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AHIP Advances New National Strategy to Improve Health Care Safety ...

...The AHIP plan addresses this urgent challenge by advocating a three-point program: creating a new public-private partnership charged with providing up- to-date and objective information on which health care services are most effective and provide the best value; assuring that the FDA has the authority to monitor the long-term impact of new drugs, devices and biologicals; and, adopting a national medical research agenda that closes gaps in knowledge and provides actionable information to patients and physicians.

"Our nation's medical research and innovation give hope to patients across the world, and we can give them even better care if we have a mechanism to evaluate which medical treatments and technologies are the safest and most effective," Ignagni said.

Key elements of the new plan include: - Establishing a new national entity to evaluate and compare the safety, efficacy and cost effectiveness of new and existing health care treatments and technologies, including prescription drugs and medical devices.

- Reforming the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to improve its ability to assess the long-term safety and effectiveness of newly approved drugs and devices.

- Setting a national research agenda that addresses known gaps in evidence and makes communication regarding ongoing research studies a national priority.

- Accelerating efforts to give patients and their physicians the information they need to make value-bas...