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• ‘A pretty scary thing:’ Kid illness tied to the coronavirus worries doctors, parents
• ‘An Arm And A Leg’: Health Care Takes A Financial Hit In The Midst Of Pandemic
• ‘How Could the CDC Make That Mistake?’
• ‘Nothing like we’ve ever seen:’ Memorial Day crowds at reopened Lake Geneva beach ‘raise concern’
• ‘People are frightened’: Across rural Illinois, economic frustrations mix with anxiety over COVID-19
• ‘Virus decides’ when to reopen US, Fauci says; no travel for Easter; deaths surpass 16,000
• “The show must go on”: Evanston’s new and expecting mothers confront anxiety, isolation
• 4 aftershocks of the coronavirus pandemic that will be felt for years
• 4 Chicago Companies Will Produce 1 Million Masks For Residents
• 5 Guidelines for Transferring Nursing Home Residents to Hospitals During the Coronavirus Pandemic
• A Coronavirus Fad Or The Future Of Medicine? Telehealth Is Having A Moment
• A Nurse With One Lung Had COVID-19. Other Nurses Saved Her.
• A record 20.5 million jobs were lost in April as unemployment rate jumps to 14.7%
• A Suburban Chicago Hospital System Can Now Test For COVID-19
• A Switch To Medicaid Managed Care Worries Some Illinois Foster Families
• A thank you to Gov. Pritzker
• Abbott Virus Test Used at White House Faces Accuracy Concern
• Addresses of COVID-19 patients to be provided to first responders
• Advocate Aurora invests in Texas-based PPE manufacturer
• After patient volume collapsed amid the coronavirus pandemic, some see signs of recovery
• After Recovery From the Coronavirus, Most People Carry Antibodies
• AG’s office sends Rep. Bailey’s lawsuit to federal court
• AHA Says COVID-19-related Losses for Hospitals Will Surpass $200B
• ALMH wins national award
• American virus deaths at 100,000: What does a number mean?
• Americans more worried about reopening too quickly than not opening quickly enough, survey shows
• Amid apparent virus plateau, Pritzker says stay the course
• Another 138 dead from COVID-19, 2,641 more infected
• Apple, Google release technology for coronavirus-tracking apps
• As elective surgeries resume, out-of-state patients flock to Illinois doctors
• As Hospitals Lose Revenue, More Than A Million Health Care Workers Lose Jobs
• Back to business, but not business as usual as nations open
• Bare-faced Bailey gets the boot: Downstate Republican ousted from House for violating COVID-19 rules
• Barr urges Trump administration to back off call to fully strike down Obamacare
• Big crowds on first day of COVID-19 testing facility in Aurora
• Black healthcare workers hit harder during pandemic, paper finds
• Blessing Hospital makes changes ahead of expected surge of COVID-19 patients
• CDC Says Possibly 'Less Than Half' Of Positive Antibody Tests Are Correct
• CDC warns of possible measles outbreak as vaccinations for children fall during pandemic
• Chicago can’t reopen without decrease in the number of coronavirus cases, Mayor Lori Lightfoot says
• Chicago Hits the Jackpot in Special Legislative Session
• Chicago Hospital Sues Illinois Over Medicaid Pay ‘Crisis’
• Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot releases guidelines for phase 3 of city’s reopening plan
• Chicago to open 6 more testing sites, will work with Sean Penn’s charity for goal of 10,000 tests/da
• Chicago Will Reopen Based On Science, Lightfoot Says
• Chicago, Rockford, Joliet dioceses: State OKs plan to start reopening churches as soon as May 23
• Chicago’s deadliest Memorial Day weekend since 2015: 10 shot dead, 38 wounded
• Chicago-area hospitals place visitation limits as Illinois COVID-19 outbreak spreads
• CMS wants to boost inpatient hospital payments by 1.6%
• COCA Call for Long-Term Care Facilities Today
• Congress, White House reach high for next virus bill
• Connecting families with loved ones in the hospital
• Constable: She must tell them they have the virus, which elicits tears and fears
• Contact tracing is key to fighting COVID-19 in Illinois. Here’s how you can help.
• Coronavirus brought doctor visits by phone to Illinois. Is telemedicine here to stay?
• Coronavirus Chicago: Mayor Lori Lightfoot to outline reopening plan
• Coronavirus does not spread easily on surfaces, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says
• Coronavirus Hospitalizations Drop Slightly In Illinois For First Time
• Coronavirus in Illinois: A Day in the Life During the Pandemic
• Coronavirus Models Are Nearing Consensus, but Reopening Could Throw Them Off Again
• Coronavirus patients rush to join studies of Gilead drug
• Coronavirus shakes the conceit of ‘American exceptionalism’
• Coronavirus testing: CVS to open 17 new COVID-19 drive-thru testing sites across Illinois
• Coronavirus update: Teenager from McHenry County, and woman from Kane County confirmed cases
• County health officials hope to interview potential CEO candidates as early as May or June
• County, hospitals working together toward reopening
• COVID-19 cases surge by 4,014 Tuesday; Pritzker says no to changing regional recovery plan
• COVID-19 contact tracing training program now accepting applicants at Oakton Community College
• COVID-19 test shortages persist in Illinois, crimping plans for return to normal
• COVID-19 Took Black Lives First. It Didn’t Have To.
• COVID-19 Testing Still Limited In Springfield — 'We're really having to make some tough decisions'
• Deaths Linked to COVID-19 Drop to 7-Week Low, IDPH Data Shows
• DOJ intervenes in case challenging Illinois coronavirus restrictions, says governor went too far
• DuPage County expected to get COVID-19 testing site
• DuPage/Will cases now exceed 1,420, city cases hit 57, food drive and to help those facing hardships
• Elective medical procedures now allowed under Pritzker's modified order
• Elective surgeries and procedures return to Morris Hospital
• Employees in Illinois just became safer from COVID-19 in the workplace. Find out how.
• Fauci warns reopening country too fast could be 'really serious' for states
• Federal judge orders new safety policies at Cook County Jail but refuses to release inmates
• Feds look into county Medicaid payment backlog
• Feds urge ‘extreme caution’ for reopening nursing homes
• Financially devastated hospitals and health systems face an uncertain future
• Gateway resumes pandemic-postponed procedures
• Gov. Pritzker to kick off campaign to address disparities in COVID-19 deaths
• Gov. Releases Guidelines for Businesses And Workplaces To Safely Reopen During Phase 3
• Government funding to fuel South Side hospital merger falls through
• Governor extends Illinois stay-at-home order to May 30
• Gowns for Medical Staff, Made Of Same Material As Masks, In Short Supply
• Health care advocates say legal lifting of stay-at-home order would be ‘devastating’
• Health Care Organizations Speak Out Against Legal Challenge to Stay-at-Home Order
• Health Dept. retracts emergency rule to criminalize business owners who reopen early
• Health official says US missed some chances to slow virus
• Heartland Community College donates supplies to local hospitals
• Help Us Help You: A Message From Illinois Hospitals and Health Systems During COVID-19 Pandemic
• Here’s how Mayor Lori Lightfoot hopes to reopen Chicago
• Historic financial decline hits doctors, dentists and hospitals threatening overall economy
• Hospital bed capacity OK in Peru, Spring Valley, Mendota
• Hospital EBITDA Margins Fell 13 Percentage Points Year-over-Year in March
• Hospital honors front-line professionals during National EMS Week
• Hospital staff filling in when family not allowed at patient's side
• Hospital stays, revenues down as nonpandemic patients steer clear
• Hospitals ask Congress for another $100 billion COVID-19 bailout
• Hospitals ask federal court to toss rule on negotiated rates
• Hospitals at center of fight over liability protections in coronavirus relief bill
• Hospitals Take Huge Financial Hits Because Of COVID-19
• Hospitals turn to online matchmakers to swap supplies
• How Area Hospitals are Maintaining Their Supply Chains
• How Illinois engineered an innovative new ventilator: BTN LiveBIG
• How Many Medical Errors Have Hospitals Made During the Coronavirus Crisis?
• How Plasma From Recovered COVID-19 Patients Could Offer a Cure
• How SSM Health is responding to Covid-19 by thinking globally and reopening locally
• How to Create an N95 Mask Disinfection Facility for Less Than $15,000
• HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Receives Donation From Ford Motor Company
• IDPH is prioritizing testing at long-term care facilities in Illinois
• IHA Daily Briefing: May 14
• IHA Daily Briefing: May 15
• IHA Daily Briefing: May 18
• IHA Daily Briefing: May 19
• IHA Daily Briefing: May 20
• IHA Daily Briefing: May 21
• IHA Daily Briefing: May 22
• IHA Daily Briefing: May 26
• Illinois Blue Cross parent names new CEO
• Illinois health facilities required to allow support persons for people with disabilities
• Illinois hit with fat yields in $800 million bond sale
• Illinois hospitals are resuming more surgeries, but some patients may still have to wait
• Illinois Hospitals Issue Plea for Medical Supplies
• Illinois is sixth in COVID-19 death toll, but it's 24th in fatality rate
• Illinois Latinos surpass African Americans in coronavirus cases
• Illinois nursing home strike averted as tentative agreement reached between union workers, companies
• Illinois officials say the state is hitting its COVID-19 peak — and that’s actually good news
• Holiday Plants Are Not on the Menu
• Illinois Health and Hospital Association Elects New Board
• Illinois Receives 1st Allotment of Remdesivir to Treat COVID-19 Patients: 90% Goes to Cook County
• Illinois records lowest death total in a week, fewer cases, but fewer tests too
• Illinois seeing decrease in COVID-19 hospitalizations, people in ICU and on ventilators: IDPH
• Illinois Sees Its Highest 1-Day Total Of Coronavirus Deaths
• Illinois Senate approves $42.8 billion budget that relies heavily on borrowing
• Illinois task force studying mysterious Coronavirus-related illness in children
• Illinois’ Pandemic-Era Budget Looks to Feds for More Help
• Illinois’ Rural Hospitals Celebrate National Rural Health Day
• Illinois’ stay-at-home order will extend through May 31, require masks in public due to coronavirus
• IPC Cleaning Product Exposures Up 30%
• 'It's a nightmare': COVID-19 survivors cope with the virus aftermath
• Justices wary of ‘Obamacare’ birth control coverage changes
• Kids sick with mysterious illness possibly linked to COVID-19; symptoms similar to Kawasaki disease
• KSB Hospital and rural providers across the nation turn to telehealth to thrive
• Lamar Alexander knocks Trump for pushing ahead with Obamacare lawsuit
• Latino communities in Illinois see uptick in COVID-19 cases: ‘Physical distancing is a privilege'
• Latino leaders cite need for more COVID-19 testing in suburbs
• Lawsuit claims negligence in coronavirus-related death of resident at Bria of Geneva nursing home
• Leaders in counties with worst COVID-19 death rates say measures go too far: ‘They was dying anyway’
• Lightfoot 'cautiously optimistic' city on track to reopen in early June
• Lightfoot offers a sneak preview of her detailed plan to reopen Chicago
• Lightfoot: $1.2 Million For COVID-19 Mental Health Project, No Date To Reopen Lakefront
• Little Company of Mary was up against it when COVID-19 hit. Central IL nurses came to the rescue
• Local federal courts donate protective gear to health care workers
• Local hospital’s award-winning team helping flatten the curve
• Local nurses shine a light into their worlds during pandemic
• Longtime Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley dies overnight
• Majority of local cases lately 'asymptomatic or mild symptoms'
• Malaria drug shows no benefit in another coronavirus study
• MAPS PSO Presents Patient Safety Champion Award to a Rush Copley Medical Center Employee
• IHA Honors Illinois Hospitals and Health Systems for Quality Initiatives with Significant Impact
• Is That a Mouse In Your House?
• Doctors Argue Plans To Remedy Surprise Medical Bills Will ‘Shred’ The Safety Net
• MAPS PSO Releases White Paper on Top 10 Patient Safety Issues for 2020
• Mayor Lightfoot: COVID-19 ‘Testing Network’ Opens In Chicago This Week
• Mayor Lori Lightfoot announcement of reopening plan rescheduled
• Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces $56M RFP for contact tracing
• Medicaid managed care reforms signed into law
• Memorial Day Weekend crowds trigger virus warnings, from Lake of the Ozarks to Daytona Beach
• Mental health providers turn to telemedicine to counsel patients during pandemic
• Merck Unveils Virus Vaccine Candidates While Warning on Timeline
• Minorities, elderly represent higher rates of COVID-19 infections, deaths
• Moderna CEO says coronavirus vaccine could be ready by end of year
• Morris Hospital makes preparations as state COVID-19 cases grow
• NAL donates face shields for hospitals
• Navy’s Blue Angels to fly over Chicago in show of ‘national solidarity,’ thanks
• Nearly 4K COVID-19 cases, 500 deaths in long-term care facilities in last week, data shows
• Nearly 500 face shields donated to Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
• Nearly Half Of Americans Delayed Medical Care Due To Pandemic
• New COVID-19 cases confirmed in southern Illinois
• New data on Gilead’s remdesivir, released by accident, show no benefit for COVID-19
• New Task Force Will Plan Chicago’s Economic Recovery From Coronavirus
• Notable bills passed on last day of abbreviated legislative session
• Oak Park’s West Suburban hospital recovery unit assisting patients with post COVID-19 issues
• Obamacare Enrollees in Less Danger of Losing Subsidies Under Rule
• Ogle and Lee county leaders propose their own re-opening plan
• On Deadliest Day Yet, Dr. Ezike Begs Antsy Illinoisans To Stay Inside: ‘We’re Still At War’
• One German church service resulted in more than 100 coronavirus infections
• OSF HealthCare launches digital educational tool for COVID-19
• OSF HealthCare leaders say the mental health of employees is crucial
• OSF HealthCare reminds people to take care of primary care health needs
• OSF HealthCare requesting face mask donations as elective surgeries return
• OSF HealthCare to begin elective services again
• Our Health: Getting an overall picture of the COVID-19 pandemic
• Our residents are in crisis’: In state-run homes for adults with disabilities, COVID-19 spread quick
• Packed crowds spark pandemic alarms as states reopen
• Pandemic Hits Academic Hospitals Hard
• Pandemic threatens to deepen crisis in mental health care
• Patients slip through healthcare's safety net amid Medicaid financing debate
• Pelosi unveils $3 trillion COVID-19 relief package with another round of $1,200 stimulus payments
• Perry Memorial Hospital Board appoints Patricia Luker as interim CEO
• Please Do Not Eat Disinfectant
• Poll: Two-Thirds Expect Return To Normal Will Take 6 Months Or More
• Post-pandemic recovery depends on ‘a whole new class of jobs’ to help people feel safe in public
• Postponed elective surgeries one reason Chicago area hospitals not overwhelmed during COVID-19
• Preckwinkle denies release of COVID-19 patient addresses to dispatchers
• Pritzker addresses stay-at-home order changes, church’s planned gathering
• Pritzker Administration Behind On Hiring Spree To Tackle Medicaid Application Backlog
• Pritzker Outlines 5-Phase Plan to Reopen Illinois, Region by Region
• Pritzker outlines regional reopening as state records 176 new COVID-19 deaths
• Pritzker says Illinois may be ‘bending the curve,’ but crowd limits likely last into summer
• Pritzker speeds up reopening of child care centers in Illinois
• Pritzker stresses importance of wearing a mask, addresses mask-related discrimination
• Pritzker, Lightfoot respond to surge of COVID-19 cases among Hispanics
• Pritzker: Illinois is 'going it alone' on tackling coronavirus
• Pritzker: Start thinking about a summer with no festivals
• Private equity firms now control many hospitals, ERs and nursing homes. Is it good for health care?
• Racial Status And The Pandemic: A Combustible Mixture
• Rate of deaths, illness among black residents alarms cities
• Region's 22.8% infection rate well above threshold for loosening restrictions
• Residents say they're in the dark, nearly 90 COVID-19 deaths recorded at Chicago low-income housing
• Restaurants Can Open With Outdoor Seating in Phase 3 of Illinois’ Reopening: Pritzker
• Restore Illinois commission bill passes after removal of remote session, FOIA delay language
• Right-to-Repair Groups Fire Shots at Medical Device Manufacturers
• Roche wins U.S. nod for COVID-19 antibody test, aims to boost output
• Rural Hospitals Brace For COVID-19
• Rush was built for a moment like this. Take a look inside the calm at the center of Chicago’s storm
• Scientists say a now-dominant strain of the coronavirus appears to be more contagious than original
• Scientists Warn CDC Testing Data Could Create Misleading Picture Of Pandemic
• Sen. Durbin, Cook Co. President Toni Preckwinkle tour COVID-19 testing facility at Stroger Hospital
• Senate reopens despite risks as House preps more virus aid
• Senators probe Medline about ‘Project Air Bridge,’ say ‘the American people need an explanation’
• She was about to give birth when she learned she had COVID-19. Here’s what happened next.
• SIH to partner with Mayo Clinic to offer convalescent plasma therapy for COVID-19
• Silver Cross CEO, CMO discuss the hospital's experience with COVID-19
• Some doctors says they believe patients are staying away from hospitals, fearing COVID-19
• Southern Illinois hospitals to resume elective surgeries, procedures as early as Friday
• Southland records fewest number of weekly COVID-19 deaths since March
• St. Louis County COVID-19 deaths jump 19% Tuesday as toll rises in Missouri, Illinois
• State has spent nearly $240 million on COVID-19 response
• State Of Illinois’ Coronavirus Hotline Fields Myriad Of Calls With Questions, Concerns
• State Takes Over Elgin Overflow Hospital Thursday: Officials
• State's COVID-19 infection rate continues to decline; 87 more dead
• States cut Medicaid as millions of jobless workers look to safety net
• States Look To University Labs To Help Increase COVID-19 Testing Capacity
• Structural racism responsible for high rate of COVID-19 deaths among African Americans
• Struggling state hospital systems announce furloughs; collectively losing $1.4B a month
• Study estimates 24 states still have uncontrolled coronavirus spread
• Study says coronavirus immunity might only last 6 months
• Suicides of two health care workers hint at the Covid-19 mental health crisis to come
• Supreme Court set to hear Obamacare case argued by phone
• The final data for remdesivir is in
• The second virus wave: How bad will it be as lockdowns ease?
• Three potential futures for Covid-19: recurring small outbreaks, a monster wave, or a persistent cri
• Travel From New York City Seeded Wave of U.S. Outbreaks
• Trump administration shelves CDC guide to reopening country
• Trump appeals to seniors with plan to cap insulin costs at $35 for Medicare enrollees
• Trump EPA still hasn’t told thousands of Americans about cancer risks from ethylene oxide
• Trump looks to wind down coronavirus task force as early as this month, Pence says
• Trump says coronavirus task force will continue 'indefinitely,' shift focus to reopening and vaccine
• Trump says IG report finding hospital shortages is 'just wrong'
• Trump says US will be able to run 5 million COVID-19 tests per day very soon despite shortages
• Trump says virus testing ‘not a problem,’ but doubts persist
• Trump scrambles to broaden coronavirus testing options
• Comprehensive Medicaid Managed Care Reform Legislation Will Strengthen Illinois Medicaid Program
• IHA Innovation Challenge: Partners in Progress Award Presented
• Illinois Hospital Leaders to Showcase Quality Improvement Initiatives at the State Capitol
• Illinois Hospital Leaders Urge Legislative Action on Needed Medicaid Managed Care Reforms
• Karen Harris Named IHA Senior Vice President and General Counsel
• March is Illinois Poison Prevention Month
• IHA Elects New Board
• IHA Statement on Texas District Court Ruling on the ACA
• IHA's Longest Serving Employee Retires
• Illinois Poison Center Warns About "Silent Killer" in Homes
• MAPS PSO Presents Patient Safety Champion Award
• Sarah Macchiarola Named IHA Vice President, Federal Government Relations
• Statement from A.J. Wilhelmi Re: Illinois Supreme Court Ruling in Oswald v. Beard
• Statement from A.J. Wilhelmi: Federal Approval of Redesigned Hospital Assessment Program
• U.S. companies kept shipping masks overseas even as hospitals ran out and despite warnings
• U.S. Coronavirus Testing Still Falls Short. How's Your State Doing?
• Under pressure, Trump administration weighs extending National Guard deployments
• US allows use of 1st drug shown to help virus recovery
• US Approves New Coronavirus Antigen Test With Fast Results
• US braces for COVID-19 'slow burn'
• US choir outbreak called 'superspreader event' in Washington State
• US infection rate rising outside New York as states open up
• US to rein in flood of virus blood tests after lax oversight
• Virus spikes could emerge weeks after US economic reopenings
• Wealthiest Hospitals Got Billions in Bailout for Struggling Health Providers
• Weekly COVID-19 deaths in Illinois decline for first time during pandemic
• WHO Pauses Hydroxychloroquine Trial Amid Concerns Day After Trump Says He Stopped Taking It
• With 65 new free testing sites added, Illinois has run nearly 100K coronavirus tests in past week
• World Health Organization records worst day