Let the Work Begin – Is the shift towards patient-centered healthcare research actually starting?
By Maggie Jalowsky, Sick Cells and Jennifer Bright, Innovation and Value Initiative Patient Engagement Gains Traction Patient engagement in healthcare research is having a moment. Conferences, public policies, and thought leaders have finally begun [...]
PRESS RELEASE: IVI and AcademyHealth Launch Project to Improve Measurement of Patient Health Care Costs
Ensuring meaningful change in value assessment means recognizing the full economic impacts of serious health conditions on patients and caregivers Alexandria, VA — July 27, 2022 — The Innovation and Value Initiative [...]
IVI and the Arthritis Foundation Recognize July as Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
We were so pleased to speak with Ms. Shannan O'Hara Levi about her experience growing up with juvenile arthritis. Listen as she offers an authentic perspective for people living with this serious health condition [...]
IVI Foundation Board Appoints Dr. Jason Spangler as Chief Executive Officer
Alexandria, VA — July 19, 2022 — The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI), a non-profit research organization committed to advancing the science, practice, and use of value assessment in health care, today announced the appointment of [...]
IVI and PAVE Center (University of Maryland) Present at ISPOR 2022
In the ongoing collaboration between IVI and PAVE Center, University of Maryland, the research team has been working to identify patient-driven priorities for major depressive disorder (MDD) and explore how these priorities can be used [...]
Moving Beyond Theory: The Need for Active Cultivation of the Value Flower
Despite decades of investment in patient-centered health care, we are all too aware that decisions about access and value are typically made in the context of financial risk management, and often without the input of [...]
IVI Co-Authored Paper Published in The Patient
IVI is pleased to share that a patient-centered impact paper, co-authored by IVI's Jennifer Bright, was released this morning in The Patient - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research. The paper, "Patient-Centered Core Impact Sets – What They [...]
Heard on the Street at ISPOR
Last week, the IVI team traveled to the Washington, D.C. area for the 2022 ISPOR Annual Conference, and we were absolutely thrilled to see so many of you in person. It reminded us of [...]
IVI Discusses Mental Health Care Challenges with USC Schaeffer Center
For Mental Health Awareness Month, IVI sat down with Dr. Seth Seabury, from the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, to discuss critical gaps in the understanding of value in [...]
IVI Talks Minority Health with Sick Cells
For National Minority Health Awareness Month, IVI sits down with Sick Cells to discuss the minority community experience in the US healthcare system and lessons learned to ensuring that all are at the table [...]
AJMC Highlights the Launch of IVI’s Health Equity Initiative
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 [...]
PRESS RELEASE: IVI Launches Health Equity Initiative
Ensuring meaningful change in value assessment to recognize diversity, address existing health disparities, and promote equitable access to care Alexandria, VA — April 27, 2022 — The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI), a non-profit [...]