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• ‘Everyone is afraid’ as Illinois virus cases spike
• ‘It’s no different from New York’: Urban centers nationwide gird for catastrophic virus outbreak
• 134 Detainees at Cook County Jail Confirmed Positive for COVID-19
• 15 Heroic First-Hand Stories From the Coronavirus Front Lines
• 3 new COVID-19 cases in Sangamon County, 1 new death
• 3-star general on new McCormick Place hospital: ‘We don’t know when this one’s going to end’
• 937 new cases of COVID-19, 26 more deaths as Pritzker extends stay-at-home order through April 30
• 986 new COVID-19 cases, 42 new deaths reported in Illinois
• A south side community hospital is offering drive thru coronavirus swab and blood testing
• A Suburban Chicago Hospital System Can Now Test For COVID-19
• Abbott receives approval for test that can detect coronavirus in 5 minutes
• Area hospitals prepare for potential COVID outbreak
• Army Corps of Engineers work to convert McCormick Place into a 3k-bed COVID-19 hospital by April 24
• Army corps rushing to convert Elgin hospital site into facility for COVID-19 patients
• As COVID-19 Cases Rise, State Secures Fourth Alternate Treatment Site At Former Westlake Hospital
• As COVID-19 isolates patients, telehealth becomes lifeline for behavioral health
• Blessing Health System expands virtual office visits as part of COVID-19 response
• Carle Hospital offering COVID-19 testing on site
• Carol Stream senior living community has 7 cases of COVID-19
• Chicago Hospital Braces for Surge of COVID-19 Patients as Staff Logs Grueling Hours
• Chicago hospitals begin to lean on expanded ICU spaces as regular critical care beds fill
• Chicago prepares for the coronavirus storm, hoping to stay above the surge
• Chicago-area hospitals place visitation limits as Illinois COVID-19 outbreak spreads
• China Concealed Extent of Virus Outbreak, U.S. Intelligence Says
• COCA Call for Long-Term Care Facilities Today
• Coronavirus Cases in Illinois Top 5,000 With 73 Fatalities
• Coronavirus Costs Illinois Behavioral Health Providers $7 Million
• Coronavirus healthcare hit looms large for Cook County, Illinois
• Coronavirus May Add Billions to the Nation’s Health Care Bill
• Coronavirus Patients Caught In Conflict Between Hospital And Nursing Homes
• Coronavirus response | Health workers getting extra help to stay healthy, reduce stress
• Coronavirus response | UI-Carle team creates prototype emergency ventilator
• Coronavirus Spreading Inside the Stateville Correction Center
• Coronavirus test sites added in Illinois, but Pritzker says limited capacity still enormous problem
• Coronavirus update: Teenager from McHenry County, and woman from Kane County confirmed cases
• Could state switch to endorsing face masks to help contain COVID-19?
• County finances to suffer one-two punch as coronavirus patients ‘swamp the health care system’
• COVID crisis sparks new Pritzker order, shielding doctors, hospitals from 'plague' of lawsuits
• COVID-19 Testing Still Limited In Springfield — 'We're really having to make some tough decisions'
• COVID-19: Temporary licenses possible for Illinois nursing students
• Dixon businesses donating personal protective equipment to medical workers
• Durbin: Pritzker aiming to organize an airlift of COVID-19 supplies from China to Illinois
• Elgin’s former Sherman Hospital site to become overflow facility to address COVID-19 case increase
• Extroverts (and introverts, too) face quarantine challenges
• Face masks, thermometers among the supplies Illinois manufacturers are racing to produce
• FDA Says Zantac Should Be Pulled From Market, Citing Cancer Risk
• FDA shut down at-home coronavirus tests, but will they be part of the solution?
• Feds look into county Medicaid payment backlog
• FEMA tells House panel national supply of ventilators running low
• FEMA tells lawmakers most new ventilators won't be ready until June
• Five hospitals, National Guard pitch in for Stateville coronavirus outbreak
• For Downstate Illinois, coronavirus crisis ‘is going to devastate families’
• Ford donates thousands of face shields to HSHS hospitals
• Four lessons for hospitals implementing COVID-19 drive-through testing
• From erecting tents to modifying rooms, Central Illinois hospitals prep for surge of COVID-19 patien
• Gateway Regional Medical Center prepared for coronavirus cases
• Gov. Pritzker promises state doing all it can to see more prisoners exit system as COVID-19 spreads
• Governor vows to increase testing as COVID-19 cases surge
• Heartland Community College donates supplies to local hospitals
• Help On The Way For Illinois’ Rural Hospitals
• Help Us Help You: A Message From Illinois Hospitals and Health Systems During COVID-19 Pandemic
• Here are Illinois' COVID-19 test numbers so far
• Hospital Ask Volunteers To Sew Masks
• Hospital chaplains find creative ways to offer compassion so no one has to die alone
• Hospital Safety Rules Are Relaxed to Fight Coronavirus
• Hospital Safety Rules Are Relaxed to Fight Coronavirus
• Hospitals receive help from local business donation
• Hospitals Transfer Child Patients To Make Room For The COVID-19 Surge
• How Health Care Providers Are Preparing for COVID-19 Peak in Illinois
• How many hospital beds are in Southern Illinois?
• How the Pandemic Will End
• How to Donate Personal Protective Equipment in Illinois to Help Combat Coronavirus
• IDPH and Quincy Area EMS call for volunteers
• IHA Daily Briefing: April 1
• IHA Daily Briefing: April 2
• Bill to cap insulin costs passed by Illinois Senate, heads to governor's desk
• IHA Daily Briefing: March 23
• IHA Daily Briefing: March 24
• IHA Daily Briefing: March 25
• IHA Daily Briefing: March 26
• IHA Daily Briefing: March 27
• IHA Daily Briefing: March 30
• IHA Daily Briefing: March 31
• Illinois changes Medicaid, food stamps and unemployment policies in response to COVID-19
• Illinois creates action plan to expand and expedite Medicaid coverage
• Illinois Hospitals Issue Plea for Medical Supplies
• Illinois Hospitals Lack Beds Needed to Care for the Number of Residents Projected to Get COVID-19
• Illinois infant with COVID-19 dies, cause of death unknown
• Illinois lawmakers urge Pritzker to reopen shuttered hospitals
• Illinois might have 19,000 COVID-19 cases about a week from now. But it could have been worse.
• Illinois Officials Concerned Coronavirus Will Impact Census
• Holiday Plants Are Not on the Menu
• Illinois Health and Hospital Association Elects New Board
• Illinois sees 1K+ spike in COVID-19 cases in 1 day as state seeks to increase testing capacity
• Illinois veterinarians volunteer to help fight coronavirus, provide equipment like ventilators
• Illinois: We need medical backup
• Illinois’ Rural Hospitals Celebrate National Rural Health Day
• Just in case: Local hospitals prepare for the possibility of COVID-19 influx
• Last rounds of protective gear in national stockpile being shipped
• Local hospitals begin COVID-19 drug trial
• Local hospitals begin COVID-19 drug trial
• Local Hospitals treating COVID-19 patients
• 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?
• Doctors Argue Plans To Remedy Surprise Medical Bills Will ‘Shred’ The Safety Net
• MAPS PSO Releases White Paper on Top 10 Patient Safety Issues for 2020
• McHenry County adds hospital bed capacity in COVID-19 preparations
• Medicaid managed care reforms signed into law
• Medicaid Nearing ‘Eye Of The Storm’ As Newly Unemployed Look For Coverage
• Medline reopens Illinois medtech sterilization plant
• Medline resumes ethylene oxide operations, plans to resterilize used N95 masks
• Meet Southern Illinois' sewing warriors. They're making hundreds of masks for front-line workers.
• Mercyhealth’s Rockford hospitals ready for potential COVID-19 surge
• More evidence indicates healthy people can spread virus
• Morris Hospital makes preparations as state COVID-19 cases grow
• Morris Hospital Staff "In Awe" of Public Support
• New field hospital planned for Chicago
• No, the FDA has not authorized a 2-minute test for coronavirus
• NorthShore CEO Gallagher talks COVID-19 preparedness
• NorthShore Moving to Convert Glenbrook Hospital Into Temporary Site for Covid-19 Patients
• Nursing home infections, deaths surge amid lockdown measures
• OSF HealthCare launches digital educational tool for COVID-19
• OSF HealthCare taking precautions during COVID-19 pandemic
• Out of Retirement, Into the Coronavirus Fight
• Pandemic-Stricken Cities Have Empty Hospitals, But Reopening Them Is Difficult
• Parade of cars show their support for doctors and nurses dealing with coronavirus
• Patients slip through healthcare's safety net amid Medicaid financing debate
• Pritzker Administration Behind On Hiring Spree To Tackle Medicaid Application Backlog
• Pritzker details effort to get protective gear from China
• Pritzker says feds sent wrong masks as Illinois reports 8 more coronavirus deaths
• Pritzker: Former And Current Health Care Workers Answering the Call
• Rapid coronavirus testing starting in Illinois
• Relief package billions can’t buy hospitals out of shortages
• Retired, former doctors, nurses answer call to return to frontline of coronavirus pandemic
• Sheltered At Home, Families Broach End-Of-Life Planning
• Some Chicagoans report lengthy delays on coronavirus test results
• Springfield hotels part of plan to house recovering COVID-19 patients
• St. Louis-area hospitals are preparing to be overwhelmed by coronavirus patients
• State education officials say school districts must start remote learning Tuesday
• State hospitals now ‘shoring up’ resources
• State Of Illinois’ Coronavirus Hotline Fields Myriad Of Calls With Questions, Concerns
• Stateville hospitalizations decline
• Surgeon general: Chicago among ‘hot spot’ cities for virus
• Telemedicine helps system absorb caseload while fighting coronavirus
• The Nation’s 5,000 Outpatient Surgery Centers Could Help With The COVID-19 Overflow
• Thousands of US medical workers furloughed, laid off as routine patient visits drop
• To Help Treat COVID-19, High School Donates Science Lab Equipment To Hospital
• Triage tent is erected at Advocate Christ for overflow of patients
• Trump now urging U.S. to hunker down through April
• Trump rejects Obamacare special enrollment period amid pandemic
• Trump says ‘life and death’ at stake in following guidelines
• Trump scrambles to broaden coronavirus testing options
• Trump signs $2.2T stimulus after swift congressional votes
• They’re not seeing coronavirus patients, but Chicago medical students form volunteer teams to help
• 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
• Two area hospitals explain fiscal impact on state
• 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
• U of I designs prototype for low-cost, easy-to-build ventilator and offers it free to manufacturers
• U.S. economy lost a total of 701,000 jobs in March
• U.S. emergency medical stockpile nearly out of protective gear as demand rises -officials
• U.S. House leaders determined to pass $2.2 trillion coronavirus bill
• UI’s efforts include help with testing, sanitizer, modeling effects
• Westlake Hospital will reopen to treat COVID-19 cases
• When will the coronavirus outbreak peak in Illinois? Here are some projections.
• Why are masks for doctors, nurses in short supply just when needed most? Blame a broken supply chain