Value-Based Health Care

Value-Based Health Care is emerging as a critical solution in healthcare systems.

Healthcare systems are under increasing pressure to deliver improved outcomes while managing costs effectively. Value-Based Health Care is emerging as a critical solution, but it remains widely misunderstood and poorly applied.

Why Value-Based Healthcare matters

Value-Based Health Care is a patient-centered framework that focuses on creating value by balancing reduced costs with better health outcomes. Rooted in evidence-based practices, Value-Based Health Care measures health outcomes against the cost of delivering them. Ultimately, it prevents investment in areas that will not generate value for patients, thus saving healthcare organisations money.

About the Six-Week Online Programme

This programme delivers participants an in depth understanding of Value-Based Health Care, value-based payment models and decision science. With a strong focus on practical application, over three two-week modules delivered online, you will gain essential knowledge and tools to drive transformative results in your workplace.

This programme will support you to:

• Learn about health assessment techniques as well as a breadth of theory about Value-Based Health Care and models for calculating value, looking at real case studies and learn about the current issues facing commissioners and decision makers.
• Learn how to implement value-based payment systems effectively, exploring topics such as outcome-based payments and pricing innovations to get market access.
• Acquire decision science skills to make data-driven, patient-focused decisions, aimed at gaining value for healthcare organisations.

Why Choose This Programme?

Designed and delivered by experts in the field, this programme will give you an in depth understanding of Value-Based Health Care and how it could transform your organisation.

This programme takes a contextualised approach to learning, featuring online lectures led by UCL academics and a programme lead who is an expert in Value-Based Health Care. Your learning experience is enhanced through curated readings, engaging participant discussions, and practical assignments. Real-world case studies provide valuable insights into the application of Value-Based Health Care principles.

Who this programme is for

This programme is designed for individuals who are mid-career and at manager or head level within a healthcare organisation or health related industries where your role requires an understanding of Value-Based Health Care.

This could include, but is not limited to:

• HR staff
• clinical staff
• policymakers
• healthcare managers

Take the first step towards transforming healthcare delivery. Enrol today and gain the skills to create real value for patients while driving efficiency in healthcare organisations.

Programme content

The programme includes three modules:

Teaching and structure

Over six weeks you will explore three modules. You will study each module over two weeks, dedicating approximately 10 to 12 hours on various activities including:

• watching live online lectures
• reading
• taking part in discussion forum activities
• completing formative assessments, such as self-reflection exercises and quizzes
• completing marked project assignments

Weekly online live session with the programme instructors which provides an opportunity to reflect on learning and get involved in group discussion.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this programme, you’ll be able to:

• Evaluate and appreciate the Value-Based Health Care landscape, as well as tools and techniques available for decision making in healthcare.
• Apply Value-Based Health Care thinking to decision making.
• Analyse the practical issues involved in making commissioning, adoption and implementation decisions in the health and healthcare system.
• Critically assess value assessment and Value-Based Health Care to make informed decisions that are sustainable and value maximising.
• Understand the role decision science can make on implementing Value-Based Health Care.

Executive Education Alumni Network

On successful completion of our programme, you will gain access to our Executive Education alumni network. This exclusive group connects the GBSH Executive Education alumni to share insights, discuss industry trends and explore collaboration opportunities in healthcare.

Find out more information here.

Assessment, certificates and accreditation

The content of this programme has been certified by the CPD Certification Service as conforming to continuing professional development principles.

You’ll receive a certificate of completion and CPD points awarded by The CPD Certification Service when you’ve completed all the marked assignments for each of the three modules. These include mandatory discussion forums, short written assignments and a final project.

You’ll also be able to assess how you’re doing throughout the programme by completing multiple choice quizzes and unmarked self-reflection exercises.

Entry requirements

We recommended you have a degree or interest in leadership and management.

Programme lead

Dr Rodolfo Catena is an Assistant Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at University College London (UCL), a Scholar of Operations Management at the University of Oxford and the Editor-in-Chief of Discover Health Systems at Springer Nature. He is a specialist in Value-Based Health Care. He leads the UCL Value-Based Health Care Executive Education programme and the UCL MBA Health Data-Driven Management module.

Co-author of the Harvard Business Review article ‘We Need to Relocate ICU Patients Out of Covid-19 Hotspots’, Rodolfo has been an advocate for the use of health data in the Covid-19 crisis. He has supported public and private organisations across the world in a list of countries including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Portugal, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. 

Rodolfo has a background in engineering, he has a Master’s from UC Berkeley and two degrees from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Bologna. He has further developed his skills to manage large datasets while in the United States working in an organisation co-founded by Prof. MaCurdy from Stanford University. 

Rodolfo has a doctorate in Management Studies from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford where he has specialised in Operations Management.