While reviewing policy and regulatory frameworks is certainly important to enable and facilitate the transition to value-based care models, there is another important factor to consider.
Dr. Tamara Sumbul, Medical Director of Clinical Informatics at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare in Saudi Arabia, gave demonstrations at the following events: HIMSS24 APAC What does a successful values-based national health program look like?. She spoke at the session “Smart Hospitals, Shaping Population Health and Value-Based Care through Digital Mastery.”
“It's not just doctors, it's not just nurses, it's not just hospitals,” she said of Johns Hopkins Aramco's CarePlus program. The program has been shown to meet and even exceed patient experience and health outcomes goals thanks to multi-stakeholder collaboration.
“The reality is that communities, governments, everyone is coming together to make this happen. It's about creating green spaces, athletic facilities and wellness programs across the board.”
“Achieving value-based care models requires collaboration, including public-private partnerships. We can't do this alone. We can't just do it as a health system. We need communities and everyone to come together. ” said the doctor. Mr. Sunbyul emphasized.
However, she argued that reviewing policies and regulations and adjusting payment methods are all important in pursuing value-based care models at the health system level.
“If you're only going to compensate people when they see patients in the hospital, what good is that? No one's going to do population health, because if people are going to treat or prevent disease, Start with “Because you need compensation for when you are.'' ”
“The current way[hospitals]are compensated to benefit the people who visit them… needs to change if we want to improve the health of our population and introduce values-based care,” she said. insisted.
