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Five New Regions Join the Leapfrog Effort

Leapfrog recently accepted five new Regional Roll-Outs as part of its fifth recruitment wave bringing the total number of Roll-Outs to 28. Regional Roll-Outs are local efforts in markets where Leapfrog members work together to implement Leapfrog’s goals. Leapfrog uses the Regional Roll-Out strategy to integrate a community-wide, multi-stakeholder collaboration into its national, purchaser-driven initiative. Regional Roll-Out leaders invite not only local purchasers but also local hospitals, health plans, physicians, unions, consumer groups, and others to participate in implementing the Leapfrog action plan. The idea is to bring all of the stakeholders to the table and develop community-wide goals for the implementation of Leapfrog’s purchasing principles. [1/05]

The new Regions include:

• Evansville, IN led by the Tri-State Business Group on Health
• Huntsville, AL led by the Employer Coalition for Health Care Options
• Northeast OH led by the Health Action Council of Northeast OH
• Portland, OR led by Intel
• Raleigh-Durham/Chapel Hill, NC led by IBM

We look forward to working with the new Roll-Outs to foster our common goal of improving the safety, quality and affordability of health care for all consumers. For a complete description of Leapfrog’s Regional Roll-Out effort please visit http://www.leapfroggroup.org/media/file/RRO_FactSheet030805.pdf.