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Apologies for cross posting!!
Rigorous methodology standards help produce more credible and useful information, which can lead to improved healthcare decision making and patient outcomes. To continue developing and refining these standards, PCORI is seeking public comments on a comprehensive update to its Methodology Standards for patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER). The draft update of the Methodology Standards is now more concise, focused, comprehensible, actionable and adaptable. Additionally, the draft adds several Standards that fill gaps and reflect advances in scientific practice for patient-centered CER, including Standards in five new areas:

·       Artificial intelligence

·       Patient-centered burdens and economic outcomes

·       Health communications

·       Hybrid effectiveness-implementation studies

·       Real-world data

Take advantage of this opportunity to help shape the conduct of patient-centered CER and promote the development of improved clinical evidence. The call for public comment closes June 18 at  https://pcori.me/4cyXISL (https:// pcori.me/4cyXISL - the https:// might not appear!)

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Rochelle E. Tractenberg, PhD, MPH, PhD, PStat®, FASA, FAAAS
PCORI Methodology Committee member/Methodology Standards Working Group co-Chair
Director, Collaborative for Research on Outcomes and -Metrics
https://crom.georgetown.domains
Co-Director, National Capital Spinal Cord Injury Model System (NC-SCIMS)
Professor
Neurology
Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Biomathematics
Rehabilitation Medicine
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057
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Dear ASA Community, 

Thanks to Rochelle for sharing this opportunity. 

If any of you would be willing to contribute to a submission from the ASA, please let me know by May 4. 

Steve

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Steve Pierson
Director of Science Policy
American Statistical Association
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-22-2026 19:12
From: Rochelle Tractenberg
Subject: Help Shape PCORI's Methodology Standards

Apologies for cross posting!!
Rigorous methodology standards help produce more credible and useful information, which can lead to improved healthcare decision making and patient outcomes. To continue developing and refining these standards, PCORI is seeking public comments on a comprehensive update to its Methodology Standards for patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER). The draft update of the Methodology Standards is now more concise, focused, comprehensible, actionable and adaptable. Additionally, the draft adds several Standards that fill gaps and reflect advances in scientific practice for patient-centered CER, including Standards in five new areas:

·       Artificial intelligence

·       Patient-centered burdens and economic outcomes

·       Health communications

·       Hybrid effectiveness-implementation studies

·       Real-world data

Take advantage of this opportunity to help shape the conduct of patient-centered CER and promote the development of improved clinical evidence. The call for public comment closes June 18 at  https://pcori.me/4cyXISL (https:// pcori.me/4cyXISL - the https:// might not appear!)

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Rochelle E. Tractenberg, PhD, MPH, PhD, PStat®, FASA, FAAAS
PCORI Methodology Committee member/Methodology Standards Working Group co-Chair
Director, Collaborative for Research on Outcomes and -Metrics
https://crom.georgetown.domains
Co-Director, National Capital Spinal Cord Injury Model System (NC-SCIMS)
Professor
Neurology
Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Biomathematics
Rehabilitation Medicine
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057
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