“What we need to do is get to work on the things that NEHI is talking about, to find out what really works.”

– Timothy Murphy, health care advisor to Mitt Romney campaign, at October 2007 NEHI event

Publications

Health and the Economy

Healthy People in a Healthy Economy: A Blueprint for Action in Massachusetts

Publication Date: June 30, 2009
The Boston Paradox report, published in 2007 by NEHI and the Boston Foundation, demonstrated that Massachusetts has plenty of health care but not enough health. The economic recession has only put challenges related to unhealthy behaviors -- and resulting chronic illness -- into starker relief. Healthy People in a Healthy Economy offers a blueprint for action that will help connect the missing links between health, healthy behaviors and a healthy economy.

Super Cluster: Volume II. Ideas, Perspectives and Updates from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Industry

Publication Date: June 13, 2008
The second installment in the Super Cluster series, which looks at ideas, perspectives and trends shaping the global impact of the Massachusetts life sciences industry.

The Boston Paradox: Lots of Health Care, Not Enough Health

Publication Date: June 1, 2007
Health care resources are being devoted to treatment -- and not prevention -- of chronic disease, which is impacting economic competitiveness.

Super Cluster: Ideas, Perspectives and Updates from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Industry

Publication Date: April 1, 2007
The Massachusetts life sciences "super cluster" -- the industry and academic sectors which touch and enhance the life sciences -- should be supported so it can continue to provide a sustainable economic foundation for the commonwealth.

On the Critical List: Health Care Job Vitality in New England

Publication Date: January 1, 2004
Given New England's historic stronghold in key segments of the health care industry and its importance to the wellbeing of the region's economy and citizens, it is critical that measures are taken to reinvigorate growth and to ensure New England's strength from bench to bedside.

The Economic Contributions of the Health Care Industry to the New England Region

Publication Date: February 1, 2003
New England must take steps to maintain its national leadership in health care employment, reverse the decline in employment growth and make the region more attractive to health care employers.

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On January 18, 2011, we changed the name of our organization to NEHI. All publications issued prior to that date contain our previous name, New England Healthcare Institute.