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Hospitals in Greater Boston should collaborate on a joint community health needs assessment and health improvement plan, rather than undertaking the separate assessments and plans each now produces, according to an analysis by the Network for Excellence in Health Innovation (NEHI). The analysis concluded that there is both duplication and variability of quality among the separate health needs assessments and health improvement plans that are currently carried out by 25 area hospitals. A unified effort among these hospitals could be more efficient, and could have greater impact than the multiple assessments and health improvement plans currently produced, said Susan Dentzer, NEHI’s president and CEO.