A coalition of Champaign area organizations will seek to address the region’s shortage of nursing home beds.
Cook County Health will receive more than $800,000 in federal funds to support its efforts to care for high-risk infants, Sen. Tammy Duckworth announced Tuesday.
The Department of Public Health and Shelby County Health Department said Tuesday they have not yet identified a “definitive source” of three cases of Legionnaire’s disease reported earlier this month in Findlay.
A pilot program that provides telehealth mental health services to rural farmers is set to expand statewide, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Tuesday.
Nurses represented by the National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United renewed the call last week for policymakers to pass nurse staffing ratios into state law.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., raised concerns last week over the Food and Drug Administration’s proposed changes to how it handles the dietary supplements market.
OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington plans a $17.8 million expansion of its intensive care unit and medical/surgical services, according to a recent application with the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board.
OSF HealthCare announced it is expanding use of the Elemeno Health just-in-time microlearning solution as a foundational element in its transformation of clinical learning. OSF Innovation piloted the Elemeno best practices nursing platform last year and has decided to implement it among its 15 hospitals and within ambulatory, hospice, and home care settings.
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State officials said last week they are working to bolster the ability of call centers to aid individuals going through the Medicaid redetermination process.
COVID-19 activity has started to increase in Illinois, though the Department of Public Health said Friday that the state remains in good shape heading into the fall.
Chicagoans with confirmed and probable cases of mpox have a high rate of co-infections with other sexually transmitted infections, according to an analysis by the Chicago Department of Public Health.
Last week saw the launch of Collaborative Bridges, a collaboration between community organizations and safety-net providers on Chicago’s west side that aims to transform the way mental and behavioral health services are provided.
Workers represented by SEIU Healthcare have delivered their 10-day strike notice to Infinity Nursing Homes, which operates 11 nursing homes within the Chicago area.
Potentially millions of individuals showed long COVID symptoms in 2020, even though they initially tested negative for the virus, according to research released this week by Northwestern Medicine.
Two dozen House Republicans have called on the Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation to evaluate how it handles behavioral health license applications.
Policymakers said Wednesday they can do more to invest in the healthcare industry and make it more appealing for potential employees.
