MHI brings together the region’s health care stakeholders, including physicians, hospitals, employers, labor, insurers and consumers, to share information and drive continuous improvements in health and health care. MHI believes in the power of information in the hands of those committed to a sustainable, high-quality health care future for our region.

While creating the data asset was its first task, MHI sees its mission as serving as a common table where shared knowledge and understanding inspire improvements in health and in the quality, affordability, safety, timeliness, patient-centeredness, and equity of health care. Future MHI reports will explore community public health issues, the quality and affordability of our regional health care system and other issues.

Providing meaningful information to physicians, particularly those focused on the overall health of their patients, is an early critical goal of MHI. Learn more about how often patients in our region received recommended care.

For additional information, please see MHI’s Frequently Asked Questions and the initiative's Guiding Principles, which details the mission of MHI. MHI thanks its Board of Directors and its Physician Leadership Council for their efforts to improve health care through shared knowledge and understanding.

As MHI is in its early stages, it would appreciate your feedback regarding measure selection and methodology, report format, and how MHI can improve health and health care. Please contact MHI at MHI@stlbhc.org or by calling 314-721-8715.