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Newsweek, Statista, ICHOM announcement - World's Best Hospital Ranking
Yesterday, Newsweek and Statista announced the new World’s Best Hospitals ranking. ICHOM Sets have been a factor in determining the leading hospitals around the world since 2023, especially question 2.2 of Statista’s PROMs implementation survey about validated condition-specific instruments. This demonstrates that now, more than ever, it is crucial for providers, payers, industry, policy makers and others

Obesity Set in its Final Stages

The ICHOM Set of Patient-Centered Outcomes Measure for Adult Obesity is nearing its final stages of development. The next working group virtual meeting will take place on February 28th 2024, where working group members will discuss and build consensus on recommended case-mix variables and time collection time points, which will ensure that data collected using the
We are pleased to announce that ICHOM will be starting the development of a Set of Patient-Centered Outcomes Measures for Trauma. This endeavour seeks to bring forth groundbreaking improvements in how trauma outcomes are measured and evaluated, ultimately enhancing patient care globally. Recruitment for the working group Chair and members is currently underway with the first working group
ICHOM is thrilled to continue collaboration with the PROTEUS Consortium, co-promoting relevant events and resources for learning about, researching and measuring outcomes that matter to patients (including although not limited to Patient-Reported Outcomes Measures, PROMs). PROTEUS (the proteus consortium.org) is a valuable source of curated resources for measuring PROs, including practice guides, checklists, templates, and videos. An exciting development is
IQVIA, with support from Medtronic, are hosting their yearly event in Barcelona. This is an excellent opportunity to connect and learn from some of the leading hospital managers and clinicians who spearhead the efforts in Spain. This promises to be an extraordinary event, which is free to attend and takes place on 14th March 2024.
We’re excited to share we have partnered with Université Paris Cité on their Postgraduate Diploma, offering a great discount of 20% if ICHOM is quoted during application. The Université Paris Cité offers a unique VBHC Postgraduate Diploma to help pragmatic leaders make high-value care a reality. This hybrid training program includes VBHC concepts, implementation methods, use cases, immersion visits and outstanding networking
ICHOM and the EHDEN Academy have collaborated to launch a new course: Assessing healthcare using outcomes that matter to patients. ICHOM and the EHDEN Academy have collaborated to launch a new course: Assessing healthcare using outcomes that matter to patients. This ~60 minutes course, delivered by ICHOM’s Chief Scientific Officer Dr Neo Tapela, introduces principles of what
Digital Health Collaborative Launched to Raise the Bar on Evidence and Value for Digital Health Solutions Leading healthcare and consumer organizations have joined the Digital Health Collaborative, a new organization working to advance digital health evidence and adoption. The Collaborative brings together provider groups, purchasers, and end users committed to evidence-based, cost-effective, equitable digital health
ICHOM partner, The Clinician, is celebrating a live use of its ZEDOC solution at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in partnership with SA Health. The South Aus­tralia Statewide Patient Report­ed Mea­sures (PRMs) Pro­gram cel­e­brat­ed its first go-live on 13th Decem­ber 2023, with the South Aus­tralian Med­ical Imag­ing (SAMI) Nuclear Med­i­cine Ther­a­nos­tics Ser­vice. The ZEDOC solu­tion, pro­vid­ed by New Zealand-based health­care com­pa­ny
From our beginning ICHOM has enjoyed the support, collaboration and shared goals of a large number of healthcare leaders around the world.

A new format for ICHOM Sets

Until now, ICHOM’s 45 Sets have been defined and published under open-access, via pdf Reference Guides, with accompanying csv-formatted Data Dictionaries and peer-reviewed journal publications. This has allowed all organizations, irrespective of resources, to utilize ICHOM-defined Sets as a roadmap for implementation. There are two particular challenges with this format. First, it can place an
The Clinician, with Northern Health, recently went live with a new case study on the implementation of the ICHOM lung cancer set along with the results. We’re excited to share this with our community as a real-world example of one of our sets being implemented and the results of doing so. At Northern Health, the
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