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July 2007
The ISPOR eBULLETIN provides updates of recent ISPOR activities and events. For detailed information on ISPOR activities, members are encouraged to go to: www.ispor.org. Please share these new ISPOR activities with your colleagues.
ISPOR Board of Directors 2007-2008
ISPOR 1st Latin America Conference The ISPOR 1st Latin America Conference, "Current and Future Perspectives of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research in Latin America," will be held 9-11 September 2007, Hilton Cartagena Hotel and Convention Center, Cartagena, Columbia. For more information on Plenary Sessions I and II, see:
The early
registration deadline for this conference is July 17, 2007. For more
information, see: Value in Health Volume 11, Issue 1 now On-line Value
in Health Volume
11, Issue 1 is now On-line Early.
ISPOR CONNECTIONS Volume 13, Issue 3 Now On-Line ISPOR CONNECTIONS Volume 13, Issue 3 is now available on-line. Featured articles in POLICY ANALYSIS include: "Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) - Time for Asking Critical Questions?" "Evidence-Based
Medicine (EBM) - Emerging Reality and Assorted Myths," and "Meta-Analysis of
Complex Data via Mixed Models: Tools for Synthesizing Evidence-Based Medicine." NEW ISPOR CONNECTIONS Article Submission Site ISPOR members can now submit their technical articles on economic analysis, policy analysis, and outcomes assessment to ISPOR CONNECTIONS on-line. Instructions to authors and an easy-to-use submission up-load system are now available at the ISPOR website at:
HEALTH CARE COST, QUALITY, AND OUTCOMES: ISPOR BOOK OF TERMS - NEW Discounted Price The ISPOR Book of Terms now has new discounted prices: $20.00 for ISPOR members, $36.00 for non-members, and $15.00 for students/librarian/faculty. For order form, see:
ISPOR Health Technology Assessment in Evidence-based Decision Special Interest Group (HTA SIG) The ISPOR HTA SIG held a forum on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at the ISPOR 12th Annual International Meeting. The forum was attended by over 600 participants and included moderator: Karl Matuszewski, MS, PharmD, Senior Director, Clinical Knowledge Service Clinical Practice Advancement Center, University HealthSystem Consortium, Oak Brook, IL, USA; and speakers: Kevin Mayo PhD, ISPOR Global Health Technology Assessments Used In Health Care Reimbursement Working Group Co-chair, and Director Health Outcomes Research Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., Parsippany, NJ, USA; Jalpa Doshi PhD, ISPOR HTA & Good Research Practices For Reimbursement Decisions Working Group Co-chair, and Research Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA; and Noreen Sullivan BS, ISPOR Health Technology Assessment of Emerging New Technologies Co-chair, and President, Aequitas, San Diego, CA USA. The presentation from the forum is now available at: Health Technology Assessment: A Tool for Translating Evidence To Health Policy or ISPOR Health Technology Assessment in Evidence-based Decision Special Interest Group (HTA)
ISPOR Medication Compliance & Persistence Special Interest Group (MEDCOMP SIG) The ISPOR Medication Compliance & Persistence SIG held a forum on Monday, May 21, 2007 at the ISPOR 12th Annual International Meeting. The forum was attended by over 100 participants and included moderator: Joyce Cramer BS, ISPOR Medication Compliance & Persistence SIG Chair & Research Scientist, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, CT, USA, and speakers Kristina Yu-Isenberg, PhD, MPH, RPh, ISPOR Analyses Standards Working Group & Director, Business Development, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA; Dyfrig Hughes PhD, MSc, ISPOR Economics of Compliance & Persistence Working Group Chair & Senior Research Fellow in Pharmacoeconomics, University of Wales, Bangor, North Wales, UK; and Femida Gwadry-Sridhar PhD, RPh, MSc, ISPOR Determinants of Compliance & Persistence Working Group Chair & Assistant Professor, University of Western Ontario & Mc Master University, Director CCR-Net & Director LHR Institute, London, ON, Canada. The presentation from the forum is now available at: The Assessment, Costs & Determinants of Medication Compliance & Persistence | ISPOR Medication Compliance & Persistence Special Interest Group
The MEDCOMP SIG members also authored, “Methods for Integrating Medication Compliance and Persistence in Pharmacoeconomic Evaluations," by D. Hughes, W. Cowell, T. Koncz, and JA Cramer, which was recently published in Value in Health (Epub May 2007) See: Methods for Integrating Medication Compliance and Persistence in Pharmacoeconomic Evaluations
ISPOR Avedis Donabedian Outcomes Research Lifetime Achievement Award ISPOR is seeking nominations for the 2008 ISPOR Avedis Donabedian Outcomes Research Lifetime Achievement Award. Nominations deadline is November 1, 2007. Nominations can be sent to: awards@ispor.org. For more information about this ISPOR award, see: ISPOR Avedis Donabedian Outcomes Research Lifetime Achievement Award>>
NEW ISPOR Serbia, Slovakia, and South Africa Local Chapters ISPOR Serbia, Slovakia, and South Africa Local Chapters were approved by the ISPOR Board of Directors in May 2007. For more information on these ISPOR chapters, see:
Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy In association with The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
(AMCP), ISPOR is continuing as a member service to provide access to the
Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy (JMCP) to its members. For the latest issue,
see:
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IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
17 July 2007 Early Registration Deadline: 1st Latin America Conference
December 1, 2007 Nominations Deadline: ISPOR Avedis Donabedian Outcomes Research Lifetime Achievement Award
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