Mission

NEHI is dedicated to transforming health care for the benefit of patients and their families.

Who we are

NEHI is a nonprofit, health policy institute focused on enabling innovation that will improve health care quality and lower health care costs. Working in partnership with members from across the health care system, NEHI brings an objective, collaborative and fresh voice to health policy. We combine the collective vision of our diverse membership and our independent, evidence-based research to move ideas into action.

How we’re different

NEHI is not a trade organization or typical think tank. We represent all sectors of health care and use our research to move ideas into action. As an independent, coalition-building entity, we find mutual solutions to mutual problems facing health care. We are the largest, most diverse, multi-stakeholder health care organization in the nation.

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Innovators in Health Awards

Pioneers in health care with the spirit of innovation.

NEHI has long been committed to supporting and promoting health care innovation in all forms – from promising technologies that improve outcomes to promising programs and initiatives that promote better health. NEHI believes that innovation is the real key to health reform.

With its annual Innovators in Health Awards, NEHI recognizes pioneers whose efforts reflect NEHI’s own spirit of innovation and collaboration and whose work advances NEHI’s mission to improve the quality of health care for patients and their families.

Past Innovators in Health Honorees:

The 2011 recipients were honored for their revolutionary work in changing the health care landscape

Dr. Donald M. Berwick Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Dean Kamen Founder, DEKA Research and Development Corporation
Thomas M. Menino Mayor of Boston

The 2010 recipients were honored for their pioneering work in patient care

Carolyn Clancy, MD Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Patricia Gabow, MD CEO, Denver Health
Jennie Chin Hansen, RN, MSN, FAAN CEO, American Geriatrics Society
Jamie Heywood Co-Founder & Chairman, PatientsLikeMe; d’Arbeloff Founding Director, ALS Therapy Development Institute
Jack Wennberg, MD, MPH Peggy Y. Thomson Professor (Chair) in the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Founder & Director Emeritus, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

The 2009 recipients were honored for their innovations in paving the way to health reform

Christina Economos, PhD Associate Professor, Tufts University; Principal Investigator, Shape Up Somerville
Atul Gawande, MD, MPH Research Director, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Staff Writer, The New Yorker
Eric S. Lander, PhD President and Director, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
Barry Zuckerman, MD Chief of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center; Founder, Project HEALTH, Medical-Legal Partnership for Children, Reach Out and Read

The 2008 recipients were honored for their collaborative efforts in achieving Massachusetts health reform.

Jack Connors Founding Partner and Chairman, Hill Holiday; Chairman, Partners HealthCare
The Honorable Sal DiMasi Massachusetts House Speaker
Andrew Dreyfus President, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation
Paul Guzzi President and CEO, Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
Reverend Hurmon Hamilton President, Greater Boston Interfaith Organization
The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy United States Senator
Richard C. Lord President and CEO, Associated Industries of Massachusetts
John McDonough Executive Director, Health Care for All
The Honorable Richard T. Moore Massachusetts State Senator
The Honorable Mitt Romney Governor of Massachusetts
The Honorable Robert Travaglini Massachusetts Senate President
Nancy Turnbull President, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation
The Honorable Patricia Walrath Massachusetts State Representative