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FORMATION OF THE COMMITTEE
In response to the requests of the participants of the June 1982
meeting, Institute president Frederick C. Robbins arranged for the
apppointment of a 24-member committee.
The committee was established January 1, 1983, and was charged with
the development in the ensuing Six months of a plan for a private/public
entity in the assessment of technology related to medical care. The
committee'" charge included defining the mission of the new entity,
identifying the composition of its governing body, outlining possible
short-term and long-term role" of the Institute of Medicine in the
effort, formulating a budget, and suggesting mechanisms for support of
the continuing ef fort .
In developing the plan the committee specifically was to examine
these issues:
o the possible roles of the proposed organization in gathering
and disseminating information on technology assessment,
recommending priorities for assessment, and synthesizing the
results of studies
whether this new organization should support specific
assessments and methodologic studies or should confine its
activities to synthesis of the work of others
o whether existing technologies as well as new ones would be
considered
0 whether the scope of concern would include appropriate use of
technologies as well as safety and efficacy
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the structure and governance of a proposed new organization
o sources of support for the entity.
As broadly representative as the committee was, the breadth of the
community of interests in this undertaking seemed to call for even
greater representation. Thus, two panels auxiliary to the committee
were created and their members invited to each committee meeting
(Appendix 2 and 3~. A Public Sector Liais on Pane 1 had members f ram
appropriate government agencies and the legis lative branch ; a Private
Sector Liaison Panel had members from the medical profession, hospital
and health technology industry, professional societies, insurers,
academic health institutions, and the engineering profession.
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Members of the liaison panels also joined members of the committee
in work on various subcommittees responsible for structuring major
aspects of a new entity in tedbnologic assessment (Appendix 4~.
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