The Digital Health Collaborative, a new organization dedicated to advancing the evidence and adoption of digital health solutions at a time when digital health technologies are in demand, is backed by support from 14 leading healthcare and consumer organizations. I’m getting it.
Despite advances in this field, buyers face the challenge of determining the best solution for their digital health needs.
This new initiative brings together provider groups, purchasers, and end users working on evidence-based, cost-effective, and equitable digital health solutions.
The Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI), an initiative of the Peterson Center on Healthcare, is a supporter of this collaboration.
PHTI evaluates digital health solutions to determine their clinical effectiveness on behalf of patients and their financial impact for purchasers such as payers, healthcare providers, and employers.
Meg Barron, PHTI’s managing director of engagement and outreach, spoke with Managed Healthcare Executives. “To increase purchaser trust and adoption of digital health solutions, collaborating members will collaborate on research, programs and knowledge sharing. Initial activities will include nationwide efforts.” These include digital health buyer surveys, grantmaking through the Research Impact Fund, and regular meetings, including an annual summit. ”
Collaborating members include:
- AARP
- Ahip
- Alliance for Connected Care
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- American Telemedicine Association (ATA)
- Consumer Technology Association (CTA)
- Digital Medical Association (DiMe)
- Digital Therapeutics Alliance (DTA)
- HLTH Foundation
- Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI)
- International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM)
- National Federation of Healthcare Purchasers
- National Quality Assurance Committee (NCQA)
- RockHealth.org
Through support from PHTI, this collaboration will provide research and impact funding for coordinated research and programs.
The first grant was awarded to DiMe for the Integrated Evidence Planning for Digital Health Products project, which will enable developers to tailor digital health products to the evidence requirements of purchasers.
“As the market for digital health solutions available to healthcare providers and consumers grows, the Digital Health Collaborative is critical to bringing together perspectives and voices from across the healthcare system to meaningfully share insights on emerging technologies. It will play an important role,” said Daniel Lloyd. said AHIP’s Senior Vice President of Private Market Innovation and Quality. “We hope that our collaborative research, analysis, and data efforts will help fill critical gaps in assessing clinical value and health outcomes for stakeholders across the health system.”
