Illinois

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 x 101
Email: lboress@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): 12.9 million

Employer/purchaser characteristics:

Number of employer/coalition lives in RRO area: 2 million

List of area’s largest employers (by employee size):
Boeing, Abbott Laboratories, Federal Government, City of Chicago, Kraft Foods, McDonalds, United Airlines

Hospital characteristics:

Total number of general acute care facilities and total number of beds in RRO (i.e. total number of targeted hospitals): There are over 200 hospitals in the state. Close to 150 in the Chicago metro area, the remainder in small urban and rural communities.

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