Topics In Press Release

• 18 vulnerable Chicago neighborhoods. 10 leading health systems. One powerful goal.
• AHA announces initiative to establish safer workplaces, communities
• Amita Health splitting up health care system, says it needs to be nimble
• Avoid Toxic Drug Combinations This Flu Season
• Beware of Fake Prescription Pills This Summer
• CDC endorses booster doses of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, says mix and match is fine
• Cheap antidepressant shows promise treating early COVID-19
• Christopher Jessup Joins Illinois Health and Hospital Association
• FDA OKs Moderna, J&J boosters, along with 'mix and match' approach
• FDA panel greenlights vaccines for kids, paving the way for authorization
• FDA says Pfizer COVID vaccine looks effective for young kids
• Gov. Pritzker Orders Vaccination Or Testing For Day Care Workers
• Hospitals' staffing challenges continue as COVID cases drop
• House committee passes measure to bar moral exemptions for COVID-19 Vaccine refusal
• IHA Daily Briefing: Oct. 15
• IHA Daily Briefing: Oct. 18
• IHA Daily Briefing: Oct. 19
• IHA Daily Briefing: Oct. 20
• IHA Daily Briefing: Oct. 21
• IHA Daily Briefing: Oct. 22
• IHA Daily Briefing: Oct. 25
• IHA Daily Briefing: Oct. 26
• IHA Daily Briefing: Oct. 27
• IHA Health Equity Action Day: Media Advisory
• IHA Launches the Racial Equity in Healthcare Progress Report
• Illinois AG issues warning about look-alike THC products
• Illinois' COVID-19 case positivity at lowest point since mid-July
• Illinois deals with shortage of mental health workers
• Illinois emergency rule requires hospitals, health care facilities to track staff vaccination record
• Illinois House Republicans push to end Pritzker’s ‘unilateral’ COVID-19 emergency orders
• Lisa (Weichman) Harries Joining IHA to Lead on Health Equity
• Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton tours OSF HealthCare OnCall facility
• MAPS PSO Presents Patient Safety Champion Awards to FHN Memorial, Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest
• New infections drop more than 50% nationwide
• Overdose deaths are so high that the Biden team is embracing ideas once seen as taboo
• Pritzker says 500,000 'kid-sized' doses of COVID-19 vaccine coming to Illinois
• Hospitals, Doctors and Nurses Plead: “Don’t Let Your Guard Down. Keep Your Mask Up”
• Illinois Health and Hospital Association Elects New Board
• Illinois Hospitals and Health Systems Infuse More Than $100 Billion Annually Into State’s Economy
• Illinois Poison Center Unveils New Website
• Karen Teitelbaum to Chair 2021 Illinois Health and Hospital Association Board
• Leading Business and Health Care Groups Urge Safe Holiday Celebrations
• March Is Illinois Poison Prevention Month
• IHA Statement on Governor Pritzker's Action Today to Mitigate COVID-19 Surge
• Jordan Powell Joining IHA to Lead on Health Policy and Finance
• MAPS PSO Presents Patient Safety Champion Award to DuPage Medical Group
• IHA Chief Says Vaccine Delivery ‘on Track' to Illinois County Health Departments
• Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center gets go-ahead for expansion
• Saving Mercy Hospital
• SIH Respiratory therapist shares COVID experience amid therapist shortage
• Silver Cross Hospital And Lewis University Partner On Student Loan Repayment Support
• State seeks to bar moral, religious exemptions for COVID-19 vaccine refusal
• State Senate passes measure to license midwives without nursing degrees to ‘give folks options'
• Statement from IHA Re: Hospital and Healthcare Transformation – Senate Bill 1510
• Statement from IHA Re: Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch
• Healthcare Providers, Advocates Urge General Assembly to Protect Telehealth
• IHA Letter re: Graduated Income Tax Proposal
• IHA Opinion: Hospitals Committed to Serving Everyone
• Illinois Poison Center Leader Named President-Elect of AAPCC
• IHA Statement on IDPH Emergency Rules on Face Coverings
• IHA Statement on Health Disparities
• Illinois Hospital and Health Systems Showcase Quality Improvement Initiatives
• Illinois Business and Healthcare Groups Encourage Use of Face Masks to Save Lives, Protect Jobs
• Health Care Organizations Speak Out Against Legal Challenge to Stay-at-Home Order
• Help Us Help You: A Message From Illinois Hospitals and Health Systems During COVID-19 Pandemic
• Hospitals Take Huge Financial Hits Because Of COVID-19
• Illinois Hospitals Issue Plea for Medical Supplies
• Holiday Plants Are Not on the Menu
• Illinois Health and Hospital Association Elects New Board
• Illinois’ Rural Hospitals Celebrate National Rural Health Day
• IPC Cleaning Product Exposures Up 30%
• 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?
• MAPS PSO Releases White Paper on Top 10 Patient Safety Issues for 2020
• Please Do Not Eat Disinfectant
• State Of Illinois’ Coronavirus Hotline Fields Myriad Of Calls With Questions, Concerns
• Study shows alarming increase in Illinois residents without medical coverage
• Summer Plants: Safe or Not?
• 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
• Telehealth Legislation Protects Virtual Healthcare Beyond COVID-19 Pandemic
• The Trajectory of Our Healthcare Workforce Is Unsustainable
• The U.S. needs more nurses, but nursing schools don't have enough slots
• Vaccination spike comes at deadline for some state workers
• White House prepares for younger kids’ COVID-19 vaccinations
• Why Some Healthcare Workers Would Rather Lose Their Jobs Than Get Vaccinated