PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA - ECRI Institute®, the nation's leading independent nonprofit health technology assessment organization, provides no cost access to over 25 presentations and discussions on Comparative Effectiveness of Health Interventions: Strategies to Change Policy and Practice. Learn what key policy makers say about comparative effectiveness in healthcare. Public access to the presentations and other comparative effectiveness resources is available at www.ecri.org/CE.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provides $1.1 billion to support comparative research. ECRI Institute created its Comparative Effectiveness Resource Center to help healthcare professionals, the press, and the public sort through significant issues.

ECRI Institute adheres to strict conflict-of-interest rules that prohibit the organization and staff from accepting gifts, grants, finder's fees, advertising or consulting contracts from the medical device or pharmaceutical industries because we are an independent evaluator of their products.
About ECRI Institute
ECRI Institute, a nonprofit organization, dedicates itself to bringing the discipline of applied scientific research to healthcare to uncover the best approaches to improving patient care. As pioneers in this science for 40 years, ECRI Institute marries experience and independence with the objectivity of evidence-based research. ECRI Institute is designated a Collaborating Center of the World Health Organization and an Evidence-based Practice Center by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. ECRI Institute PSO is a federally designated Patient Safety Organization by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality under the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005. For more information, visit www.ecri.org.

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