Monday, June 22, 2009
Podcast #15 - Calculating Prevention's ROI
0 comments Posted by Partnership for Prevention at 10:06 AM
How do you prove the value of disease prevention and health promotion? A research team at Harvard Medical School thinks they may have an answer. They have developed a calculator that allows them to estimate the return on investment of prevention services. Dr. Nancy Oriol, dean of students at Harvard Medical School and a leader of the research team, explains how this new tool operates. She also discusses "The Family Van," a mobile clinic program she has helped to operate in the Boston area that inspired their efforts to develop the calculator. To listen to this podcast, click on the media player below. If you don't see a media player below, click here.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Prevention Calculator, Infection Prevention Budget Cuts Named Best/Worst Prevention Idea of the Week
0 comments Posted by Partnership for Prevention at 7:16 AMThe development of technology to calculate prevention’s return on investment was named Partnership for Prevention's "Best Prevention Idea of the Week," while hospital budget cuts to infection-control efforts was named the "Worst Prevention Idea of the week."
The Best/Worst Idea awards are a regular feature of Prevention Matters, the blog of Partnership for Prevention. Each week, Partnership for Prevention's staff will choose the designees based on nominations of items in the previous week's news submitted by members, staff and the public at large. To submit a nomination or for more information, contact Damon Thompson at dthompson@prevent.org.
BEST
Harvard Researchers Develop Tool to Calculate Prevention's ROI
http://tinyurl.com/mx8c62
Researchers from Harvard Medical School have led the development of a prototype "return on investment calculator" that can measure the value of prevention services. Using a Boston-based mobile health program called the "Family Van" to test the tool, the team found that for the services provided in 2008, this program, in the long run, will return $36 for every dollar invested.
WORST
Hospitals cutting Infection-control efforts
http://tinyurl.com/l9ghhz
In a survey of 2,000 infection preventionists—conducted by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology—41 percent reported cuts in funding for infection-prevention efforts in the past 18 months due partly to the struggling economy.
The Best/Worst Idea awards are a regular feature of Prevention Matters, the blog of Partnership for Prevention. Each week, Partnership for Prevention's staff will choose the designees based on nominations of items in the previous week's news submitted by members, staff and the public at large. To submit a nomination or for more information, contact Damon Thompson at dthompson@prevent.org.
BEST
Harvard Researchers Develop Tool to Calculate Prevention's ROI
http://tinyurl.com/mx8c62
Researchers from Harvard Medical School have led the development of a prototype "return on investment calculator" that can measure the value of prevention services. Using a Boston-based mobile health program called the "Family Van" to test the tool, the team found that for the services provided in 2008, this program, in the long run, will return $36 for every dollar invested.
WORSTHospitals cutting Infection-control efforts
http://tinyurl.com/l9ghhz
In a survey of 2,000 infection preventionists—conducted by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology—41 percent reported cuts in funding for infection-prevention efforts in the past 18 months due partly to the struggling economy.
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