Since its establishment, ICHOM has been an organization that has valued the insights and co-leadership of patients (lived experience experts*) in the assessment of health outcomes that enables patient involvement in healthcare decisions, and continuous improvement and high value patient-centered care around the world.
We are dedicated to patient-centricity in the promotion of health outcomes most important to patients, and in the approach we take across our initiatives, such that patient collaboration is at the heart of all our work. This includes creating processes and environments that facilitate patient engagement such as in the co-design of ICHOM sets of patient-centered outcome measures.
We are therefore pleased to announce the ICHOM Patient Charter, which provides a framework to further strengthen partnerships with patients and patient communities built on equity, trust, and respect. The ICHOM Patient Charter outlines our commitments to the patient community, and comprises eight statements relating to the empowerment actions and ways of working that patients can expect when collaborating with ICHOM.
