McClellan Discusses Research Alternatives To Comparative Clinical Trials
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CMS Administrator Mark McClellan plans to promote healthcare information technology in an effort to decrease the number of comparative clinical studies needed to answer health outcomes-related questions
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