THE NEW
Australian Centre for Value-Based Health Care Bringing together education, research and best practice to promote value-based healthcare in Australia.
From delivering volume to delivering value Since the 2006 publication of Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results by Professors Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Teisberg, health organisations around the world have been exploring how to move the focus of their activities from delivering volume to delivering value. In doing so, they have sought to re-orient health service delivery to provide improved patient outcomes, often while reducing the overall cost of delivery. While much of the work to date has taken place overseas, the value-based health care movement is building momentum in Australia. Section 7c of the February 2018 COAG Heads of Agreement on public hospital funding and health reform includes ‘paying for value and outcomes’ as part of new long-term system-wide reforms agreed for further development by the COAG Health Council. Many proof-of-concept trials are under way, and state health departments are actively pursuing value-based care projects. To implement value-based healthcare principles within the Australian health system, an evidence base (including research and case studies) within the Australian context will be needed, as well as 16
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local resources to support training, implementation and evaluation.
The new Australian Centre for Value-Based Health Care In view of the developments outlined above, AHHA has established the Australian Centre for Value-Based Health Care. The Centre will act as a hub, bringing together educational and training opportunities, as well as quality research, best-practice case studies and other resources to support thought leadership, advocacy and skill development in implementing value-based healthcare. The Centre aims to: • increase knowledge and understanding of the principles of value-based healthcare • build the skills required to successfully implement value-based healthcare • influence public policy to enable the transition to value-based healthcare, focused on outcomes and patient-centred models of care and supported by innovative funding models • curate and share best-practice examples, theory and research on value-based healthcare • be recognised as the Australian thought leadership organisation for value-based healthcare.
