Regional Roll-Out (RRO) Leader/Lead Organization Information

Name: Midwest Business Group on Health                                                    Link: www.mbgh.org
Description: Chicago-based, non-profit coalition for large Midwest employers, offering educational and networking activities, group purchasing and community quality initiatives

Contact: Larry Boress
Title: President
Address: 35 E. Wacker Drive, Suite 1910, Chicago, IL  60601
Phone: 312-372-9090
Fax: 312-372-9091
Email: lboress@mbgh.org

Contact: Jessica Larsen
Title: Project Manager
Address: 35 E. Wacker Drive, Suite 1910, Chicago, IL  60601
Phone: 312-372-9090 
Fax: 312-372-9091
Email: jlarsen@mbgh.org

Why did your organization decided to apply to become a Leapfrog Regional Roll-Out leader? 
MBGH applied to serve as a RRO to enable Chicago-area employers to have a vehicle to get involved with the patient safety movement. The coalition wanted to demonstrate to the local health marketplace the commitment of the purchaser community to quality and error reduction.

Regional Roll-Out Market Information

Geographic coverage: Illinois

Population (state or MSA/counties): 8 million

Employer/purchaser characteristics:

Number of employer/coalition lives in RRO area: 850,000

List of area’s largest employers (by employee size):
Crains Chicago list of largest employers:
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/article.pl?page_id=1458

Hospital characteristics:

Total number of general acute care facilities and total number of beds in RRO (i.e. total number of targeted hospitals): 108

Breakdown by hospital system: Crains Chicago list of largest hospitals: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/article.pl?page_id=1399