The book, Therapeutic and Diagnostic Devices Outcomes Research , provides information on conducting clinical, economic, and patient-reported outcomes research for medical devices and diagnostics. This book is a outcomes research primer for those in the medical device and diagnostics research and development field, unfamiliar with conducting outcomes research, and provides information about unique features of medical device and diagnostics versus other health care technology for outcomes researchers more familiar with drug outcomes research.

Co-editors:

• Stacey Ackerman MSE, PhD, Vice President, Covance Market Access Services, Inc., San Diego, CA , USA
• Jenifer Ehreth PhD, Principal, International Market Access, Paris, France and Adjunct Professor, University of Lausanne, Health Economic Institute, Lausanne, Switzerland
• Erin Sullivan PhD, MPH, Vice President, Health Economics & Outcomes Research, Avalere Health LLC, Washington DC USA
• Marilyn Dix Smith PhD, Executive Director, International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, Lawrenceville, NJ, USA

Expected publication: August 2010