Network for Excellence in Health Innovation

Network for Excellence in Health Innovation (NEHI), formerly New England Healthcare Institute[1] is a member-based, non-partisan research and policy organization.

NEHI (f/k/a New England Healthcare Institute)
Founded2002 (2002)
FocusHealth care policy in three broad areas: Medical Innovation; Waste and Inefficiency in Health Care; and Wellness and Chronic Disease Prevention
Location
Area served
United States
MethodCollaboration, Research, Policy Change
Key people
Wendy Everett, president and
Valerie Fleishman, executive director
Employees
16
Websitewww.nehi.net

History

NEHI was founded in 2002 as the "New England Healthcare Institute" with 21 founding members.[2] Today it has more than 80 member companies representing the different sectors of health care. In 2002, Wendy Everett became the organization’s president and Valerie Fleishman[3] was hired as its executive director. Currently, NEHI has published more than 20 publications regarding innovative ways to improve health care nationally. Its first report, Economic Contributions of the Health Care Industry to New England,[4] was published in 2003. In 2004, NEHI created and published two reports on innovative technologies to treat cancer and heart failure. In 2005, NEHI established a partnership with The Boston Foundation for “The Greater Boston Health Care Economy” project.[5] In 2008, NEHI published the first reports ever to identify areas to reduce wasteful spending and inefficiencies in health care. In January, 2011 the organization officially dropped the acronym expansion referencing a regional affiliation and opened up offices in Washington, DC and San Francisco. NEHI has since made further efforts to garner national presence with a 2014 name expansion to NEHI (Network for Excellence in Health Innovation).

Founders

NEHI is led by Chief Executive Officer Wendy Everett, ScD, and Executive Director, Valerie Fleishman. It was founded by a group of high-profile health care leaders:

Members

NEHI’s members include:[6]

References
  1. "NEHI Goes Pure Acronym | CommonHealth". Commonhealth.wbur.org. 2011-01-18. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
  2. Building on a System of Outreach, Collaboration by Joshua Boger, Boston Globe May 7, 2007 , www.nehi.net
  3. "Valerie Fleishman". American City Business Journals. October 6, 2008.
  4. "The Economic Contributions of Health Care to New England" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-12-26.
  5. "Healthy People in a Healthy Economy: A Blueprint for Action in Massachusetts". Tbf.org. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
  6. "Member List". Network for Excellence in Health Innovation.
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