Scientific Presentations  ~3000 scientific presentations worldwide each year on:

• TOPICS: Clinical Outcome Studies, Compliance & Persistence, Economic Outcomes, Health Policy, Health Technology Assessment, Methodology Issues, Patient Reported Outcomes, Quality of Life, Risk Assessment …and more
• DISEASES: Allergy, Arthritis, Asthma, Cancer, Cardiovascular, Diabetes, Infection, Mental Health, Migraine, Pain...and more

ISPOR Outcomes Research Digest
An electronic database of 10,000 research papers presented at ISPOR meetings, congresses & conferences. This database is searchable by disease, by topic, by meeting and more.

Value in Health - The Official Journal of The International Society for Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research

Value In Health is committed to providing papers, concepts, and ideas that advance the field of pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research and help health care leaders to make decisions that are solidly evidence-based.

Value in Health is open to all original papers bearing on these two propositions:
(a) the ultimate purpose of health care is to increase the overall health-related well being of the individual and of society as a whole; and
(b) society’s health care resources ought to be allocated in a way that maximizes total health-related well being, given the resources available.

Value in Health focuses on health care worth. Health care cost containment is not a matter of simply purchasing the cheapest drugs or other medical inputs. Increasingly, health care leaders need pharmacoeconomic studies, outcomes research and information that can guide them in health care resource allocation, and in evaluating alternative therapies and interventions.

We see our role as encouraging and disseminating pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research and concepts that will be rigorous, methodologically or theoretically solid, ethically sound, and valuable to real-world decision-makers. As the official journal of ISPOR, our vision is to bring researchers and decision-makers together, translating science into practice.

For more information: http://www.ispor.org/valueinhealth_index.asp

ISPOR CONNECTIONS - The ISPOR News and Technical Journal

ISPOR CONNECTIONS accepts articles on international or country-specific healthcare guidelines, policies, methodological issues, reviews related to pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research including economic, clinical study, or health-related quality-of-life study issues.
For more information: http://www.ispor.org/news/authors_instr.asp

ISPOR eBulletin
Monthly, electronic member bulletin that provides updates of recent and upcoming ISPOR activities and events.

Health Care Cost, Quality, and Outcome: ISPOR Book of Terms
A lexicon of health economic (pharmacoeconomic) and outcomes research terms. Each monograph includes issues and use of terms.

NETWORKING with international peers in pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research

VISIBILTY among peers and competitors in your field of study or industry

SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS on the latest developments in the Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research Field

ePRAP (Professional Recruitment Assistance Program) developed exclusively to further outcomes research employment. ISPOR has designed a new electronic system to foster career growth and development for members by providing confidential, efficient and professional assistance to individuals seeking positions and to employers with available positions.

During each International meeting a ePRAP center is set up. It consists of:

• an electronic listing of available positions for participating employers in the ISPOR PRAP
• an electronic listing of applicant cv’s participating in the service
• email communication for applicants and employers
• private room(s) for interviews

• DISCOUNTED RATES for ISPOR Annual International Meeting and European Congress.
  ISPOR members receive more than $100 off the meeting and congress fees.
• DISCOUNTED RATE for ISPOR short courses
  ISPOR members receive more than $100 off short course fees.

As an ISPOR member, you have the opportunity to make your voice and talents be heard. By joining a Special Interesr Group (SIG), Task Force or Advisory Council, you will collaborate on important work products that have an impact on the issues that you and your colleagues face in today’s world. Shown below are a few of the important work products that have produced by ISPOR members through these important groups. For more information , please see ISPOR SIG’s, ISPOR Task Forces and .

• ISPOR Global Health Care Systems Road Maps – a work product of the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) SIG
• ISPOR Managed Care Outcomes Research Digest – a work product of ISPOR Managed Care SIG
• ISPOR International Digest of Databases – a work product of the Retrospective Databases SIG

Complete list of Tools for Decision Makers & Health Care Researchers

As a member-driven organization, ISPOR's governance is determined by the membership. The ISPOR Board of Directors is responsible for the general supervision, direction and management of the Society. The Board consists of elected Officers - President, President-Elect, Immediate Past President and seven Directors. Those who are elected to be President will serve on the Board for three years, while Directors will serve for two years. The term of office is July 1 to June 30.

The Nominations Committee attempts to pair the candidates with the open position to assure a balanced representation of the ISPOR membership on the Board and to complement the professional and experience backgrounds of the incumbent Board members. The candidates offer us diverse professional training and work experiences in clinical practice, outcomes research, health economics, pharmacoeconomics, and health technology assessment. The Nominations Committee shall nominate candidates for election as society President-elect and Director from current Active members. A slate of two candidates shall be nominated for each position for which an election is to be held. You, as an ISPOR member, have an opportunity to choose the leadership of this organization and to run for one of these positions.

Email access to ISPOR members is available for members only. Login information is required and the number of requests per day is limited.

Special Publication Prices for ISPOR Members
Your ISPOR membership includes special discount prices on clinical outcomes, health care management and policy, patient reported outcomes, quality of life, health status, pharmacoeconomics, health economics, and statistics reference books and journals. A select group of publications are offered to ISPOR members at discounted prices with a total savings over US$3,000. http://www.ispor.org/members/pubdiscount.asp

Special Poster preparation Prices for ISPOR members:

ISPOR 4th Asia-Pacific Conference
http://www.scifor.com/cgi-bin/paris.cgi?whatPage=specialPage&whatGroup=ISPOR2

ISPOR 13th Annual European Congress
http://www.scifor.com/cgi-bin/paris.cgi?whatPage=specialPage&whatGroup=ISPOR

The ISPOR Connections News Journal and ISPOR website’s eJobOpps employment section http://www.ispor.org/employment/Index.aspx are a good way to find out about new employment opportunities and offer employers a cost efficient means to access qualified candidates.

In addition, during the Annual International Meeting & the European Congress, ISPOR has instituted a Professional Recruitment Assistance Program (ePRAP). It provides confidential, efficient and professional assistance to individuals seeking positions and to employers with available positions.

ePRAP consists of:

• an electronic listing of available positions for participating employers in the ISPOR PRAP
• an electronic listing of applicant resumes participating in the service
• email communication for applicants and employers
• private room(s) for interviews

For more information: http://www.ispor.org/prap.asp.