Has The Leapfrog Group Had An Impact On The Health Care Market?

Health AffairsPublished 1 January 2005

Robert Galvin, Suzanne Delbanco, Arnold Milstein, Greg Belden

DOI10.1377/hlthaff.24.1.228

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TL;DR

The impact of the Leapfrog Group and its efforts to address the challenges of employer initiatives are examined.

Abstract

A number of large employers and public purchasers founded the Leapfrog Group in 2000 in an attempt to consolidate the purchaser voice and engage consumers and clinicians in improving health care quality. Drawing on evidence-based medicine, Leapfrog publicly releases information about the extent to which hospitals are adopting three safety "leaps" with the theoretical capacity to prevent thousands of deaths. Although the group has grown rapidly and achieved national recognition, employer-based initiatives historically have struggled to create changes in health care. This paper examines the impact of the Leapfrog Group and its efforts to address the challenges of employer initiatives.

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