Here are seven highlights:
1. Dr. Weinstein serves as CEO and president of Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health System.
2. The AHA awards people or organizations developing “an influential, innovative approach to healthcare financing and/or healthcare delivery to improve access or coordination of care.”
3. Dr. Weinstein will receive the award on May 8 in Washington D.C., at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting.
4. Under his tenure, Dartmouth-Hitchcock has emphasized a coordinated area-wide care continuum model, with expansions to rural facilities.
5. Before taking on the position of CEO in 2011, Dr. Weinstein was Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic president and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice director. His leadership helped integrate the two center’s research and clinical care to meet population health needs.
6. Dr. Weinstein is a founding member and executive director of High Value Healthcare Collaborative, a partnership of health systems working to boost care quality while reducing costs.
7. About 10 years ago, Dr. Weinstein developed the first Center for Shared Decision Making.
8. In June, Dr. Weinstein will retire from his Dartmouth-Hitchcock posts, but will continue to serve as the Peggy Y. Thomson Chair in the Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College.
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