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Two or more organizations sharing a mutually beneficial endeavor to deliver the highest value to the health care system and society by focusing on improving patient outcomes* in the context of system and societal total costs
Quality of patient-relevant health outcomes achieved For example, overall survival, quality of life, adverse events, degree of health, symptoms relief
Positive externalities For example, productivity at work, impact on families
Cost of delivering the outcomes For example, cost of medication, hospitalization, cost of administration, care provider time
Disease education/engagement initiatives
Patient identification/predictive models
EMR initiatives
> Reviewing care pathways
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Health technology innovation
Jointly pursue opportunities to improve the efficiency, cost and quality of care, and patient experience
Identify new approaches to patient care that combine therapeutics, services, technology, and analytics
Build relationships with mutually invested partners to encompass multiyear collaborations
Act on generated insights to help support improvements in patient care