PRESS RELEASE: USC Schaeffer Center and IVI Partner on New Research

Examining Disparities for Children Diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder Alexandria, VA — April 11, 2022 — The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI), a nonprofit research organization committed to advancing the science, practice, and use of value assessment in healthcare, today announced a collaboration with the University of Southern California Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health […]

PRESS RELEASE: IVI Releases Annual Methods Summit Proceedings Report

Health Care Organization Releases Summit Proceedings for Elevating Patient Perspective in Research and Value Assessment Alexandria, VA — March 22, 2022 — The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI), an independent, nonprofit research organization dedicated to advancing patient-centric value assessment, today announced the release of proceedings from the second annual Methods Summit, Designing Equitable Measures and Methods […]

CHEERS to IVI Principles

ISPOR recently released its 2022 Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS 2022), the first update for health economic modeling reporting methods since 2013. The report includes a 28-item checklist that economic modelers can use in designing studies, and now includes more direction on the intention behind the different standards. Notably, the CHEERS report adds […]

CHEERS to IVI’s Commitment to Advancing Health Equity in Value Assessment

The Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS) 2022 has been updated to reflect recent developments in economic evaluation methods. The revised report highlights four new standards, including the need to assess how impacts are distributed across different subgroups and priority populations (e.g., individuals of lower socioeconomic status). With growing recognition about how existing approaches […]

CHEERS to IVI’s Commitment to Transparency

When the updated CHEERS report[1]Husereau D, Drummond M, Augustovski F, et al. Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards 2022 (CHEERS 2022) Explanation and Elaboration: A Report of the ISPOR CHEERS II Good … Continue reading encouraged the use of health economic analysis plans (HEAP), we saw this as an opportunity to call for a joint effort […]

CHEERS to Patient Engagement

It’s Time for Patients to Drive Healthcare Research When the new CHEERS report was released, we were pleased to see the updated standards regarding patient and stakeholder engagement. These standards reflect a growing recognition that patient and stakeholder engagement need to be incorporated into economic evaluations and healthcare research from the conceptualization stage rather than […]

PRESS RELEASE: IVI Announces 2022 Patient Advisory Council

New Council Reflects Growing Partnerships with People with Lived Experience Alexandria, VA — March 10, 2022 — The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI), an independent, nonprofit research organization dedicated to advancing patient-centric value assessment, has named its Patient Advisory Council for 2022. The Patient Advisory Council reports to the IVI Board of Directors and provides […]

PRESS RELEASE: IVI Submits Comments to ICER Draft COVID-19 Report

Patient-centricity and transparency are essential for assessing value in health care Alexandria, VA — March 3, 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 submitted comments on the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) Draft […]