Agenda
Health Economics Common Fund Diffusion of Medical Technology Workshop
Rockville, Maryland
May 5-6, 2016
| Thursday, May 5, 2016 | ||
| 9:00 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions Purpose of the Meeting |
Jonathan Skinner John Haaga |
| HEALTH ECONOMICS PROGRAM COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS | ||
| 9:15 | Technology diffusion pathways | Haiden Huskamp Sharon-Lise Normand |
| 9:45 | How do patents affect research investments? | Heidi Williams |
| 10:15 | Technology diffusion, health outcomes, and expenditures | Jonathan Skinner |
| 10:45 | BREAK | |
| DIFFUSION CASE STUDIES | ||
| 11:00 | Factors associated with adoption—or abandonment—of surgical procedures | Phillip Goodney |
| 11:20 | Opioid prescriptions | Ellen Meara |
| 11:40 | Choice of treatment for prostate cancer | Bruce Jacobs |
| 12:00 p.m. | Q&A and Discussion | |
| 12:15 | LUNCH | |
| 1:15 | Dissemination and implementation research at NIH | David Chambers |
| 1:45 | Discussion: Do diffusion studies explain disparities? | Moderator: John Haaga |
| INNOVATION | ||
| 2:15 | Regulating innovation with uncertain quality | Robert Town |
| 2:35 | Innovation in science | Jay Bhattacharya |
| 2:55 | Dormant therapies: Gaps in patent protection available for new drugs | Benjamin Roin |
| 3:15 | Q&A and Discussion | |
| 3:30 | BREAK | |
| 3:45 | CMS coverage decision process | Joseph Chin |
| 4:05 | Discussion: What can we learn from cross-national comparisons? | Moderator: Jonathon Skinner |
| 4:45 | ADJOURN | |
| Friday, May 6, 2016 | ||
| 9:00 a.m. | Relevant AHRQ initiatives | Arlene Bierman David Knutson |
| PHYSICIANS—NETWORKS AND CHARACTERISTICS | ||
| 9:20 | The effect of physician and hospital market structure on medical technology diffusion | Pinar Karaca-Mandic |
| 9:40 | The local influence of pioneer investigators on technology adoption: Evidence from new cancer drugs | Leila Agha |
| 10:00 | An investigation of evidence-based implantable cardioverter defibrillator treatment in the U.S. from a social network perspective | James O’Malley |
| 10:20 | Q&A and Discussion | |
| 10:35 | Discussion: What resources does the field need to progress? | Moderator: Jonathon Skinner |
| 11:20 | BREAK | |
| 11:35 | Steering Committee Executive Session | |
| 12:30 p.m. | ADJOURN | |
