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• ‘Almost like malpractice’: to shed bias, doctors get schooled to look beyond obesity
• 18 vulnerable Chicago neighborhoods. 10 leading health systems. One powerful goal.
• 9 cases of severe hepatitis in children under investigation in Illinois
• AHA wants False Claims Act enforcement of Medicare Advantage care denials
• Another Omicron subvariant, known as BA.2.12.1, has become the dominant form among new U.S. cases
• Avoid Toxic Drug Combinations This Flu Season
• Beware of Fake Prescription Pills This Summer
• Burned out by Covid and 80-hour workweeks, resident physicians unionize
• CDC warns doctors to watch for monkeypox
• CDC: 36 states investigating 180 pediatric hepatitis cases
• Chicago likely to reach ‘high' alert level as early as Friday, top doc says
• Christopher Jessup Joins Illinois Health and Hospital Association
• Death toll from acute hepatitis in children in U.S. reaches 6, CDC reports
• Expanding and improving children's mental health is the goal of two new Illinois laws
• Harris, Murthy to outline recommendations to address health worker burnout
• Health systems can and must do more to address health disparities
• IDPH moving to automated messages for COVID test results
• IHA Daily Briefing: May 17
• IHA Daily Briefing: May 16
• IHA Daily Briefing: May 18
• IHA Daily Briefing: May 19
• IHA Daily Briefing: May 20
• IHA Daily Briefing: May 23
• IHA Daily Briefing: May 24
• IHA Daily Briefing: May 25
• IHA Daily Briefing: May 26
• IHA Daily Briefing: May 27
• IHA Daily Briefing: May 5
• IHA Health Equity Action Day Is May 13
• Illinois' big gap: Black workers worse off than peers
• Illinois Hospitals Take Action to Achieve Equitable Healthcare
• IPC Offers Tips to Help Families Celebrate Summer Safely
• Long COVID symptoms lasted a median of 15 months, Northwestern study finds
• Media Advisory: IHA Health Equity Action Day Is May 13
• More teens in mental crisis boarded in hospital ERs during pandemic
• More than 1 in 5 adult Covid survivors in the U.S. may develop long Covid, a C.D.C. study suggests.
• New census figures show Illinois’ population change was actually a modest gain
• New laws aim to reduce surprise medical billing in Illinois
• No Surprises Act blocked 2 million medical bills in 2 months: Report
• Pandemic disrupted HIV prevention efforts, CDC report says
• Patients face long delays for imaging of cancers and other diseases
• IHA Health Equity Action Day: Media Advisory
• IHA Launches the Racial Equity in Healthcare Progress Report
• 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
• Pfizer says 3 COVID shots protect children under 5
• 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
• U.S. kids inappropriately prescribed $74 million worth of antibiotics, study says
• What’s next for COVID-19 vaccines for youngest US children
• Vaccines may offer ‘only partial protection’ against long COVID: study
• Workers in office feel least connected: study