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Three Nationally Recognized Health Care Leaders – Karen DeSalvo, Henri Termeer and Partners In Health – Receive This Year’s Awards

NEHI Report Documents Actions for Improved Patient Care through Medication Management and Adherence

that Molly Joel Coye, MD, MPH, a leading national expert in health innovation and technology, joins the staff staff of NEHI as Social Entrepreneur in Residence. In this role, Dr. Coye will work to research and develop platforms for the rapid advancement of high-value innovations.

Fleming writes that rising costs and increasing uncertainty over regulatory and reimbursement policies have led to a precipitous decline in early-stage venture capital funding for biomedical research. Some of society's greatest medical needs - particularly in finding treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's - will be left unmet without significant policy changes to incentivize new investments. Fleming proposes five such policy actions, saying that the health of the nation depends on it.

All Payer Claims Databases across the country are providing unprecedented research and policy opportunities to improve health care delivery, according to a new policy paper published today by NEHI

The use of bundled payments in the health care system is increasing for a variety of medical procedures, but their use has potential for stifling medical innovation, according to a paper issued today by NEHI (Network for Excellence in Health Innovation).

The U.S. health care system must address the problem of patients not picking up newly-prescribed medicines if national goals for improved health and reduced costs of medical care will be realized,

NEHI (Network for Excellence in Health Innovation) has announced its first named fellowship: The Nick Littlefield Health Policy Fellowship. Named in honor of Nick Littlefield, the Fellowship was announced October 8 by Board Chair John Fallon, MD, at NEHI’s annual Innovators in Health Awards gala in Boston.

NEHI (Network for Excellence in Health Innovation) announced today the recipients of its 2014 Innovators in Health award. The awards recognize individuals whose work reflects the spirit of NEHI and embraces the mission of improving the quality of health care and reducing costs for patients and their families. They are to be awarded at a dinner ceremony on October 8 in Boston. This year’s honorees are:
 Dr. Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, for her lifetime of achievements in meeting public health challenges and ensuring the health and safety of the American public
 Rebecca Onie, Co-Founder and CEO, Health Leads, for her pioneering work to incorporate social needs such as food and housing into the healthcare delivery system
 James Park, Co-Founder and CEO, Fitbit, for making public health a priority in his entrepreneurship by marrying fitness to technology to reach millions of people through innovative products

Use of bundled payments in the U.S. health care system is likely to expand over the next several years as Medicare, commercial insurers, and large employers push the bundling of health care services into new fields, according to experts gathered here last week.