Moving evidence-based high value care from policy to practice

Summary: This symposium outlines a series of three studies stemming from an Australian practice-based research network of physiotherapists. We identified that it is difficult to understanding what policies around care value mean to the clinician, where evidence-based practice fits into care value, and how we can practically apply more evidence-based, high value care. We provide clinicians with key information to provide evidence-based high value care in practice.
Rationale: To address the growing musculoskeletal burden, there are increasing calls to provide care that is high value. Definitions of value-based care typically provide few tangible actions for individual clinicians or are not specific to physiotherapy care. Definitions have also lacked a number of perspectives, including from the people who are tasked with delivering it. Without input from clinicians about what high value care is and how it applies to practice, any intended impact on care delivery is unlikely to be realised.