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A Chicago-based lawmaker is raising concerns that a proposed merger of four south side safety-net hospitals would result in two major health systems - Advocate Aurora Health and Trinity Health - pulling out of the community.
A coalition of Chicago healthcare providers and other organizations will provide $6 million in funding to help close health gaps and bolster economic development on the city’s west side.
A House committee signed off Wednesday morning on the dissolution of a hospital review board that has not met for many years.
Nine Illinois organizations are set to receive roughly $4.6 million in federal funds to help reduce the number of HIV cases in the state.
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is working with local, state, and federal health partners to take all preventative steps available to limit the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Read MoreAlverno Laboratories has implemented new technology that will allow medical personnel to diagnose Sepsis as much as 24 hours faster.
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The Health Facilities and Services Review Board approved a slew of healthcare building projects Tuesday, including a cancer center in Peoria and a new hospital in Libertyville.
Ireland-based Mallinckrodt announced Tuesday that it has tentatively agreed to pay $1.6 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits related to what Illinois and other states say is their role in the opioid epidemic.
The head of one of central Illinois’ major health systems said the state’s efforts to improve broadband will play a major role as providers look at transforming how healthcare is delivered.
A representative from the Department of Insurance told lawmakers Tuesday morning that it's working with insurance companies to monitor and reduce the number of opioids being prescribed.
Expect health systems to keep getting bigger and more safety net hospitals to band together. These are among the predictions of the Health Care Council of Chicago, which unveiled its annual State of the Chicago Health Care Industry report Tuesday at an event at MATTER.
A new two-story building scheduled to open March 11 at Taylorville Memorial Hospital will offer state-of-the-art inpatient rooms on the upper level and convenient outpatient services on the ground floor.
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Northwestern Medicine and Central DuPage Hospital Association are planning a nearly $29 million medical office building in Bloomingdale, according to a recent application with the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board.
Cook County’s short-lived soda tax in 2017 helped reduce the purchase of such beverages, according to a new survey by the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health.
Cook County Health Chief Financial Officer Ekerete Akpan has left the organization.
