The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) highlights the launch of IVI's Health Equity Initiative, where IVI is engaging with partners and stakeholders, including patients, employers, payers, manufacturers, researchers, health systems, and policymakers, to understand how equity is (or more often is not) considered within the current methods and practice of value assessment. Through this [...]
IVI has had some of our articles recently published. See below for brief summaries and links to the full article. Early Reflections on Stakeholder Engagement in Economic Model Development to Inform Value Assessment (Value Outcomes and Spotlight) Early-stage insights from the IVI-MDD model development show that continual stakeholder engagement yields important insights for the model [...]
In a commentary published by the American Journal of Managed Care on December 17, 2021, Ms. Stacy Courtnay highlights how lived experiences like hers can inform healthcare research. In "In Evaluating Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatments, Involving Patients is Key," she also explores key findings from the joint IVI and Arthritis Foundation research paper released in November [...]
In a Journal of Accountable Care commentary, IVI Executive Director Jennifer Bright writes that to move toward a truly patient-centered learning health system, data transparency and common-good use must be a greater priority. She describes how IVI is a learning lab within the value and health technology assessment community, grounded in the principles of patient-centricity, [...]
Arthritis Foundation and Innovation and Value Initiative Release Paper Highlighting Patient Perspectives in Rheumatoid Arthritis Alexandria, VA — November 1, 2021 — The Arthritis Foundation and the Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI) have partnered with people living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to publish a new report highlighting the need for healthcare research and value [...]
IVI's Chief Science Officer, Rick Chapman, spoke with AJMC after CMMI’s webinar to discuss their strategic refresh and IVI’s principles for value assessment. Read the full article on AJMC here. The Innovation and Value Initiative is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit research organization committed to advancing the science, practice, and use of value assessment in healthcare [...]
Results Will Inform IVI's Major Depressive Disorder Model Professor Susan dosReis, PhD and Associate Professor Julia Slejko, PhD of the Center for Patient Driven Values in Healthcare Evaluation (PAVE), University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, will present research done in collaboration with the Innovation and Value Initiative at the Society for Medical Decision Making's [...]
National Quality Forum's Dana Gelb Safran will Keynote October 27th Event Alexandria, VA — September 30, 2021 — The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI), an independent, nonprofit research organization dedicated to advancing patient-centric value assessment, today opened registration and announced its keynote speaker for the second annual Methods Summit. This multi-stakeholder event will drive consensus on priority patient inputs, methods, and research that more fully represent the patient perspective [...]
The staff and volunteer leaders of the Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI) mourn the passing of Samuel Nussbaum, MD, on September 23, 2021. Dr. Nussbaum chaired the IVI Board of Directors since 2019 and was involved in IVI's founding in 2016.A brilliant and caring endocrinologist and teacher, Dr. Nussbaum was a longtime leader of efforts [...]
Value Blueprints Research Brief Explores Patient-Driven Value Element Framework to Identify Factors Most Important to Patients Alexandria, VA — June 3, 2021 — The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI), an independent, nonprofit research organization dedicated to advancing patient-centric value assessment, today released a research brief describing the application of a patient-driven value elements framework in [...]
