Effort Launches To Adapt Federal CER Research For New England Use
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
An ambitious effort is gearing up to adapt federal comparative effectiveness research into an easy-to-understand and useful tool for New England payers, providers, patients and policy-makers.
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