The Prescription Project

From the press release:

Supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Prescription Project is an initiative of Community Catalyst, a Boston-based health care advocacy organization, in partnership with the Institute on Medicine as a Profession (IMAP). Funded by a $6 million grant from Pew, The Prescription Project will work over the next two years with medical and consumer stakeholders, policy makers and both public and private payers to:

• Document the scope of the problem and its impact on health care quality and cost;
• Collaborate with leading Academic Medical Centers (AMCs), physician organizations, public and private health plans, consumer organizations, and policy makers to promote best practices in prescribing;
• Assist AMCs and professional medical societies in adopting policy reforms; and
• Undertake a wide range of policy initiatives in partnership with public and private payers to increase the use of evidence-based systems and reduce conflicts of interest.

Click here to read the entire press release. Thanks to Anne and Lois!