Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers is seeking permission from the Health Facilities and Services Review Board to establish an open heart surgery program at its New Lenox campus.
Rep. Will Davis, D-East Hazel Crest, is leaning toward trying to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto on his legislation extending the state’s certificate of need program for another 10 years, he told Health News Illinois Monday.
Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed legislation Wednesday aimed at combatting Lyme disease because he doesn’t approve of a disciplinary exemption for physicians who prescribe experimental treatments, including a long-term antibiotic. But he’s asking state agencies to enact other parts of the bill.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital is the 13th best hospital in the nation and the best in the state, according to a ranking from U.S. News and Weekly Report released Tuesday.
Gov. Bruce Rauner signed legislation Friday aimed at increasing the number of providers trained to treat sexual assault victims. The bill requires that, by 2022, sexual assault survivors receive care by a qualified medical provider within 90 minutes of arriving at a hospital.
A new report from the American Cancer Society gives Illinois’ Legislature mixed reviews when it comes to enacting policies to fight cancer.
HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital is planning a $17 million radiation oncology clinic in nearly 12,000 square feet of leased space adjacent to its hospital in O’Fallon.
Rush University Medical Center is hoping to break ground next spring on a $473 million, 11-story, 530,000-square-foot outpatient center on the near west side of Chicago focused on cancer and neurological care.
Advocate South Suburban Hospital is planning a $98 million “modernization” project, fueled by a growing rate of cardiovascular and digestive procedures, according to an application filed with the Health Facilities and Services Review Board. Currently, some patients are forced to leave the service area for care.
Safety-net hospitals are ready to transform, but need more resources to do so, along with a better relationship with managed care organizations, a panel of CEOs said Wednesday during a meeting of the Hospital Transformation Review Committee in Chicago.
More Illinoisans would have health insurance and they would pay less for it if the state enacted an individual insurance mandate, according to a recent report from the left-leaning Commonwealth Foundation.
Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a series of healthcare-related bills over the past week, including one aimed at decreasing lead poisoning and another that will increase access to asthma medication.
Becker’s Hospital Review included four Illinois hospitals in their annual list of great community hospitals in the U.S.
The National Institutes of Health is awarding the University of Illinois at Chicago a $1.4 million, five-year training grant to support post-doctoral fellows interested in clinical and translational research in lifestyle precision medicine.
HSHS St. Francis Hospital CEO Kevin Seely resigned Monday, less than a year after taking the job.
Siteman Cancer Center opened its first treatment facility in Illinois earlier this month.
