Melanie Ridley is Chief Program & Development Officer, at Innovation and Value Initiative. She leads a portfolio of initiatives focused on understanding how patient-centered value must incorporate and promote health equity and fuller understanding of the patient experience. As a nonprofit professional her focus has been on community-based health care, public health, quality improvement, value-based care, and building capacity for equitable care delivery systems.

Authored by Melanie Ridley

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Introducing a Framework to Understand Economic Impacts on Patients and Caregivers

Working in close partnership with patients, caregivers, researchers, and practitioners, Innovation and Value Initiative and AcademyHealth developed a new framework to recognize the broad health care economic impacts on patients and caregivers and aid researchers in addressing health disparities and creating value for patients and systems.
Posted By Elizabeth Cope, Ph.D., M.P.H., Beverly Rogers , Mary E. Reed, Dr.P.H., Melanie Ridley
Topics Patient & Consumer Engagement Health Equity Using Health Data