Category: Health Tech

Senate approves plan to ensure access to prescriber database

by Ryan Voyles | Jan 11, 2021 | Health Tech, Legislature, Prescription Drugs, Top Stories | 0

The Senate signed off Sunday on a plan its sponsor says will help ensure every medication prescriber has access to the same database.

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University of Illinois expanding saliva-based testing sites

by Ryan Voyles | Dec 15, 2020 | coronavirus, Health Tech, Top Stories | 0

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is developing a statewide lab network to expand its COVID-19 saliva-based testing and tracing initiative, its leader told a Senate committee Monday.

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Chicago Department of Public Health partners with NowPow to expand access to community services

by Ryan Voyles | Dec 10, 2020 | coronavirus, Health Tech, Top Stories | 0

The Chicago Department of Public Health has partnered with NowPow to create a digital infrastructure to help expand access to community resources, the groups announced Wednesday.

Illinois launches $9 million initiative to boost developments of wet labs

by Ryan Voyles | Dec 3, 2020 | Health Tech, Top Stories | 0

Illinois will launch a new initiative designed to create lab space required for startup and growth-stage life science companies, Gov. JB Pritzker and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity announced this week.

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UIC to examine smoking cessation in underserved populations

by Ryan Voyles | Nov 24, 2020 | Health Tech, Top Stories | 0

The University of Illinois Chicago is receiving $3.3 million to study the burden of tobacco use and ways to improve smoking cessation interventions for populations with high smoking rates, officials announced last week.

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