Case Study: Implementing ICHOM’s Standard Sets of Outcomes – (CADOSA)

Case Study: Implementing ICHOM’s Standard Sets of Outcomes – Coronary Angiogram Database of South Australia (CADOSA) Please download the case study here.
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ICHOM and OECD sign Letter of Intent to collaborate

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) sign a Letter of Intent to collaborate on the collection, analysis and publishing of patient reported outcomes for international comparison.   Today, Health Ministers from over 35 OECD and partner countries discussed ambitions and challenges for The Next Generation of
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ICHOM awarded Innovative Medicine Initiative (IMI) Grant for Cardiovascular Outcomes Big Data Project

The IMI is a collaboration between the European Union and the European pharmaceutical industry. As the world’s biggest life sciences public-private partnership, the IMI facilitates collaboration and provides funding for healthcare stakeholders to conduct pan-European projects to improve healthcare around various key themes. Consortia of healthcare stakeholders come together to apply for highly-competitive grants dedicated to these themes. In December 2016, ICHOM – together
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Case Study: Implementing ICHOM’s Standard Sets of Outcomes – Erasmus Medical Centre in the Netherlands

This case study explores how the cleft surgery department at Erasmus MC have fully implemented ICHOM’s Cleft Lip and Palate Standard Set. Please download here: Download our ICHOM Erasmus MC Case Study
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ICHOM, HCF Research Foundation Enter Long-Term Collaboration

  The ICHOM team is thrilled to announce a new Strategic Alliance with the HCF Research Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Australia’s largest nonprofit health insurer. Says HCF Research Foundation Director Wayne Adams, “We recognize the critical need to shift the Australian health care system towards one based on outcomes, not simply outputs, and see
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BCG’s Rich Lesser on “How Transparency Can Transform Health Care”

  “Outcomes won’t tell you anything useful…unless they’re measured and reported in a uniform way,” writes Rich Lesser, President and CEO at The Boston Consulting Group. Click here to read more.
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Announcing the ICHOM TechHub

The International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) today announced the launch of the ICHOM TechHub, a first-of-its-kind online, review-based directory of electronic tools for outcomes measurement. Today, there exist a growing number of IT platforms that make measuring health outcomes, in particular patient-reported outcomes, easier than ever. However, it is often difficult for hospitals
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BUILDING NATIONAL OUTCOMES REGISTRIES IN THE NETHERLANDS: DICA

  The Dutch Institute for Clinical Auditing, or DICA, is a payer-funded, not-for-profit organisation in the Netherlands that facilitates the development and maintenance of national outcomes registries around medical conditions. Since 2009 DICA has established over 19 registries using a model that benefits clinicians, payers, and — most importantly — patients. This case study describes how DICA was formed and
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Meet our New Strategic Partner: Karolinska University Hospital

  The ICHOM team is pleased to announce a new Strategic Alliance with the Karolinska University Hospital (KUH). We are delighted to partner with one of Scandinavia’s premier health facilities, which is at the very forefront of value-based health care thinking.  KUH’s Strategic Alliance with ICHOM represents both organizations’ commitment to outcomes measurement as a means of driving value in
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ICHOM Advances Value-Based Health Care with First-Ever Global Health Outcomes Benchmarking Program

The International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) has launched the first-ever Global Health Outcomes Benchmarking (GLOBE) program, aiming to provide risk-adjusted, international benchmarks on health care outcomes by medical condition. The GLOBE program will create a central place where data, collected in accordance with the ICHOM Standard Sets, are securely compiled. It is the
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