SMDM POLICY and POSITION STATEMENTS
National Quality Strategy: Input from the Society for Medical Decision Making, October 2010
Research Needed for Efficient Development and Evaluation of Methods for Transferring Diagnostic Practices to the Clinic. White Paper for NSF SBE 2020: Future Research in the Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences. Endorsed SMDM executive committee, October 2010. Link to NSF SBE 2020 overview here.
Research to Understand and Improve the Exercise of Diagnostic Reasoning. White Paper for NSF SBE 2020: Future Research in the Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences. Endorsed SMDM executive committee, October 2010. Link to NSF SBE 2020 overview here.
ISPOR-SMDM Joint Modeling Good Research Practices Task Force
Building on SMDM's highly regarded, Primer on Medical Decision Making Analysis Part 1 - Part 5 [1-5], citations below, SMDM has partnered with the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR)
to ensure that good research practices on modeling techniques remain useful for all current modeling techniques as well as to foster the use of model-based results to inform health care decisions. To this end, a Joint Modeling Good Research Practices Task Force was created to address (1) advances in modeling, (2) approaches to evaluating variability in models, and (3) transparency in reporting of models. Link to more information.
SMDM Primer on Medical Decision Analysis Part 1 – Part 5 [1-5].
1. Detsky AS, Naglie G, Krahn MD, Naimark D, Redelmeier DA. Primer on medical decision analysis: Part 1-Getting started. Medical Decision Making 1997; 17(2): 123-125.
2. Detsky AS, Naglie G, Krahn MD, Redelmeier DA, Naimark D. Primer on medical decision analysis: Part 2-Building a tree. Medical Decision Making 1997; 17(2): 126-135
3. Naglie G, Krahn MD, Naimark D, Redelmeier DA, Detsky AS. Primer on medical decision analysis: Part 3-Estimating probabilities and utilities. Medical Decision Making 1997; 17(2): 136-141.
4. Krahn MD, Naglie G, Naimark D, Redelmeier DA. Detsky AS Primer on medical decision analysis: Part 4 - Analyzing the model and interpreting the results. Medical Decision Making 1997; 17(2): 142-151.
5. Detsky AS, Naglie G, Krahn MD, Naimark D, Redelmeier DA. Primer on medical decision analysis: Part 5- Working with Markov processes. Medical Decision Making 1997; 17(2): 152-159.
Recommendations for Modeling Disaster Responses in Public Health and Medicine: A Position Paper of the Society for Medical Decision Making. Margaret L. Brandeau, PhD, Jessica H. McCoy, MS, Nathaniel Hupert, MD, MPH, Jon-Erik Holty, MD, MS, Dena M. Bravata, MD, MS. MDM, July/August 2009
Available at no charge to SMDM members at mdm.sagepub.com. There may be a charge for non-members to access this article.
Testimony presented by SMDM President, Mark Roberts, MD, MPP, at the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Listening Session, Washington D.C., June 10, 2009.
SMDM Board Background Paper on Comparative Effectiveness Research, May 2009.
Memo to Legislators to accompany background paper, June 2009.
Press release on background paper, June 12, 2009.
SMDM Statement on Comparative Effectiveness Legislation, October 2007.
RELATED POLICY DOCUMENTS and REPORTS
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Recognizing Health, Education, Job Training, Children’s and Social Services Programs as Critical National Priorities, September 2011.
Return on Investment: A Healthy Nation is a Prosperous Nation, March 2011
Value in Health Care: Key Information for Policymakers to Assess Efforts to Improve Quality While Reducing Costs. This GAO report: “(1) examines the availability of evidence on the effect of selected interventions on quality of care and costs; (2) identifies key dimensions for assessing the strength of such evidence; and (3) examines factors that can facilitate the implementation and replication of health care interventions. July 2011
A Review of Quality of Care Evaluation for the Palliation of Dyspnea. A report from AHRQ's Effective Health Care (EHC) Program, Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness (DEcIDE) Research Network. June 2010
AHRQ Sponsored Journal Supplement on Challenges, Advances in Comparative Effectiveness Research
Printed copies are available free of charge by e-mailing or calling AHRQ at ahrqpubs@ahrq.gov (1-800-358-9295) and asking for publication number OM10-0067. June 2010
IOM Report: Future Directions for the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports, April 14, 2010.
Comparative Effectiveness Research: Update on Federal Programs,
January 12, 2010.
Consensus Statement on the Critical Importance of Comparative Effectiveness Research, December 2, 2009.
MDM Provides Groundwork for AHRQ Methods Guide to Compare Medical Tests: White paper series is available here, Sept 2009
Institute of Medicine Report, Initial National Priorities for Comparative Effectiveness Research, June 30, 2009.
Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research, Report to the President and the Congress, June 30, 2009.
Brookings Institute Symposium: Implementing Comparative Effectiveness Research: Priorities, Methods, and Impact, June 9, 2009,
including discussion of,
Setting Priorities for Comparative Effectiveness Research, a research paper by SMDM members Alan Garber, MD, PhD and David Meltzer, MD, PhD..
SMDM POLICY INITIATIVE: FOCUS AREAS AND LEADERSHIP
Issues in Methodology
Policy and Procedure for Developing SMDM Position Papers on Methods
The Society is interested in soliciting, preparing, and endorsing high quality guidelines, and position papers on a variety of clinical, methodological, and policy topics of key relevance to the membership. The objective of this endeavor is for the Society to leverage the expertise of its members to develop a set of landmark position papers for submission to Medical Decision Making.
Global Health
This recently launched effort is working to identify a role for SMDM in global health policy. Areas of focus:
- Working with existing SMDM committees and the journal to expand access potential to members from resource-poor settings;
- Identifying regional meetings and training programs where SMDM could be represented;
- Evaluating a role for SMDM in methods development for global health policy evaluations; and
- Creating dissemination vehicles.
To join one of the Policy Working Groups, email SMDM Executive Director, Jill Metcalf at jill.metcalf@smdm.org.
Policy Committee
The charge to the committee is to identify national and international policy issues relevant to the SMDM community and to facilitate SMDM having a voice regarding policy issues among decision-makers. The focus of the Policy Committee is 1) to support and advance funding for research and educational initiatives in the area of medical decision making and 2) to provide guidance to decision-makers on policy that is based on sound principles of medical decision making.
The Policy Committee is responsible for:
- Reviewing and discussing legislation relevant to the mission of SMDM, both in North America and internationally,
- Making recommendations to the SMDM Board about ongoing policy positions,
- Making recommendations to the SMDM Board about when SMDM should take action on legislative or policy issues,
- Communicating relevant and upcoming policy issues to the SMDM membership,
- While substantial lobbying is not within the scope of SMDM, the committee will identify opportunities for SMDM members to speak directly with policy makers and their staff, and vice versa, about relevant legislation and administrative policies,
- Advising the leadership team on opportunities to nominate individuals to key decision making bodies, and
- Advising on and coordinate working with other organizations interested in furthering similar policies.
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