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"The data is a starting point. The journey is process improvement, sharing best practices and openness to self and system improvement/change."
-Tom Hastings
Primary Care Physician, Chair, MHI Physician Leadership Council
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NEW PLAYBOOKS: Reducing Avoidable Emergency Department Visits

The Midwest Health Initiative and its community partners have recently created informational resources including a Provider Playbook, an Employer Playbook, and an ED Scorecard of key metrics.  These resources address the high emergency department utilization rates in our community and the opportunities available to address it.


Click here to access these resources and for more information on the Collaboration to Improve Appropriate ED Visits.
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MHI Partners with Four Other Regions to Examine Health Care Cost and Resource Use

A recent Forbes article discussed MHI's work to measure and compare total cost of care for patients across regions. MHI is also sharing information with the region's largest physicians groups on the total cost of care for their patients and how it compares to other large medical in our community. The work is part of a national project led by the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement and supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Click here to access a recent MHI report on the project. Click here to review a report on the national work. 

 

 

 
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NEW MHI Community Health Scorecard

This Community Scorecard provides regional benchmark information to support our community in identifying opportunities to improve the health of our population. Additionally, it provides measures by which we can gauge our collective progress toward making St. Louis a national leader in the quality and value of its health care services. To view the scorecard, please click here. 

Our Mission

To provide a forum where trusted information and shared responsibility are used to improve health and the quality and affordability of health care.


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MHI RELEASES PROVIDER AND EMPLOYER PLAYBOOKS ON REDUCING AVOIDABLE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS


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MHI AFFORDABILITY WORK FEATURED IN FORBES


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NEW MHI HEALTH COMMUNITY SCORECARD

Our Vision

A community that consistently leads the nation in health, care quality and affordability.