Director's Update

New Efforts to Increase Transparency & Stakeholder Engagement

• Briefings on screening for prostate and cervical cancer:
  • Open to all, approximately 150 phone lines utilized on each call.
  • Each briefing provided:
    • An overview of the USPSTF and its recommendation-making process.
    • A summary of the evidence on the benefits and harms of screening.
    • A description of the specific recommendations.
    • A discussion of the USPSTF rationale.
• Beginning in December 2011, posting all draft Research Plans for public comment:
  • Includes analytic framework, key questions, and inclusion/exclusion criteria.
  • First topic, screening for peripheral arterial disease.

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