EP225: Can We Afford to Make Health Care Patient-centric?, With Joe Selby, MD, MPH, Executive Director of PCORI

Can We Afford to Make Health Care Patient-Centric? With Joe Selby, MD, MPH, of PCORI (EP225) Patient-Centric Care Usually Costs Less, Not More. Episode 225. Patient-centric care that produces outcomes patients actually care about turns out to usually be less expensive than care that doesn't — a finding at the heart of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute's (PCORI) mission. In this episode, Stacey Richter talks with Dr. Joe Selby, executive director of PCORI, about how the Congress-authorized nonprofit has funded hundreds of studies since 2012 comparing health care options to find what actually works given patients' circumstances and preferences. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN ✅ Why patient-centric care that delivers outcomes patients actually value tends to cost less than care that doesn't account for patient preferences ✅ How PCORI, authorized by Congress in 2010, funds research to help patients make better-informed decisions alongside clinicians and payers ✅ What PCORI has learned since 2012 funding hundreds of comparative-effectiveness studies across different patient circumstances ✅ How PCORI's work aims to nudge the entire health care system toward a patient-centric model that benefits every stakeholder WHY THIS MATTERS The assumption that patient-centered care is a costly luxury gets the economics backwards — PCORI's research suggests the opposite is often true. Understanding why patient-centric outcomes and lower costs tend to go together gives payers, providers, and employers a concrete reason to prioritize patient preference, not just clinical protocol. === LINKS === 🔗 Show Notes with all mentioned links: Episode Page ✉️ Enjoy this podcast? Subscribe to the free weekly newsletter 🫙 Support the podcast with a small donation to the Tip Jar 🎤 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎤 Listen on Spotify 📺 Subscribe to our YouTube channel === CONNECT WITH THE RHV TEAM === ✭ LinkedIn ✭ Threads ✭ Bluesky ✭ X