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ICER's mission is to lead innovation in comparative effectiveness research through methods that integrate considerations of clinical benefit and economic value. Through a unique collaboration with patients, clinicians, manufacturers, insurers and other healthcare stakeholders, ICER develops tools to support patient decisions and medical policy that share the goal of achieving maximum value for every healthcare dollar.
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| ICER report on prostate cancer mentioned in Ventura County Star article |
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Use of surgical robots on rise in operating rooms
MIAMI — The da Vinci Surgical System. Three robots — no waiting. It could be the slogan of South Miami Hospital, where 19 surgeons are on track to perform more than 1,000 robotic surgeries this year. Since its program began in 2007, hospital executives say it has become one of the world's busiest centers for surgeries using the robots, formally called da Vinci Surgical Systems. They say the hospital ranks fifth in the combined total of gynecologic, prostate, thoracic, bariatric, colorectal and heart surgeries performed with robots. Read more from the March 19, 2010 Ventura County Star.
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