Northwestern University filed a lawsuit last week against Moderna, alleging the drugmaker infringed on their patent without authorization to develop its COVID-19 vaccine.
Health economist and advisor Jane Sarasohn-Kahn says digital health has exploded since the pandemic but there are challenges to future expansion. Sarasohn-Kahn, author of a popular health blog told an audience at an OSF OnCall Digital Health Symposium that digital health includes mobile health, wearable devices, virtual visits, remote patient monitoring, personalized medicine and care at home using health IT.
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A Health News Illinois panel this week took a deep dive into the rise of healthcare cyberattacks, how healthcare organizations are weighing paying ransom and the balance of cybersecurity and technology advancements to improve patient health.
Illinois has invested more than $46 million in breast and cervical cancer screenings and education over the past three years, according to a website launched Wednesday by Illinois Comptroller Susan Mendoza’s office.
Illinois hospitals and health systems are preparing for cyberattacks, with their leaders saying it’s not a matter of if, but when they’ll face them.
After nearly a year as interim leader, Dr. Erik Mikaitis was nominated Wednesday as the permanent CEO of Cook County Health.
OSF HealthCare said Tuesday it will change the name of its long-term rehabilitation hospital in Peoria to OSF HealthCare Divine Mercy Continuing Care Hospital.
More than two dozen organizations will receive just over $8 million from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois to improve health outcomes for mothers and their children.
Two Illinois congressional lawmakers have re-introduced legislation targeting practices by private equity firms in the wake of the financial collapse of the nation’s largest for-profit hospital system.
A London-based company that offers workplace "well-being" benefits will make Chicago its U.S. headquarters, Mayor Brandon Johnson announced last week.
Illinois will close one of its state-run migrant shelters as the number of new arrivals to Chicago falls.
Former Loretto Hospital CEO George Miller has been indicted as part of an extensive federal investigation that accuses him and other past leaders of the Chicago-based facility of embezzling millions in funds.
Health Resources and Services Administration officials joined local leaders in Chicago this week to announce investments to improve maternal health outcomes. That included a roughly $1.5 million grant to the […]
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle released a nearly $9.9 billion spending plan on Thursday. Preckwinkle said the plan does not include new taxes, fines or fees. “This strong fiscal […]
The University of Illinois Chicago will receive roughly $1.5 million as part of a federal initiative to identify and implement “innovative strategies” to address the maternal health crisis, the Health Resources and Services Administration said Wednesday.
Northern Illinois University will receive $40 million to support the construction of a new health sciences education and research facility.
