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“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.
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
  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
  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
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
The ICHOM team is thrilled to announce our collaboration with the Al Jalila Foundation and their Dubai Bone and Joint Centre. ICHOM will be working closely the Al Jalila during 2016 to implement our Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis and Low Back Pain Standard Sets using our capacity building implementation support model. The Al Jalila Foundation
Writing in Harvard Business Review, ICHOM’s Caleb Stowell and Christina Akerman explain why outcomes measurement is the heart of the value agenda. Click here to read the article.
Momentum continues to build around the world with institutions and registries measuring ICHOM Standard Sets. A few recent additions to the network include Fortis Healthcare, Ramsay Healthcare, and Mayo Clinic. Fortis Healthcare, operator of 54 health care facilities in India, Dubai, Mauritius, and Sri Lanka, has started measuring the Coronary Artery Disease Standard Set; Ramsay
In the last six months, our standardization team began development of Standard Sets for Dementia, Craniofacial Microsomia, Heart Failure, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer, Older Persons, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and Overactive Bladder. This brings us closer to our aim to cover more than half of the global burden of disease (GBD) by 2017.

“A measure of success”

Click here for a new article in which ICHOM’s Jason Arora and Thomas Kelley discuss implementation of ICHOM Standard Sets in NHS hospitals and around the world.  
In a new interview, Jennifer Clawson, an Associate Director at the Boston Consulting Group, discusses value-based health care, ICHOM, and the power of outcomes measurement. Click here to watch the video.
A new article in the Harvard Business Review, “Measuring and Communicating Health Care Value with Charts,” suggests the radar chart as “an effective means to visually depict outcome and cost data simultaneously.” Click here to read it.
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