MBGH & The Leapfrog Group

MBGH serves as the Illinois regional coordinator for The Leapfrog Group. MBGH encourages area hospitals to participate in The Leapfrog Group's annual Hospital Quality and Safety Survey and promotes awareness of those hospitals who comply with Leapfrog's key safety measures.

Leapfrog Mission Statement

To trigger giant leaps forward in the safety, quality and affordability of health care by:

• Supporting informed healthcare decisions by those who use and pay for health care; and,
• Promoting high-value health care through incentives and rewards

News

• St. John’s Hospital Recognized by The Leapfrog Group and the Midwest Business Group on Health as one of the Nation’s “Highest Value” Hospitals
• Evanston and Northwestern Memorial Among Top Hospitals in U.S. Recognized for Safety and Quality

About The Leapfrog Group (www.leapfroggroup.org)
On behalf of the millions of Americans for whom many of the nation’s largest corporations and public agencies buy health benefits, The Leapfrog Group aims to use its members’ collective leverage to initiate breakthrough improvements in the safety, quality, and affordability of health care for Americans. It is a voluntary program aimed at mobilizing employer purchasing power to alert America’s health industry that big leaps in health care safety, quality and customer value will be recognized and rewarded. The Leapfrog Group was founded in November 2000 by the Business Roundtable and has support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, as well as its members and other funders. For more information, visit www.leapfroggroup.org.