Key to implementing value-based care at national scale

This HIMSS24 APAC speaker shares what it takes to successfully transition a health system to value-based care.

While revising policy and regulatory frameworks is indeed crucial to enable and promote the transition to a value-based care model, there is another important factor to consider.

Dr Tamara Sunbul, medical director of clinical informatics at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare in Saudi Arabia, demonstrated at HIMSS24 APAC what a successful value-based population health programme looks like. She spoke at the session, "Smart Hospitals, Shaping Population Health and Value-Based Care with Digital Mastery."

"This is not only the doctors, it's not only the nurses, it's not only the hospitals," she said about Johns Hopkins Aramco's CarePlus programme. That programme was shown to meet, and even surpass, its targeted outcomes for patient experience and health outcomes, credited to multi-stakeholder collaboration.

"It's actually the community, the governments, everybody coming together to make this happen. It's about creating green spaces, exercise facilities, wellness programs across."

"We need collaboration, such as private-public partnerships, for value-based care models to happen. It cannot be done in isolation. You cannot just do this as a healthcare system. You need your community and everybody to be together," Dr Sunbul emphasised.

She maintained, though, that revising policies and regulations and aligning payment methods are all important in pursuing a value-based care model at the health systems level. 

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