Box 35

Scope and Contents From the File:

In 1990, McNerney became a member of the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research (AHCPR). This was the same time the Agency was beginning to develop clinical practice guidelines. The guidelines were based on objective data and peer reviewed. They were controversial because many physicians felt they limited their clinical autonomy and others felt they hurt them economically. The Advisory Council material and the Agency material are filed together.

Scope and Contents From the File:

In 1990, McNerney became a member of the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research (AHCPR). This was the same time the Agency was beginning to develop clinical practice guidelines. The guidelines were based on objective data and peer reviewed. They were controversial because many physicians felt they limited their clinical autonomy and others felt they hurt them economically. The Advisory Council material and the Agency material are filed together.

Scope and Contents From the File:

In 1990, McNerney became a member of the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research (AHCPR). This was the same time the Agency was beginning to develop clinical practice guidelines. The guidelines were based on objective data and peer reviewed. They were controversial because many physicians felt they limited their clinical autonomy and others felt they hurt them economically. The Advisory Council material and the Agency material are filed together.

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This folder includes material concerning McNerney's personal efforts to preserve AHPCR

Scope and Contents From the File:

In 1990, McNerney became a member of the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research (AHCPR). This was the same time the Agency was beginning to develop clinical practice guidelines. The guidelines were based on objective data and peer reviewed. They were controversial because many physicians felt they limited their clinical autonomy and others felt they hurt them economically. The Advisory Council material and the Agency material are filed together.

Scope and Contents From the File:

In 1990, McNerney became a member of the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research (AHCPR). This was the same time the Agency was beginning to develop clinical practice guidelines. The guidelines were based on objective data and peer reviewed. They were controversial because many physicians felt they limited their clinical autonomy and others felt they hurt them economically. The Advisory Council material and the Agency material are filed together.

Scope and Contents From the File:

In 1990, McNerney became a member of the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research (AHCPR). This was the same time the Agency was beginning to develop clinical practice guidelines. The guidelines were based on objective data and peer reviewed. They were controversial because many physicians felt they limited their clinical autonomy and others felt they hurt them economically. The Advisory Council material and the Agency material are filed together.

Scope and Contents From the Series: These materials reflect McNerney's activities while the Herman Smith Professor of Health Policy at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. The files include his lecture notes and a small amount of other University-related material. Much more of the material concerns McNerney's activities with various government commissions, non-governmental organizations, and corporate boards. Of particular note are the files concerning his successful fight to save the Agency for Health Care Policy and...