Blessing requests review of Quincy hospital approval – Health News Illinois
Blessing Health System has requested a legal review on the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board’s recent approval of Quincy Medical Group’s plan to construct a 28-bed, small-format hospital.
Illinois’ COVID-19 hospitalizations, cases declining – Health News Illinois
As of Monday, 1,163 Illinoisans were in the hospital with COVID-19, up four from Sunday and down 36 from the prior week.
Report: Demand for healthcare workers in Illinois increasing – Health News Illinois
Illinois’ healthcare industry needs to attract new professionals at all levels of experience to replace its retiring workforce, according to a report released Tuesday by a state task force.
Rush announces outpatient center in Chicago’s West Loop – Health News Illinois
Rush University System for Health will open an outpatient center in Chicago’s West Loop this fall, it announced Tuesday.
Pritzker signs nursing home rate reform into law – Health News Illinois
Gov. JB Pritzker signed off Tuesday on a plan to reform how nursing homes are funded in Illinois. The law phases in a patient-driven payment model and allocates dedicated funding for staffing increases and workforce transformation. It also rewards providers for achieving higher levels of care, and boosts wages for certified nursing assistants. “Today we […]
COVID-19 cases sees decline, 15 counties remain at ‘high’ level of transmission – Health News Illinois
COVID-19 cases continue to fall in Illinois, though the number of counties at a “high” risk level continues to grow, according to data from the Department of Public Health. IDPH reported 36,843 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 last week, an 8.3 percent decrease from the prior week. Forty-five more Illinoisans died. The new cases […]
Lurie Children’s Hospital leaders join Durbin in call for action after mass shootings – Health News Illinois
Describing the recent string of shootings in Chicago and across the country a “public health crisis at the forefront of pediatrics,” leaders at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago last week called on lawmakers to take action on gun control.
Report: More equitable vaccine coverage could have prevented over 250 COVID-19 deaths in Chicago – Health News Illinois
About 255 COVID-19-related deaths could have been prevented during the initial waves of the virus had vaccine coverage been more equitable, according to a report released late last week by the University of Chicago Medicine.
Pritzker approves Medicaid omnibus – Health News Illinois
Gov. JB Pritzker late last week signed a wide-sweeping Medicaid omnibus that extends continuous eligibility, eases access for long-term care members, expands coverage for undocumented adults and more.
Panelists discuss impact of COVID-19 on mental health in Illinois – Health News Illinois
COVID-19 has taken a toll on mental healthcare in Illinois.