Advocates discuss improving emergency response care
Further collaboration among stakeholders and updating the mindset of those on the front lines are key to improving care delivered during emergency responses, a panel of experts said last week.
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May 2, 2023 | Mental Health, Population Health, Public Health, Rural Health, Top Stories
Further collaboration among stakeholders and updating the mindset of those on the front lines are key to improving care delivered during emergency responses, a panel of experts said last week.
May 2, 2023 | Pharmacy, Population Health, Prescription Drugs, Public Health, Reproductive Healthcare, Top Stories
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is urging Danville leaders to reject an ordinance that would restrict access to abortion services.
May 2, 2023 | Insurance, Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories
Illinois will not see a "coverage cliff" as Medicaid redeterminations begin due to efforts to thoroughly handle the process over the coming year, Gov. JB Pritzker said Monday.
May 1, 2023 | coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Top Stories
Federal health officials recommend those at risk of severe illness from COVID-19 take precautions in four Illinois counties, up two counties from the prior week.
May 1, 2023 | Facilities, Federal Government, Health Tech, Hospitals, Reproductive Healthcare, Top Stories
Illinois Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth last week introduced legislation aiming to protect access to in vitro fertilization and other assisted reproductive technology across the country.
May 1, 2023 | Behavioral Health, Mental Health, Pediatrics, State Budget, Top Stories
A House committee signed off last week on a proposal to implement recommendations made earlier this year in the children’s behavioral health blueprint laid out by Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration.
Apr 28, 2023 | Facilities, Hospitals, On The Record, Top Stories, Workforce
Officials at HSHS St. John’s Hospital in Springfield on Thursday christened its recently completed $17.2 million intensive care unit expansion and renovation.
Read MoreApr 28, 2023 | Behavioral Health, Facilities, Jobs, Long Term Care, Top Stories, Workforce
Caregivers represented by the AFSCME Council 31 renewed calls this week to raise wages for direct support professionals who work with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Apr 28, 2023 | Elections, Jobs, Top Stories, Workforce
Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson on Thursday announced the heads of his transition committee, including a subcommittee to oversee health and human services.
Apr 28, 2023 | coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Hospitals, Jobs, Top Stories, Workforce
Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law Thursday a plan that codifies certain executive orders issued during the COVID-19 pandemic for individuals entering the healthcare workforce.
Apr 27, 2023 | Top Stories, Vaping
Illinois lawmakers are close to adding e-cigarettes to an existing state law that prohibits smoking in nearly all indoor public places.
Apr 27, 2023 | Medicaid/Medicare, State Budget, Top Stories
Gov. JB Pritzker told reporters Wednesday that he supports a legislative effort to regulate pregnancy crisis centers, a proposal that has drawn legal threats from an anti-abortion group.
Apr 27, 2023 | Insurance, Medicaid/Medicare, Population Health, Prescription Drugs, Public Health, Top Stories
Just over half of Medicaid enrollees with redetermination dates through the end of June are eligible for automatic renewal, a top official from the Department of Healthcare and Family Services said Wednesday.
Apr 26, 2023 | Facilities, Federal Government, Hospitals, Infrastructure, Pediatrics, Top Stories
Over $860,000 in federal funds will head to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital in Chicago to support its neonatal intensive care unit, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., announced this week.
Apr 26, 2023 | Facilities, Legislature, Public Health, Reproductive Healthcare, Top Stories
A proposal to prevent any limited services pregnancy center from engaging in “unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive acts or practices” is one step away from Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk.
Apr 26, 2023 | ACA, DHS, Medicaid/Medicare, Mental Health, State Budget, Top Stories
A wide range of stakeholders — including organizations representing those who provide long-term care, mental healthcare and services for those with disabilities — made their case Tuesday to lawmakers for additional funding in the state's next budget, which the Legislature plans to take up next month.