The new Blueprint for Patient-Centered Value Research offers a roadmap for embedding patient voices throughout every stage of the research journey to foster more equitable, transparent, and responsive health care systems.
A new Blueprint for Patient-Centered Value Research has arrived, offering a vital roadmap for embedding patient voices throughout every stage of the research journey to foster more equitable, transparent, and responsive health care systems. | Image Credit: Viacheslav - stock.adobe.com
The Blueprint for Patient-Centered Value Research was released by the Center for Innovation & Value Research as a new foundational resource to provide practical guidance on embedding patient perspectives throughout the entire research lifecycle to foster more equitable, transparent, and responsive health care research and decision-making systems.1
“The Blueprint is rooted in the idea that patients should not only be the subject of research, but they should also help shape it,” Rick Chapman, PhD, chief science officer at the Center for Innovation & Value Research, said in a press release.
This resource aims to support patient-centered value research by providing guidance for a wide range of stakeholders, including researchers, patients, caregivers, advocacy groups, payers, health care providers, and life science companies.2 It encourages these stakeholders to strengthen patient partnerships in their research processes, emphasizing that meaningful engagement with diverse patients and caregivers is crucial for advancing value-based health care and research.
Multiple health-related disparities disproportionately affect certain demographic groups, especially racial and ethnic minorities, who are oftentimes socioeconomically disadvantaged.3 In 2019 alone, health disparities cost the US more than $450 billion, imposing substantial economic costs. Investing in preventive care, building community partnerships, and advancing technology can create a healthier future where everyone has access to the care they need to thrive.
The conceptual blueprint of value research focused on understanding the value of health care services, interventions, treatments, and policies.2 This includes comparative clinical effectiveness research, patient-centered outcomes research, cost-effectiveness analysis, health technology assessment (HTA) or value assessment, and patient-centered HTA or value assessment.
The "Blueprint for Patient-Centered Value Research" outlines 6 stages for integrating patient perspectives throughout the research process. This approach ensures patient input shapes research priorities, methodologies, and outcomes, aiming to authentically reflect patient experiences, needs, and preferences.
The 6 stages are:
The Blueprint is intended to drive long-term change in how evidence is generated, evaluated, and applied in health care policy and practice, and it offers a shared foundation for inclusive, multistakeholder collaboration.1
“By centering patient priorities and experiences, we can create more relevant, trustworthy, and equitable evidence to inform health care decisions,” Chapman concluded.
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