RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 How true outcomes-based commissioning can really ‘liberate’ healthcare services
JF Future Hospital Journal
JO Future Hosp J
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP 147
OP 149
DO 10.7861/futurehosp.2-2-147
VO 2
IS 2
A1 Diane Bell
A1 Thomas Kelley
A1 Nicholas Hicks
YR 2015
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/2/2/147.abstract
AB Healthcare systems all over the world face the challenge of variable care quality, inefficiency and increasing costs. A potential solution is value-based healthcare, where the aim is to achieve the best outcomes at the lowest cost. However, the measurement of outcomes that really reflect what matters most to patients is currently rudimentary. The International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) has been developed to create globally consistent sets of outcomes that reflect what matters most to patients. Incorporating such sets of outcomes into capitated outcome-based and incentivised contracts will incentivise better outcomes and greater cost efficiency.