will . . .