While discussion of value frameworks has grown in academic and policy meeting settings, physician education on the subject is still in its very early stages, said Steven D. Pearson, MD, MSc, president of the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review.
While discussion of value frameworks has grown in academic and policy meeting settings, physician education on the subject is still in its very early stages, said Steven D. Pearson, MD, MSc, president of the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review.
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How are physicians being educated on the multiple value framework tools being developed?
I think that we are in the early days around the development and the application of value frameworks in a variety of different areas. For clinicians, to me, there are 2 important things. They ought to be part of the conversation around value. They ought to do it through their societies, but also as clinicians, even as individuals.
I think to have a good understanding of the ways that patients, payers, and policy makers think about value so that, again, they can contribute to that discussion. So I think that how they’re being educated now is pretty haphazard. I think this is continuing to grow in importance at academic meetings and at policy meetings, but the average clinician really hasn’t heard much about value frameworks yet. So we’ve a lot of work to do.
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