At the midpoint of the Health Affairs and IVI blog series, PCORI’s Nakela Cook discusses an essential lesson from the pandemic that must be applied to clinical research, healthcare delivery, and public health – patients must help drive the calculus that policymakers apply to building a more equitable, affordable healthcare system that delivers optimal outcomes.

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About the Blog Series

The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI) has partnered with Health Affairs to produce a blog series that will explore the future of value assessment in a post-pandemic U.S. We hope this series will foster inclusive conversations and actionable ideas for improving value assessment through IVI research initiatives. The series will feature diversity of voices exploring a range of the most pressing issues in health economics and value assessment today.