The workshop summary is now available from the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory’s recent workshop, “Getting the Right Evidence to Decision-Makers Faster.” The 2-day workshop explored the critical cycle of evidence generation by researchers to decision-making by healthcare system leaders to implement the findings of pragmatic clinical trials conducted within healthcare systems.

The workshop included 4 panels:

• Panel 1: How Have Health Systems Made Decisions Based on Evidence Collected in PCTs?

  • Panelists: Devon Check, Vincent Mor, Lynn DeBar, Kathryn Glassberg, Douglas Zatzick, Eileen Bulger, Susan Huang, Kenneth Sands, Edward Septimus; Moderator: Gregory Simon

• Panel 2: How Do We Generate the Right Evidence to Support Decision-Makers?

  • Panelists: Kenneth Sands, Eileen Bulger, Edward Septimus, Amy Kilbourne, Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, Patrick Heagerty; Moderator: Hayden Bosworth

• Panel 3: Learning Faster

  • Panelists: Gloria Coronado, Natalia Morone, Corita Grudzen, Kevin Chan, Pearl O’Rourke, Cheryl Boyce, Andrea Cook; Moderator: Kevin Weinfurt

• Panel 4: Potential Structures and Incentives for Faster Learning

  • Panelists: David Chambers, Wynne Norton, Tisha Wiley, Kenneth Sands, Edward Septimus, Gloria Coronado, Natalia Morone, Corita Grudzen; Moderator: Richard Platt

Access the complete workshop materials, including slides and videocast recordings, as well as the keynote presentation by Andrew Bindman, executive vice president and chief medical officer for Kaiser Permanente.