Value-Based Healthcare is a term that is often referred to by scholars and healthcare stakeholders when they discuss the need to transform our current healthcare systems into something that is value-driven and more efficient. However, there are as many definitions of \u201cvalue\u201d as people out there, even though they all share the same goals (i.e., to reduce waste of resources in the healthcare sector). Aiming to come up with an \u201cEuropean definition\u201d of the term and a model of value-based healthcare applicable to the whole of the EU, the European Commission has given a mandate to an \u201cExpert Panel on effective Ways of Investing in Health\u201d (EXPH) to work on the topic and draft an opinion on it. In their opinion (which will be published at the end of June) they will lay-out a series of aspects to be considered as well as tangible results to be achieved to make a real value-based change on Europe\u2019s healthcare systems.<\/p>\n
The EXPH has organised today a hearing anticipating the results of their draft opinion on \u201cValue-based healthcare\u201d. For them, \u201cvalue\u201d is a multi-faceted term encompassing the European societal values of solidarity. They also proposed six long-term recommendations to implement value-based healthcare in the EU countries. These are:<\/p>\n
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While the EFN welcomes and endorses all of these, these are insufficient and lack a series of concrete steps for stakeholders to take to implement operational value-based healthcare systems. The EFN, as a strong advocate in this field, has already published policy statements on value-based health<\/a>, the need for investing in health<\/a>, and patient empowerment<\/a>. These should be considered together with the EXPH recommendations by the European Commission and all relevant EU stakeholders interested in healthcare.<\/p>\n \n In any value-based healthcare system, nurses will play a key role in bringing up the \u201cvalue\u201d. They are to a large extent responsible for the collection of healthcare data, and their work is intimately linked to health outcomes and patients\u2019 experience. Hence, the EFN calls for more initiatives linking nursing to value-based approaches, leaving aside the traditional disease-oriented approaches, and putting the patient at the centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Value-Based Healthcare is a term that is often referred to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16746,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=16746","url_meta":{"origin":11304,"position":0},"title":"Value-Based Healthcare – What does it mean in the EU!","author":"efn efn","date":"September 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the major challenges we face as a society is the rising cost of healthcare systems. 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