Topics In Press Release

• “We Vape, We Vote’: How Vaping Crackdowns Are Politicizing Vapers
• 3 sexually transmitted diseases hit new highs again in US
• Adult-onset food allergies are becoming more common, with women most at risk
• Advocate Sherman's home visit program receives state award
• Almost half of Americans have dealt with substance abuse in family: Gallup
• BJC HealthCare will raise minimum hourly pay to $15; more than 3,500 workers will benefit
• Colorado's proposed public option uses lower hospital pay to cut premiums
• Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle says her $6.2 billion proposed budget is ‘responsible'
• Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle says her $6.2 billion budget has no new taxes and fees
• Cook County State’s Attorney, activists sue Trump administration over proposed immigration rules
• Democratic Presidential Hopeful Sanders Says He Was 'Dumb' to Ignore Health Warnings
• Deputy governor says Pritzker would sign new ethylene oxide regulations
• Doctors expect one flu strain to be severe this year
• Doctors turn to thumbs for diagnosis and treatment by text
• Drumbeat Builds For A Peace Corps Of Caregivers
• E-Cigarettes Went Unchecked in 10 Years of F.D.A. Inaction
• Faced With a Drug Shortfall, Doctors Scramble to Treat Children With Cancer
• Gov. Pritzker proposes consolidating suburban and downstate police and firefighter pension funds
• Gov. Pritzker unveils five-year economic plan for Illinois
• He Tried E-Cigarettes to Quit Smoking. Doctors Say Vaping Led to His Death.
• Heads Up: A Ruling On The Latest Challenge To The Affordable Care Act Is Coming
• Health Officials Urge Caution in Reducing Opioids for Pain Patients
• Health Officials: 69 Hospitalizations Linked to Vaping in Illinois
• High School Vape Culture Can Be Almost As Hard To Shake As Addiction, Teens Say
• How can Chicago erase $838 million budget shortfall? Lightfoot asks aldermen for ideas
• How Naperville's District 203 is working to prevent teen suicide
• IHA Daily Briefing: Oct. 10
• IHA Daily Briefing: Oct. 11
• IHA Daily Briefing: Oct. 14
• IHA Daily Briefing: Oct. 15
• IHA Daily Briefing: Oct. 2
• IHA Daily Briefing: Oct. 3
• IHA Daily Briefing: Oct. 4
• IHA Daily Briefing: Oct. 7
• IHA Daily Briefing: Oct. 8
• IHA Daily Briefing: Oct. 9
• IHA Daily Briefing: Sept. 17
• IHA Honors Illinois Hospitals and Health Systems for Quality Initiatives with Significant Impact
• IHA Statement on HHS Proposed Rules on Reforms to Support Value-Based Care and Coordinated Care
• Interest in ‘medical-aid-in-dying’ law rising in Illinois
• Is That a Mouse In Your House?
• Joliet hospital embarks on multimillion-dollar ‘Heart Hospital within a Hospital’ campaign
• Letter: Hospitals need access to accurate cost-sharing information
• Lyft offering free rides to screenings for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• Doctors Argue Plans To Remedy Surprise Medical Bills Will ‘Shred’ The Safety Net
• Marijuana goes on sale in Illinois in January, but tight supply may make it hard to buy
• McDonough District Hospital showcases new Dolores Kator Switzer Women’s Center
• Medicaid managed care reforms signed into law
• Most pregnant women aren't getting flu and whooping cough shots, CDC warns
• My 75-year-old partner had surgery and was prescribed a bottle of opioids with no words of caution
• Nursing assistant helps care for victims of Chicago violence: ‘My patients are the best part'
• Opinion | Dick Durbin: Rural health care in Illinois must improve
• OSF HealthCare to merge with Chicago-based medical center
• Overhaul is proposed for decades-old Medicare fraud rules
• Patients Eligible For Charity Care Instead Get Big Bills
• Poll shows widespread support for graduated tax
• Preckwinkle: No ‘magic wand’ to solve problem of disappearing health care money
• Rate of uninsured Americans rises for the first time since Obamacare took effect in 2014
• Pharmacies back bill instituting state oversight of pharmacy benefit managers
• Reported suicide attempts among black teens have spiked since 1991, study shows, raising concerns
• Reports raising warning flag about cold-weather rodent baits
• Rush Oak Park Hospital unveils new $30 million emergency department
• Signs and symptoms of a staph infection
• State officials urge caution with rat poison as pests head indoors to avoid the cold
• States take back control of their ACA marketplaces
• Sterigenics moves to upgrade shuttered device sterilization plant
• The Case for the Public Option Over Medicare for All
• The Elderly Are Getting Complex Surgeries. Often It Doesn’t End Well.
• These telemedicine doctors are getting licenses in all 50 states to treat patients in remote areas
• They Enrolled in Medical School To Practice Rural Medicine. What Happened?
• Trump administration proposes changes to anti-kickback rules for healthcare
• Trump Is Trying Hard To Thwart Obamacare. How's That Going?
• Trump policy targeting immigrants who use safety net services blocked by federal court in Illinois
• U.S. adds 136,000 jobs in September, unemployment rate hits 50-year low
• U.S. surgeons general: Dementia is our top public health crisis | Commentary
• US Appeals Court Skeptical of Trump's Medicaid Work Rules
• US vaccine panel downgrades pneumonia shot recommendation
• Vaping Illness, Deaths Likely Very Rare Beyond U.S., Experts Say
• 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
• $95.3 Billion: The State Economic Impact of Illinois Hospitals and Health Systems
• 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
• Why High Drug Prices Persist Despite The Fact Good Medicines Are Lowering Healthcare Spending