Celebrating over 30 years of independent research

Medical Technology & Practice Patterns Institute (MTPPI) is a nonprofit organization established in 1986 to conduct research on the clinical and economic implications of health care technologies. MTPPI’s research is directed toward the formulation and implementation of local and national health care policies.

With extensive investigator experience in both the public and private sectors, MTPPI’s staff designs, implements, and conducts a full range of healthcare research and technology development activities. Our staff includes statisticians, epidemiologists, economists, programmers, biomedical engineers, and policy analysts. We specialize in using big data to conduct “real-time”, “real-world” studies that are both affordable and useful for healthcare stakeholders.

“By enhancing the methods for conducting Comparative Effectiveness Research, MTPPI will provide information that will ultimately help people make more fully informed health and healthcare decisions.”

Dr. Joe Selby, PCORI Executive Director

Board of Directors

  • Tom Keon, President of Ridgewells Inc.
  • Dr. Stephen Heyse, Director of NIAMS (retired)

  • Grant Perry, CEO of PatientPilot Inc.

  • Dennis Cotter, President of MTPPI

MTPPI Senior Leadership

Dennis CotterPresident
Mr. Cotter serves as the President of MTPPI. He is an experienced outcomes-investigator and was one of the first healthcare researchers to use large scale computer arrays to analyze electronic healthcare claims data. His work appears in top-tier medical journals and has influenced international clinical organizations, US Congressional legislation, and CMS policy. He has been cited by leading medical publications and mass media outlets. Mr. Cotter is responsible for leading the day-to-day operations of the Institute.
Dr. Mae ThamerDirector of Research
Dr. Thamer is responsible for the oversight of MTPPI’s research program. She has extensive healthcare research experience dating back over two decades, with particular expertise using big data to improve outcomes for patients with chronic conditions. Dr. Thamer has conducted numerous large scale studies on renal failure (CKD), end-stage renal disease (ESRD), diabetes, lupus, and other chronic conditions. Dr. Thamer is particularly interested in the analysis of new and emerging technologies in the health care arena.

Researcher Spotlight:

Dr. Yi Zhang

LATEST RESEARCH

Dr. Zhang is a Senior Research Associate at MTPPI. She has extensive experience in healthcare and biostatistical research, designing and conducting studies using large administrative databases. Dr. Zhang is an expert at using advanced statistical techniques known as Causal Inference methods (Marginal Structural Models, g estimator and dynamic treatment regimes). She has spent the last 10 years working on applying causal inference modeling to studies of chronic health conditions and has received national acclaim for her work in the area of anemia management for dialysis patients. Dr. Zhang is the Principal Investigator of several projects advancing method approaches to using causal modeling and is the lead organizer of the CIMPOD Conference series.

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