Civic Consulting Alliance
May 14, 2013 04:05 PM
Presenting to 1,200 travel and hospitality industry leaders at Choose Chicago's annual meeting, Mayor Rahm Emanuel highlighted pro bono work by Civic Consulting Alliance and its partners, The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and McKinsey & Company.
BCG analyzed consumer perceptions, as well as how marketing and new attractions could affect visitation. McKinsey assessed growth needs and identified current initiatives, key gaps, and areas of opportunity.
"As a native of the area,...
May 07, 2013 05:05 PM
Cook County Health and Hospitals System is the safety net for hundreds of thousands of underserved residents and is critical to the financial sustainability of the region's other hospitals. Historically, the Health System has had a reputation of being poorly managed.
With the Affordable Care Act, health systems will be paid to keep people well rather than to provide more care. To prepare for this new funding approach and improve operations, the Health System is shifting its emphasis from...
May 01, 2013 09:05 AM
First Lady Michelle Obama made an inspiring appeal to business leaders for more programs to serve Chicago's youth.
"This fund will help create ladders of opportunities for all of our kids," said Mrs. Obama. "If there is even one thing we can do, even one step we can take to save another child...then don't we have an obligation to try?"
Garnering national news, the First Lady's speech was part of the public kickoff to implement the plan to reduce youth violence. Civic Consulting and 14 pro...
April 23, 2013 03:04 PM
Wait times are down 25% at the largest primary care clinic in the County, thanks to a pilot program Civic Consulting Alliance and our partners helped the Cook County Health and Hospitals System launch.
Clerks from the General Medicine Clinic generated ideas to redesign the patient flow process, reducing the number of steps from 9 to 3. This change not only reduced wait times, but also eliminated patient complaints and allowed staff to focus more on individual patients' needs. Managers from this...
April 16, 2013 04:04 PM
The independent Commission on School Utilization, appointed by CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett, released its final report with guidelines on how best to consolidate the District.
Adding to the nine recommendations in the Commission's interim report, the final report made five recommendations, including one, overriding recommendation: CPS should only close schools where students can be transferred safely into better-performing schools.
The Commission was staffed over its four-...
