Ms. Stacey Courtnay Explores Key Findings from IVI and Arthritis Foundation Research

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 […]

Jennifer Bright Shares Views on a Patient-Centered Learning Health System

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, […]

Getting Value Right

IVI’s Jennifer Bright and Rick Chapman recently published a commentary in STAT describing the urgency of getting value assessment right. Read the full commentary below. It’s time to get health care value assessment right By Jennifer Bright and Richard H. Chapman, April 15, 2021 Trying to gauge the value of new drugs and devices is […]

Partnering for Patient-Centricity

In a commentary published in the American Journal of Managed Care, IVI’s Jennifer Bright, EveryLife Foundation’s Annie Kennedy, and National Health Council’s Eleanor Perfetto teamed up to describe how their organizations are joining forces to advance patient-centric value assessment measurements. “Patient centricity” — engaging with patients as partners, rather than doing on behalf of the […]

How to Strengthen Value Assessment’s Tool Box

With attention increasingly focused on the Biden Administration’s new interest in a German-style panel to determine fair healthcare pricing, Jennifer Bright says we’re at a crucial time to be absolutely clear about value – and how to measure it with patients’ perspectives fully represented. Read about IVI’s principles for HTA in the US on the […]

The Promise of MCDA to Improve Equity in Value Assessment

In a commentary in AJMC, IVI examines how multi-criteria decision analysis has the potential to better understand and assess value for innovative cell and gene therapies which are transforming the lives of patients living with serious diseases. Read the full article here.

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.

Expanding Value Assessment Beyond Drugs

Jennifer Bright writes in Morning Consult that while we’ve made progress assessing the value of biopharmaceuticals, more focus is needed to develop bout transparent, patient-centered value assessment methods in healthcare technologies beyond drugs. Read the full article here.