LEBANON — Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health will share a $26 million Innovation Grant from Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI).

Under the grant, $26 million will go to the High Value Healthcare Collaborative (HVHC), housed at Dartmouth Institute.

Dartmouth Institute and Dartmouth-Hitchcock are founding members of the High Value Healthcare Collaborative, whose members include Denver Health, Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Geisinger, and Intermountain Healthcare. They collectively have a patient population of 50 million across 17 states.

The project is expected to save $64 million over three years, through reduced health care use by patients who are engaged in making health care decisions based on their own values and preferences.

“We know from our experience at D-H that involving patients and families in their treatment decisions, with evidence-based, objective information, results in higher patient satisfaction, superior clinical outcomes, and often, lower costs,” said Dr. James N. Weinstein, CEO and president of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system. Weinstein will serve as principal investigator for the grant.

Funds will cover hiring of 48 Patient and Family Activators at 15 member organizations, as well as training for 1,845 health care workers.

Other collaborative members are Baylor Health Care System, Beaumont Health System, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, North Shore-LIJ Health System, MaineHealth, Providence Health and Services, Scott and White Healthcare, Sutter Health, UCLA Health System, University of Iowa Health Care, and Virginia Mason Medical Center.