A day after being found in contempt of court, Pipeline Health announced Wednesday they would be willing to transfer control of Westlake Hospital to the village of Melrose Park.
A team at the University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division is partnering with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to develop a pediatric acute leukemia initiative, a unique data collection infrastructure to support clinical trials for children with acute leukemia.
Legislators are considering a plan that would create an ombudsman office in the Department of Human Services to help Illinoisans access behavioral healthcare.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has joined nearly two dozen other attorneys general in supporting Mississippi’s last abortion clinic.
Gov. JB Pritzker's picks to lead the Department of Human Services and Department of Healthcare and Family Services were confirmed unanimously Friday by the Illinois Senate Executive Committee.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital was named one of the best hospitals in the world in a new ranking released by Newsweek.
The mayor of Melrose Park said Wednesday he would seek to have Pipeline Health held in contempt for allegedly defying a Cook County judge order to keep Westlake Hospital open through the end of the month.
Legislation that would give the governor the power to reverse decisions from the Health Facilities and Services Review Board on hospital closures was approved by the Illinois House Wednesday afternoon.
The House unanimously approved a plan Wednesday that would require hospitals and other providers to make “reasonable efforts” to provide closed captioning at all times on televisions used by patients, the general public and others.
The University of Chicago Medicine has received a $9.1 million gift to expand care for children and families who are critically injured or exposed to violence on the south side of Chicago.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is suing Purdue Pharma, alleging the company used “deceptive” marketing practices to significantly increase opioid prescriptions.
The state is calling for few changes to its employee Group Health Insurance Program next year, opting not to pursue increased contributions and tiered plan options that were proposed the past few fiscal years.
A Chicago committee set to vote Monday on a proposed ordinance requiring employers to schedule workers two weeks in advance and pay them for last-minute changes adjourned without taking any action due to a lack of quorum.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., was joined by 10 other Democratic senators in investigating the business practices of JUUL Labs related to youth marketing and the company’s intentions to partner with Marlboro maker Altria.
The Illinois Health and Hospital Association was one of 24 state hospital associations to file a brief last week urging a federal appeals court to reverse a judge's decision late last year to strike down the Affordable Care Act.
More than 100 representatives from SEIU Healthcare and AARP Illinois took to the state Capitol on Wednesday to rally behind a Senate bill aimed at addressing staffing shortages at nursing homes.
