Schedule

Comparative Effectiveness Research: Methods and Applications

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Preconference Reception and Posters

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Morning Session: Comparative Effectiveness Research Methods (CE Credit: 3.25)

ACPE UAN 0046-9999-11-028-L04-P

Learning Objectives:

1. Discuss different methods of conducting comparative effectiveness research
2. Describe applications of comparative effectiveness research using large data sets

Introductions and Keynote Address

7:30 – 8:00 a.m.		Registration
8:00 – 8:05 a.m.		Welcome Marschall Runge, MD, PhD, Executive Dean, UNC School of Medicine; Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine; Director, North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute
8:05 – 8:10 a.m.		Welcome and introduction of keynote speaker Robert A. Blouin, PharmD, Vaughn and Nancy Bryson Distinguished Professor and Dean, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
8:10 – 9:00 a.m.		Keynote Address: Comparative Effectiveness Research Initiatives at AHRQ Scott R. Smith, MSPH, PhD, Senior Service Fellow in the Center for Outcomes and Evidence, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Watch a recording of the keynote address

CER Methods

9:00 – 9:30 a.m.		Comparative Effectiveness Reviews: Evidence Synthesis Dan Jonas, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of General Medicine, University of North Carolina; Chapel Hill Associate Director, RTI-UNC Evidence-Based Practice Center
9:30 – 9:45 a.m.		Coffee Break
9:45 – 10:15 a.m.		Nonexperimental Comparative Effectiveness Research M. Alan Brookhart, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
10:15 – 10:45 a.m.		Experimental Comparative Effectiveness Research Morris Weinberger, PhD, Virgil N. Slee Distinguished Professor of Healthcare and Administration, Health Policy and Administration, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Break-Out Session One: CER Applications

A: Non-experimental Applications

11:00 – 11:30 a.m.		Challenges in Assessing Comparative Effectiveness of Newer Medications: An Example from ARB vs. ACEI Study Soko Setoguchi, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine and Duke Clinical Research Institute
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.		Applications of Pharmaceutical Comparative Effectiveness Research Using Large Databases Joel Farley, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

B: Experimental and EMR Applications

11:00 – 11:30 a.m.		Harnessing the Electronic Medical Record for CER: Discovery and Organization Shannon Carson, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, UNC School of Medicine
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.		Comparative Effectiveness for the Treatment of Schizophrenia: CATIE and Beyond Lisa LaVange, PhD, MA, Director, Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center; Professor of the Practice, Department of Biostatistics, UNC Gillings School of Public Health
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.		Lunch

Advanced CER Methods (CE Credit: 1.0)

ACPE UAN 0046-9999-11-029-L04-P

Learning objectives:

1. Discuss non-experimental CER methods.
2. Describe the common data model and distributed networks method.

1:00 – 1:30 p.m.		Nonexperimental Comparative Effectiveness Research, Novel Methods Til Stürmer, MD, MPH, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health; Director, UNC-GSK Center of Excellence in Pharmacoepidemiology and Public Health
1:30 – 2:00 p.m.		Common Data Model and Distributed Networks Jeffrey Brown, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

Break-Out Session Two: Applications and Perspectives in CER

A. Novel Applications of CER (CE Credit: 1.0)

ACPE UAN 0046-9999-11-030-L04-P

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe comparative effectiveness research studies that use pharmacist interventions.
2. Discuss cardiac stent and drug/device evaluations using CER.

2:00 – 2:30 p.m.		Comparative Effectiveness Research in Community Pharmacy Settings Susan Blalock, PhD, Associate Professor and Vice Chair, Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
2:30 – 3:00 p.m.		Using Clinical and Device Registries for Comparative Effectiveness Research Lesley H. Curtis, PhD, Associate Professor in Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine

B. CER Perspectives (CE Credit: 1.0)

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe comparative effectiveness research being conducted in VA settings.
2. Discuss the industry’s perspective on CER.

2:00 – 2:30 p.m.		Comparative Effectiveness Research at the VA Eugene Oddone, MD, MD, MHSc, Director, Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VA Medical Center
2:30 – 3:00 p.m.		Comparative Effectiveness Research in Industry Cathy Critchlow, PhD, Senior Director of Epidemiology, Amgen
3:00 – 3:15 p.m.		Coffee Break

Disseminating and Using CER (CE Credit: 1.0)

ACPE UAN 0046-9999-11-031-L04-P Disseminating and Using CER

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe applications of comparative effectiveness research in Medicaid programs and at consumer reports.

3:15 – 3:45 p.m.		Implementation of Systematic Reviews and Translation to Policy at the State Level Marian McDonagh, PharmD, Associate Professor of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine
3:45 – 4:15 p.m.		Consumer Reports Health Best Buy Drugs – Consumer Dissemination and Use of CER Doris Peter, PhD, Manager, Consumer Reports Ratings Center, Consumers Union

Final Session: The Future of CER (CE Credit: 0.75)

ACPE UAN 0046-9999-11-032-L04-P

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe how comparative effectiveness research results can be used to design future research in the area.

4:15 – 5:00 p.m.

Closing the Loop, Using CER to Inform Future Research and Policy Interventions
Tim Carey, MD, MPH, Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Medicine; Director, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research; Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Social Medicine, UNC School of Medicine

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