Comparative Effectiveness Research and Decisionmaking: A Conversation With Two Health Care System Administrators

Comparative effectiveness (CE) research provides evidence to support the decisionmaking of clinicians with their patients who face multiple options for the testing or treatment of health conditions. But what role does it play among health policymakers? Michael Fordis of the John M. Eisenberg Center for Clinical Communications and Decisions Science, David Hickam of the Scientific Resource Center, and Stephanie Chang of AHRQ sat down with two system administrators — Dr. Dick Justman, National Medical Director of UnitedHealthcare, a national health service delivery company, and Alan B. Rosenberg, MD, Vice President of Medical Policy, Technology Assessment and Credentialing Programs for WellPoint, Inc. to discuss the ways in which the results of CER are used in their work.  Read the Interview