Transforming Healthcare Value Analysis with Our Innovative Evidence-Based Practice Center
I’m thrilled to share an exciting new resource designed to elevate your practice and strengthen your decision-making toolkit: the AHVAP Center of Evidence-Based Practice, now live exclusively for current AHVAP on our member portal and Circle Member’s Only Community in the Resource Center.
Why This Matters:
In healthcare value analysis, every recommendation should rest on a foundation of rigorous evidence. Yet translating research into actionable, cost-effective strategies can be challenging. By adopting the Johns Hopkins Evidence-Based Practice Model—renamed for our interdisciplinary audience—the Center provides a proven, step-by-step framework to:
- Ask: Formulate focused, answerable questions that link clinical, operational, and financial priorities.
- Acquire: Systematically search and appraise high-quality evidence—from peer-reviewed studies to industry best practices.
- Appraise: Critically evaluate the strength and applicability of each finding, with tools calibrated for value analysis scenarios.
- Apply: Integrate evidence into product evaluations, supply chain decisions, and patient-safety initiatives—guided by real-world case examples.
- Assess: Measure impact on clinical outcomes, cost savings, and stakeholder satisfaction to refine your approach over time.
What You’ll Find in the Center:
- Interactive Learning Modules: Short, self-paced courses that teach each step of the Johns Hopkins Model, with quizzes and CEU credit options. COMING SOON
- Evidence Appraisal Worksheets: Templates customized for value analysis professionals to rate methodological quality, feasibility, and ROI potential. AVAILABLE NOW
- Case Study Library: Success stories from AHVAP member institutions demonstrating how evidence-based projects delivered measurable impact. COMING SOON
- Guided Project Planner: A downloadable roadmap that takes you from question formulation through outcome evaluation, ensuring you stay on track. AVAILABLE NOW
- Community Forum: A members-only discussion board where you can pose questions, share resources, and collaborate on evidence-based initiatives. This is hosted exclusively within our Circle member’s only community. AVAILABLE NOW IN CIRCLE
Getting Started
- Log in to your AHVAP account on our website and navigate to Value Analysis Practice → Center of Evidence-Based Practice or the Circle Member’s Only Community Resource Center.
- Download the Evidence Appraisal Worksheets available in the Resource Center or the Website, and begin applying it to a current or upcoming value analysis project.
- Share your successes and challenges in the Community Forum to earn digital badges and recognition at our next annual conference.
Together, we can embed evidence at the heart of value analysis—ensuring our recommendations not only optimize cost and quality, but also drive sustainable, patient-centered outcomes. If you have any questions or feedback, please reach out to our Education Team at info@ahvap.org.
Thank you for your ongoing commitment to excellence in healthcare value analysis. We look forward to seeing how you leverage this new Center to transform data into high-impact practice.
This is yet another investment in you, our valued members, and our Specialty of Healthcare Value Analysis that is part of our organization’s 5-Year Strategic Plan to continue the advancement of the Specialty. I hope that you find these new tools, resources, and program templates helpful for your individual practice whether in a hospital, IDN, GPO, Industry Partner, or other stakeholder setting.
Warm regards,
J. Hudson Garrett Jr., Ph.D., MSN, MPH, MBA, AE-MBA, FNP-BC, IP-BC, QAS, PLNC, VA-BC, BC-MSLcert™, AAiP, QAS, HEM, CAIP, HACP, HACP-IC, MSL-BC, CPHRM, CHIPP-B, CIC, LTC-CIP, AL-CIP, CPPS, CPTM, CPHQ, CVAHP™, ICE-CCP, CMRP, CPXP, CAE, CDIPC, FACDONA, eFACHDM, FAOM, FAAPM, FRSPH, FNAP, FACHE, FSHEA, FIDSA, FAHVAP
Executive Director and Executive Vice President
Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals, Inc.