The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI) has issued the following statement in response to the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER)'s recently published white paper, "Advancing Health Technology Assessment Methods that Support Health Equity." IVI commends some of the practical learnings and supports ICER on the exploration of how "[health technology assessment] HTA [...]
By Jennifer Bright, MPA In 2021, the Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI) first hosted a webinar series on the implications of health technology assessment (HTA) for health equity, drawing attention to the limitations of data and methods, and the inability to understand the impact of HTA for patients and families already experiencing disparities. Since [...]
Hear from industry though leaders including CMS, PCORI, researchers, payers, employers, and patient advocates as they come together to provide meaningful dialogue, insight, solutions and continue working toward answering the question: How can we center equity in healthcare? Keynote Speakers: Dora Hughes, Nakela Cook, and Donna Cryer What: 4th Annual IVI Methods Summit: Rewriting the [...]
Alexandria, VA – March 8, 2023 – The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI), a non-profit research organization committed to advancing the science, practice, and use of health technology assessment (HTA) in healthcare, released their Health Equity Initiative (HEI) Update - Synthesis of Cross-Stakeholder Insights. The report is part of IVI's multi-year Health Equity Initiative, [...]
Alexandria, VA – March 2, 2023 – The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI), a non-profit research organization committed to advancing the science, practice, and use of health technology assessment (HTA) in healthcare, is inviting eligible individuals and research teams to submit innovative ideas addressing questions to advance research to better define, measure, and reward [...]
Alexandria, VA – February 7, 2023 – The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI), a non-profit research organization committed to advancing the science, practice, and use of health technology assessment in healthcare, is announcing their Engaging Patients with Rare Disease in Identifying Meaningful Approaches to CER and Value Assessment launch as part of their Rare [...]
Alexandria, VA – January 26, 2023 – The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI), a non-profit research organization committed to advancing the science, practice, and use of health technology assessment in health care, today announced the release of its proceedings report from the 2022 Third Annual IVI Methods Summit, Valuing Innovation. The IVI Third Annual [...]
Alexandria, VA – January 18, 2023 – The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI), a non-profit research organization committed to advancing research that focuses on the patient experience. In line with their mission, IVI has created a Value Blueprint to identify common themes, key perspectives and feedback on the working equity framework as part of [...]
Alexandria, VA – December 12, 2022 – The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI), a non-profit research organization committed to advancing the science, practice, and use of value assessment in health care, today announced the addition of three new members to its Board of Directors: Rachel Patterson, MPA, Suzanne Schrandt, JD, and Adam Thompson. Elected [...]
IVI and AcademyHealth have partnered to develop a framework for healthcare researchers to ensure we address the full range of economic impacts on patients and caregivers. Additional information on the project is available here.
