External publications
2021
Patient-centric outcomes at the foundation of care: insights for healthcare executives
An explanatory review article on value-based healthcare (VBHC).
This paper provides a thorough background to VBHC, explaining the benefits of VBHC, the leading economic models, and the implementation...
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2021
EU Health Systems Post-Pandemic: Delivering Care to Patients at the Right Place and Time
A Friends of Europe report, with recommendations on how to optimise delivery of care to patients
The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly been a challenging burden for healthcare systems across Europe....
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2021
Harnessing data for better cancer care
The report assesses the essential role of data in cancer care to improve outcomes for all people with cancer. It offers policymakers, care providers, patients and decision-makers a forward-looking vie...
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2021
Patient-Reported Outcome Measures – an International Comparison
Healthcare quality is predominantly assessed using clinical or process indicators such as blood pressure or mortality rates, with the patient perspective often missing. Patient-Reported Outcome Measur...
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2021
The new strategic agenda for value transformation
The model for value-based healthcare introduced in 2006 by Porter and Teisberg is still relevant, but it is incomplete. Porter and Teisberg put a strong focus on measuring outcomes, but how to use the...
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2021
Value-based Healthcare: The answer to our future health challenges? The sense and non-sense of VBHC today, with recommendations for tomorrow
We live in a strongly ageing society in which the demand for care is growing and changing, while the number of people who can provide that care is not increasing correspondingly. High-quality innovati...
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