Exploring the true definition of value in healthcare

What does “value” really mean in healthcare– and who gets to define it? In this episode, Dr. Dimitri Dimitroyannis unpacks how patient-centered outcomes can reshape care delivery. He shares how standardized outcome tracking, technology and empathy are driving a shift from volume to value and gives real-world examples of how care is evolving to prioritize not just survival, but dignity, recovery and quality of life.

I am a clinician within the VA, mainly working to provide care for patients who have been diagnosed with a type of cancer…the five-year survival for a relatively early breast cancer detection is in the high 90 percentile. Very good. But then we ask these same women, beyond this [survival rate], what is important to you?

Dr. Dimitri Dimitroyannis, PhD, MBA, professor of practice and senior fellow, Value Institute for Health and Care, University of Texas at Austin