ABSTRACT
Global experience demonstrates that the transition of healthcare systems towards better value requires the collaboration of multiple actors, including health industry. Globally, several initiatives are already demonstrating the power of value-based partnerships between public and private sectors.
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Health Care Sector/economics , Private Sector , Public-Private Sector Partnerships/organization & administration , Canada , Delivery of Health Care, Integrated , Global Health , Humans , Inventions/economics , Private Sector/economics , Private Sector/organization & administration , Public-Private Sector Partnerships/economicsABSTRACT
Value-based healthcare models are being adopted globally to maximize value for patients. Given that procurement is at the heart of purchasing value, value-based procurement goes hand in hand with value-based healthcare. Shifting procurement's traditional focus on short-term cost savings to a more holistic objective that includes health system performance and patient outcomes, giving preference to longer-term cost efficiencies, and working with suppliers to identify opportunities to develop more innovative products and services, is proving successful in leading jurisdictions. This article presents an overview of value within healthcare systems and how healthcare value-based procurement is being implemented across various jurisdictions.
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Cost Savings , Delivery of Health Care/economics , Health Care Costs , Patient-Centered Care/economics , Canada , Humans , Patient-Centered Care/organization & administrationABSTRACT
Between 2004 and 2006, the Enhancing Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Primary Health Care (EICP) initiative undertook research on interdisciplinary collaboration. The last report prepared by the Initiative, Interdisciplinary Primary Health Care: Finding the Answers - A Case Study Report, offers a research-based blueprint for action by showcasing some current successful collaborative practices in primary health care. Several key learnings are discussed, especially in areas such as health human resources, funding, liability, regulation, information and communication technologies, management and leadership and planning and evaluation. Each of the primary health care organizations that were studied has created very different organizational cultures and teams. Each has faced different obstacles and developed innovative solutions to overcome them, indicating that there is no single right way, no step-by-step prescription as how to best pursue this method of care. Their innovative approaches are enlightening the way to interdisciplinary primary health care.