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Precision Medicine Technology Research Initiative Clickhere to View our Webinar on the New National GeneralPurpose Face Covering Standard Welcome to the TPA NETWORK Research Consortium a NonProfit IndustryWide Healthcare Research Initiativethat helps ProvidersEvaluate and Assess New Medical Technologies and Innovations Plan ParticipantsObtain LeadingEdge Health Care ScientistsAdvance Medical Research and PayersReduce Risk Technological innovation is an essential element of modern American medicine however studies show that new medical technologies account for as much as 30 of the escalation in healthcare costs over time this makes gaining control of the use of technology one of the most effective means by which to contain healthcare costs. Unfortunately this objective has been fraught with economic social and bioethical challenges as there are more powerful incentives to develop and diffuse technology than there are ones to manage it. Moreover even with this knowledgeat hand little research is done that focuses on helping Payers and Plan Sponsors evaluate new healthcare innovations. leaving them to operate in the dark.