Asking questions, researching answers to help improve medical care

Sharon Brangman, MD, and Joe Selby, MD (photo by Jim) Sharon
Brangman, MD, and Joe Selby, MD (photo by Jim) Patients, health
care providers and medical insurers are among the groups who may
have a question about medical care that cannot be answered with
existing research. The Patients, health care providers and medical
insurers are among the groups who may have a question about medical
care that cannot be answered with existing research. The
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Patient-Centered
Outcomes Research Institute tackles such questions.  The
institute's executive director, Joe Selby, MD, explains how the
organization's research works to  involve and benefit the
doctors, patientsm caregivers and others affected by a particular
medical issue. He spoke in Syracuse recently at a tackles such
questions.  The institute's executive director, Joe Selby, MD,
explains how the organization's research works to  involve and
benefit the doctors, patientsm caregivers and others affected by a
particular medical issue. He spoke in Syracuse recently at a FOCUS
Greater Syracuse FOCUS Greater Syracuse forum and also made time to
join  forum and also made time to join  Sharon Brangman,
MD Sharon Brangman, MD, for a "HealthLink on Air" interview.
Brangman, the chair for the new department of geriatrics at
Upstate, addresses local efforts to identify the concerns of aging
patients and their families, such a  being able to remain in
one's own home., for a "HealthLink on Air" interview. Brangman, the
chair for the new department of geriatrics at Upstate, addresses
local efforts to identify the concerns of aging patients and their
families, such a  being able to remain in one's own home.