Announcements

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.

NEHI report details dilemma for health care innovators as volume of data raises more questions than it answers...

The key to adopting new innovative technologies in health care delivery may lie in the drive to reduce costs through improved coordination and reduce services that have little value, according to an expert panel convened today by NEHI (Network for Excellence in Health Innovation) and the HealthCare Institute of New Jersey (HINJ)...

NEHI today announced additions to its staff that will strengthen its programming and communications around health care policy...

NEHI today announced that it is increasing its national outreach, with a strategy that includes an expanded name and a redesigned website.

In an article in Health Affairs, NEHI President Wendy Everett and co-authors urge speedy action on testing and deploying new care models that integrate connected health.

NEHI/Prescriptions for a Healthy America Roundtable Says Payment Reform is Key