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• ‘It’s not going to work’: Keeping race out of machine learning isn’t enough to avoid bias
• 18 vulnerable Chicago neighborhoods. 10 leading health systems. One powerful goal.
• A race to teach abortion procedures, before the bans begin
• Abortion patients crossing state lines may hit tens of thousands
• Abortion pills take the spotlight as states impose abortion bans
• Antiviral pill Paxlovid cuts risk of hospitalization for COVID-19 patients by 45%
• As physicians in training, we're worried about abortion access. Here's why.
• Avoid Toxic Drug Combinations This Flu Season
• Beware of Fake Prescription Pills This Summer
• Biden administration moves to restrict nicotine levels in tobacco products
• Biden administration to widen access to monkeypox vaccine
• Biden officials detail maternal health crisis plan
• Biden officials to keep private the names of hospitals where patients contracted Covid
• Biden signs gun safety bill into law
• CDC investigates 'one of the worst outbreaks of meningococcal disease' in US history
• CDC panel recommends US seniors get souped-up flu vaccines
• CDC: 36 states investigating 180 pediatric hepatitis cases
• CDC: New listeria outbreak tied to 23 illnesses, 1 death
• CMS to begin new oncology payment model
• Could a $1 billion biomedical research center come to Chicago?
• Court revives block of vaccine mandate for federal workers
• COVID vaccines saved 20M lives in 1st year, scientists say
• Democrats rev up their drug pricing push
• Downstate conservative Darren Bailey wins Illinois GOP nomination to face Gov. Pritzker
• FDA advisers endorse 1st COVID-19 shots for kids under 5
• FDA advisers recommend updating COVID booster shots for fall
• Health systems want government help fighting off the hackers
• HHS launches website in wake of Supreme Court abortion decision
• House passes bill to create health agency focused on biomedical innovation
• IHA Daily Briefing: June 21
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• IHA Health Equity Action Day Is May 13
• IHA to Host Small & Rural Hospitals Annual Meeting
• IHA’s Annual Meeting Highlights Ways to Innovate, Strengthen Rural Healthcare
• Illinois' big gap: Black workers worse off than peers
• Illinois getting nearly 4,500 doses of monkeypox vaccine from national stockpile
• Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker wants a special session to deal with overturning of Roe v. Wade
• IPC Offers Tips to Help Families Celebrate Summer Safely
• Lawmakers, pass this bill to ensure Illinois is prepared in a post-Roe world
• Media Advisory: IHA Health Equity Action Day Is May 13
• Mental health advocate optimistic new national hotline will improve Illinois' crisis infrastructure
• No Surprises Act blocked 2 million medical bills in 2 months: Report
• 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
• Screening to predict development of kidney disease underutilized, doctors say
• Senate passes gun safety bill, breaking years-long stalemate
• 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
• Study shows odds for emergency room visit rise with marijuana use
• 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
• Supreme Court rules that doctors need to knowingly misprescribe opioids for it to be a crime
• Supreme Court sides with insurer in dialysis coverage case
• Ted Rogalski Chairs 2022 IHA Board of Trustees
• Statement from A.J. Wilhelmi: Federal Approval of Redesigned Hospital Assessment Program
• Telehealth Legislation Protects Virtual Healthcare Beyond COVID-19 Pandemic
• The 20 House Republicans who voted against the package to address substance abuse, mental health
• Telehealth providers brace for Roe v. Wade ruling
• To protect people with addiction from discrimination, the Justice Dept. turns to the ADA
• Tweaked COVID boosters in US must target newer omicron types
• US officials announce more steps against monkeypox outbreak
• Will health insurers continue to cover abortion now that Roe has been overturned?