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ICER launches a patient council to amplify the patient voice in value assessment
11 July 2023 - Patient Council will advise ICER on engaging with patient groups while also identifying strategies to communicate ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Oct 2022
Patient centred health technology assessment: a perspective on engagement in health technology assessment by three patient organisations and a health technology assessment body
20 October 2022 - Patient engagement in health technology assessment has become increasingly important over the past 20 years. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Apr 2020
ICER Appoints Yvette Venable as Vice President of Patient Engagement
16 April 2020 - The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review has announced the appointment of Yvette Venable as the organisation’s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Aug 2019
A watchdog group sets aside emotions to assess drugs’ value. Patients say their lives are more than a number.
2 August 2019 - Health economists walk a precarious tightrope: their analyses are quantitative and, presumably, emotion-free. But health care ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jun 2019
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America elevates patient voice in ICER review of new peanut allergy treatments
14 June 2019 - On June 11 in Oakland, CA the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review and its California Technology ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 May 2017
Another voice: Patients have a right to the treatments ordered by doctors
22 May 2017 - For too long, insurance-backed groups have been given enormous power to overrule doctors’ orders and make ...