- New England Healthcare Institute
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NEHI (f/k/a New England Healthcare Institute) Founded 2002 Location Cambridge, Massachusetts Key people Wendy Everett, President and
Valerie Fleishman, Executive DirectorArea served United States Focus Health care policy in three broad areas: Medical Innovation; Waste and Inefficiency in Health Care; and Wellness and Chronic Disease Prevention Method Collaboration, Research, Policy Change Employees 16 Website nehi.net NEHI is an independent, nonprofit national network and research organization focused on enabling innovation to improve health care quality and lower health care costs. In partnership with members from all across the health care system, NEHI conducts evidence-based research and stimulates policy change to improve the quality and the value of health care. Together with this unparalleled network of committed health care leaders, NEHI brings an objective, collaborative and fresh voice to health policy. In January 2011, the organization officially changes its name to NEHI, and no longer calls itself the New England Healthcare Institute. [1]
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Mission
NEHI's mission statement is “to transform health care for the benefit of patients and their families.”
Research Initiatives and Impact
Promote Medical Innovation
Patient Safety: NEHI’s 2008 research on how a technology known as computerized physician order entry (CPOE) can improve patient safety by reducing medication errors prompted the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to enact legislation requiring all hospitals to implement CPOE by 2012 as a condition of licensure.[2] NEHI also informed federal policymakers of the enormous lifesaving potential of CPOE through a national campaign that was boosted by the inclusion of incentives for hospital adoption of CPOE in the 2009 economic stimulus bill.[3]
Comparative Effectiveness Research: In April 2009, NEHI released a white paper identifying ways to design and implement the new federal comparative effectiveness research program – a program to compare medical interventions to determine what works best – without stifling valuable innovation in health care.[4]
Fast Adoption of Significant Technologies (FAST): Each year NEHI researchers identify and evaluate promising, but underused, technologies that have significant potential for cost savings. In 2009, they focused the search on telehealth technologies for chronic disease management. [5] NEHI is also working with the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center to study the potential of Tele-ICU technology, which enables specialists to remotely monitor intensive care unit (ICU) patients to improve quality and lower costs in hospital ICUs.
Improve Quality and Efficiency
Wasteful Spending: NEHI research found that a full third of health care spending, or $800 billion, could be cut without adversely impacting quality.[6] A 2008 series of reports identified the key sources of wasteful spending, including physician practice variation, overuse, underuse and misuse of prescription drugs, and use of emergency departments for non-urgent care.[7]
Primary Care: In 2009, NEHI developed research highlighting the root causes of the crisis in primary care delivery due to increased demand by older, sicker patients and decreased supply of primary care practitioners. The research identified a set of innovations that could enhance the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of primary care in the United States.[8]
Foster Wellness and Chronic Disease Prevention
Healthy People, Healthy Economy: NEHI’s 2007 report, “The Boston Paradox: Lots of Healthcare, Not Enough Health,” raised awareness about the link between health, healthy behaviors and a healthy economy in a region with a strong economic foundation in life sciences.[9] In 2009, NEHI published a "Blueprint for Action" calling for a coordinated wellness campaign to combat the rising tide of obesity, diabetes, and other chronic illnesses in order to keep Massachusetts both healthy and competitive.
Founders
NEHI is led by President Wendy Everett, ScD, and Executive Director, Valerie Fleishman. It was founded by a group of high-profile health care leaders:
- Henri Termeer, CEO, Genzyme
- Joseph B. Martin, MD, PhD, then Dean of Harvard Medical School
- Sam Thier, MD, then CEO, Partners HealthCare
- Fred Telling, PhD, then VP of Corporate Policy and Strategic Management, Pfizer
- Charlie Baker, CEO, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
The goal of the founders was to bring individual, competing health care sectors around one table to collaborate on behalf of improving health care. NEHI would use the unparalleled resources and spirit of New England’s health care industry as a test bed for innovation in health care. Reach could then be extended nationally.[1]
Members
As of January 2011, NEHI’s members include [10]:
AARP, Inc.
ABIOMED, Inc.
Advanced Medical Technology Association
Alkermes, Inc.
American Cancer Society - New England
American College of Cardiology
Amgen, Inc.
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Atrius Health
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Bayer HealthCare, LLC
BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company)
Biotechnology Industry Organization
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee
California Healthcare Institute
Caritas Christi Health Care
Cubist Pharmaceuticals
Deloitte LLP
DePuy Mitek, Inc.
Eliza Corporation
EMC Corporation
EMD Serono, Inc.
Ernst & Young, LLP
Foley Hoag, LLP
Genzyme Corporation
GlaxoSmithKline
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
IMS Health
Joslin Diabetes Center
King & Spalding, LLP
Malley & Franey Financial Group, Inc.
Massachusetts Biotechnology Council
Massachusetts Council of Community Hospitals
Massachusetts Hospital Association
Massachusetts Medical Society
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Masspro
McKinsey & Company
Merck & Co., Inc.
National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation
National Community Pharmacists Association
National Consumers League
National Family Caregivers Association
National Organization for Rare Disorders
National Pharmaceutical Council
Network Health
New England Council
Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics
Novo Nordisk, Inc.
Organogenesis Inc.
Oxford Bioscience Partners
PAREXEL International, Inc.
Partners HealthCare System
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
Philips HealthCare
Pitney Bowes, Inc.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Randstad USA
Raytheon Company
Sanofi-Aventis
SironaHealth
Take Care Health Systems
Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development
Tufts Health Plan
Tufts University School of Medicine
UCLA Health System
University of Connecticut Health Center
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Verisk Health
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
WellPoint, Inc.
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteReferences
- ^ a b http://www.nehi.net/about
- ^ http://www.darkdaily.com/ebriefings/blue_cross_blue_shield_massachusetts_jumps_cpoe_bandwagon
- ^ http://www.nehi.net/news/press_releases/74/economic_stimulus_bill_promotes_nationwide_adoption_of_cpoe
- ^ http://www.nehi.net/news/press_releases/81/nehi_releases_groundbreaking_guide_to_sustaining_innovation_through_comparative_effectiveness_research
- ^ http://www.nehi.net/uploads/one_pager/fast_scan_update__finalist_technologies_1.09.pdf
- ^ http://www.ajc.com/print/content/printedition/2009/03/03/everetted0303.html
- ^ http://commonhealth.wbur.org/james-roosevelt-jr/2008/09/evidence-based-medicine-is-an-effective-tool-that-should-be-more-broadly-adopted-by-james-roosevelt-jr/
- ^ http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/233658/topic/WS_HLM2_PHY/Primary-Care-Needs-New-Innovations-to-Meet-Growing-Demands.html
- ^ http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/other/articles/2007/06/20/the_cost_of_quality_in_health/
- ^ http://www.nehi.net/members/members_list
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