IVI MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: The Alliance for Aging Research

In late January, we sat down with Michael Ward from of IVI's newest members, The Alliance for Aging Research. We are so pleased to partner with such a dynamic organization.       Thank you so much for speaking with us today. Could you tell us a little bit about the Alliance for Aging Research? [...]

2021-10-26T13:37:02-04:00February 22nd, 2021|Blog, Member Spotlight|

Looking Ahead to 2021: Let’s Really Make 2021 the Year of the Patient

Author: Jennifer Bright, MPA, Executive Director, IVI The promise of a new year offers an opportunity to recall our best moments in 2020 (surely there are a few!) and get excited for what's ahead. For IVI, I've been thinking about the accomplishments not just in 2020, but in the three years since I joined this [...]

2020-12-23T11:29:46-05:00December 23rd, 2020|Blog|

IVI MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Andrea Maresca, MPH

Earlier this fall, we sat down with Andrea Maresca, an IVI Board Member, who recently joined our organization. We are thrilled to have an expert in federal and state healthcare policy as part of our organization.       Tell us a little about your background and how you came to be connected with IVI. [...]

2021-10-26T13:37:15-04:00December 10th, 2020|Blog, Member Spotlight|

Tackling Hard Questions in Value

Author: Jennifer Bright, MPA, Executive Director, IVI For decades, we've known that untreated or poorly treated Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is an enormous burden on individual patients, our health care system, and our society. Despite having this knowledge, there is much work to do in order to support and optimize cost-effective care for patients suffering [...]

2020-12-29T17:01:00-05:00September 9th, 2020|Blog|

PRESS RELEASE: IVI’s Next Value Assessment Model to Address Major Depressive Disorder Interventions

First of Its Kind Depression Model to be Informed by Input from Diverse Advisory Group September 9, 2020 — Alexandria, VA — The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI) — a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the science, practice, and use of value assessment in healthcare — today announced a multi-year initiative to build and test [...]

2021-03-23T18:45:01-04:00September 9th, 2020|News, Press|

IVI and the University of Maryland Pharmacy School’s PAVE Center Partner on Patient-Centered Value Assessment

In an article in The Patient, IVI and the Patient-Driven Values in Healthcare Evaluation (PAVE) Center at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy describe how they develop methods and models that make patient-centered value assessment both scientifically feasible and relevant to real-world decisions across the range of stakeholders. Read the full article here.

2020-08-28T17:17:34-04:00August 28th, 2020|News, Viewpoints|

Second Webinar in the ISPOR-IVI Series Explores Whether Value Assessments are Up to the Task in the Age of COVID-19

The second part of a five-part webinar series examining value assessment in the COVID-19 era hosted by ISPOR and the Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI) will explore whether the methods on which health economists have relied are up to task or in need of improvement for the pandemic era. Moderated by Lou Garrison, PhD (University [...]

2020-09-09T09:43:29-04:00August 24th, 2020|News|

PRESS RELEASE: IVI Announces Grant to National Health Council, National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions to Improve Value Assessment

Goal: Identify Areas of Consensus to Ultimately Make the Value Assessment Process Useful to Those Who Receive and Pay for Care Alexandria, VA – July 20, 2020 – The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI), a non-profit research organization dedicated to improving the science and practice of value assessment, announced today it is awarding a grant [...]

2021-03-23T18:46:33-04:00July 20th, 2020|News, Press|

Can Depression Help Employers Improve Their Value Assessment Methods?

IVI's Jennifer Bright and Mike Thompson of the National Alliance for Healthcare Purchasers share how employers can use depression as a "test case" for thinking about how to improve the value assessment process, so that we can apply a "purchaser-patient" lens up front. Read the full article on Employers Benefit News here.

2020-07-15T11:30:30-04:00June 24th, 2020|News, Viewpoints|
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