ABOUT ICHEPI
Interdisciplinary Thinking for Better Health Systems
ICHEPI is an independent interdisciplinary research initiative advancing evidence at the intersection of healthcare economics, health policy, healthcare management, and innovation.
We examine how health systems can generate greater value from constrained resources while responding to technological, organizational, economic, and policy change.
Who We Are
The Interdisciplinary Center for Healthcare Economics, Policy and Innovation (ICHEPI) brings together economic, policy, management, behavioral, and technological perspectives to address complex healthcare-system challenges.
Our work is internationally oriented, with particular attention to MENA and resource-constrained health systems, while drawing on evidence and comparative experience from health systems worldwide.
OUR MISSION
Generate Evidence That Matters
To generate and translate rigorous interdisciplinary evidence that supports better decisions in healthcare financing, resource allocation, management, policy, and innovation.
OUR VISION
Better-Performing Health Systems
More efficient, equitable, resilient, and innovative health systems informed by sound economic, managerial, and policy evidence.
What We Study
ICHEPI’s research agenda is organized around four interconnected domains.
Healthcare Economics & Value
Efficiency, economic evaluation, behavioral health economics, incentives, resource allocation, utilization, and value-based healthcare.
Health Policy & System Resilience
Financing, access, equity, workforce, resilience, strategic capacity, pharmaceutical policy, and health-system performance.
Healthcare Management & Operations
Hospital efficiency, patient flow, capacity management, workforce, operational flexibility, and process redesign.
Digital Health, AI & Innovation Economics
Digital health, artificial intelligence, interoperability, simulation, technology adoption, and the economics of healthcare innovation.
How We Work
Our work follows a simple principle: meaningful healthcare research should connect evidence, interpretation, and action.
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Investigate
Identify consequential healthcare-system problems and examine them using appropriate economic, policy, managerial, and interdisciplinary methods.
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Interpret
Distinguish what the evidence supports from what remains uncertain, and connect findings to real healthcare-system decisions.
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Translate
Translate research into academic outputs, policy briefs, methodological tools, analytical insights, and collaborative projects.
Our Principles
Scientific Rigor
Claims should remain proportionate to the quality and limitations of the evidence.
Policy Relevance
Research should address questions with meaningful implications for healthcare systems and decision-makers.
Interdisciplinarity
Healthcare challenges rarely belong to one discipline; our research deliberately crosses traditional boundaries.
Transparency
Methods, assumptions, limitations, evidence boundaries, and relevant interests should be reported clearly.
Independence
Research conclusions should remain analytically independent of institutional, commercial, or policy interests.
INSTITUTIONAL INDEPENDENCE
Independent by Design
ICHEPI currently operates as an independent interdisciplinary research initiative. It is not presently affiliated with a university, governmental body, or commercial organization.
Research partnerships, institutional collaborations, funding relationships, and potential conflicts of interest are identified transparently where applicable.
Leadership
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Dr. Mohannad M. Alarqan
Healthcare Economist and Researcher
Dr. Alarqan’s work spans healthcare economics, health policy, hospital management, health-system resilience, behavioral health economics, digital health, and the economics of healthcare innovation.
A dedicated People profile will provide further information on research interests, publications, academic activities, and external scholarly profiles.
