Advancing the Evidence of Experience: Practical Issues for Patient/Consumer Inclusion

[Guest guest]

The National Working Group on Evidence-Based

Healthcare (the Working Group) is hosting a Consumer Forum scheduled for March

6-7, 2008 in Washington, DC. “Advancing the Evidence of Experience: Practical

Issues for Patient/Consumer Inclusion”

strives to emphasize the importance and need for patient/consumer involvement

in evidence-based healthcare. This substantive and interactive program will

bring together stakeholders from all facets of healthcare. See the

attached agenda for more details.

Over two days, consumer/patient advocates, decision makers, regulators and

other key stakeholders in evidence-based health care will hear from expert

panelists about activities/strategies that promote patient/consumer inclusion

in designing and prioritizing research, reviewing evidence, and contributing to

its translation, dissemination, implementation, and evaluation. Day two

sessions will be webcast on www.evidencebasedhealthcare.org.

Forum Goals:

Achieve an active

dialogue about the role of patients and consumers in evidence-based health

care, with policy and decision-makers, payers, regulators, manufacturers

and the health research community.

Empower patient and

consumer organizations, including their local affiliates, to engage in the

evidence-based health care continuum, and health policy development.

Add to the comparative

effectiveness research dialogue on the importance of meeting

patient/consumer needs while improving patient care.

Raise the profile of

The National Working Group for Evidence-Based Healthcare (and its members)

among key regulators, decision makers, and health policy

stakeholders.

To register, visit www.evidencebasedhealthcare.org

or complete the following attached registration form. Should you have any

questions, please contact Hazel Moran at hmoran@...

or .