Mission & Value

Our Commitment

We are dedicated to:

• Leveraging this state’s unique characteristics to demonstrate how the health care system can be improved through collaborative innovation
• Fostering connectivity between and among the health care team and the patient
• Increasing accuracy, responsiveness, and effectiveness in health care by using technology to standardize, streamline, and speed up the retrieval and delivery of patient data statewide
• Helping the health care team consistently deliver care that is based on best-known practices
• Creating a system that inspires and rewards improved professional performance

Our Strength

In 2001, Sheldon Whitehouse, then Attorney General of Rhode Island, now U.S. Senator, invited a group of high-level executives from every constituency of health care to come to the table and help transform the state’s health care system.

We are fortunate to have senior leaders from hospital administration, public health, business and insurance; physicians, consumers, and university educators; people with very different viewpoints.  While some could even be considered fierce competitors, they consistently reach consensus on many very tough issues. Our board and committee members dedicate countless hours, provide invaluable insight, and help fund projects that will ultimately save lives. This exceptional level of involvement allows us to develop innovative strategies that lower barriers, build alliances, and address marketplace realities that impact health care. In partnering with the Rhode Island Quality Institute, these dedicated individuals and their respective organizations have been instrumental in working toward reinventing health care.

Our Reach

While our focus is regional, our alliances extend across the country. We partner with organizations from business, education, research, government, and health care quality to maximize learning. Instead of reinventing the wheel we apply what already has been proven effective so we can accelerate the process for adopting strategies that will benefit everyone with better health care.

Our Values

• Action-oriented innovation
• Consensus decision-making
• Top-level commitment
• Inclusiveness
• Ethical leadership
• Accountability
• Accessibility
• Transparency
• Improved value
• Less waste