Dartmouth-Hitchcock CEO and President Dr James N Weinstein has been named one of ‘300 hospital and health system leaders to know’ by the health care trade publication’ Becker’s Hospital Review.
The annual listing’ recognizes healthcare leaders from hospitals and health systems across the country, who’ have shown ‘dedication to healthcare delivery at local, regional and national levels’ and who have ‘demonstrated great commitment to improving healthcare in America.’
‘This award isn’t about me, in my view,’ said Weinstein. ‘It’s a recognition of all the work everyone at Dartmouth-Hitchcock is doing to create a sustainable health system. Every person who works here is a leader in changing health care.’ I’m proud to be a member of the D-H team and pleased that the hard work we’re doing is being recognized around the country.’
The’ Becker's Hospital Review’ editorial team included hospital and health system leaders on the list based on a number of factors, including recognition they have received and their organization's recent performance.
The CEO and President of Dartmouth-Hitchcock since 2011, Dr. Weinstein has set out a vision of a sustainable health system, focused on population health, value over volume, and new payment models that move away from traditional fee for service and reward health status, not just the provision of health care.
He is a founding member, with Mayo Clinic, Intermountain Health, TDI, and Denver Health, of the national High Value Healthcare Collaborative, a partnership of 20 health systems across the country, working to improve health care while lowering costs.
He is a leader in advancing ‘informed choice’ to ensure patients receive evidence-based, safe, effective, efficient and appropriate care. In 1999, he established the first-in-the-nation’ Center for Shared Decision-Making’ at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, where patient preferences and values are an integral part of diagnostic and treatment decisions.
Dr. Weinstein is an internationally renowned spine surgeon and health services researcher, with more than 250 published articles. He founded the multidisciplinary’ Spine Center’ at Dartmouth, which has become an international model for patient-centered health care delivery. He is a Member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and holds the Peggy Y. Thomson Chair in the Evaluative Clinical Sciences at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.
ABOUT DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK: Dartmouth-Hitchcock’ is’ a national leader in patient-centered health care and building a sustainable health system. Founded in 1893, the systemincludes New Hampshire’s only Level 1 trauma center and its only air ambulance service, as well as the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, one of only 41 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation, and the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, the state’s only Children’s Hospital Association-approved, comprehensive, full-service children's hospital. As an academic medical center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock provides access to nearly 1,500 primary care doctors and specialists in almost every area of medicine, as well as world-class research at the Audrey and Theodor Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.
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