Topics In Press Release

• 18 vulnerable Chicago neighborhoods. 10 leading health systems. One powerful goal.
• Advocates celebrate new law ensuring Hoosier access to Chicago children’s hospitals
• AMA, 56 Other Groups Back Mandatory COVID Vax for Healthcare Workers
• Arwady On COVID Cases In Chicago: We Are Moving In The Wrong Direction
• Avoid Toxic Drug Combinations This Flu Season
• Beware of Fake Prescription Pills This Summer
• Bills expanding access to mental health care are among several signed into law
• CDC updates guidance, recommends vaccinated people wear masks indoors in certain areas
• CDC: Vaccinated people should get tested after exposure even if they show no symptoms
• Christopher Jessup Joins Illinois Health and Hospital Association
• Cook health officials say unvaccinated 'should' mask up in schools
• COVID Cases Climb, As Healthcare Workers Push More People to Get Vaccinated
• Franciscan Health to require employee vaccinations or immunity tests
• Health Care for Older Immigrants Sees Momentum Among States
• Hospitals struggle to reduce disparities: Minority patients underrepresented in 4 of 5 hospitals
• IDPH ‘fully aligns’ with new stricter CDC mask guidance
• IHA Daily Briefing: July 16
• IHA Daily Briefing: July 19
• IHA Daily Briefing: July 20
• IHA Daily Briefing: July 21
• IHA Daily Briefing: July 22
• IHA Daily Briefing: July 23
• IHA Daily Briefing: July 26
• IHA Daily Briefing: July 27
• IHA Daily Briefing: July 28
• IHA Health Equity Action Day: Media Advisory
• IHA Launches the Racial Equity in Healthcare Progress Report
• Illinois Records More than 2,000 COVID-19 Cases for 1st Time Since May
• Illinois records nearly 2,000 new COVID-19 cases, most since May
• Issues remain for those ignoring vaccines
• J&J says U.S. FDA agrees to extend shelf life of its COVID-19 vaccine
• Medical Expert: Fake Prescription Pills May Contain Fentanyl
• Most unvaccinated Americans don't want shots. Will a new surge change minds?
• New Illinois laws make it easier to get birth control and extend telehealth coverage beyond COVID-19
• Officials warn about pills containing fentanyl ahead of concert season
• Rush University Medical Center requiring staff to get vaccinated by October
• SwedishAmerican nurse named emerging leader in Illinois healthcare
• U.S. News ranks Northwestern, Rush hospitals among top 20 in the country
• U.S. News ranks Northwestern, Rush hospitals among top 20 in the country
• University of Chicago Crime Lab analysis: 2020 violence spike widened gap between neighborhoods
• 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
• 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
• 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