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Aetna’s chief medical officer for Medicare departs
Ali Khan, MD, is departing his role as Aetna’s chief medical officer for Medicare. Aetna’s Medicare Advantage business has more than 4 million members. According to a Sept. 10 LinkedIn post, Dr. Khan joined Aetna Medicare in early 2024. Previously, he led value-based care at Oak Street Health, another CVS Health subsidiary.
US News and World Report
Suicide-Related ER Visits In Children Rise, But Many Hospitals Lack Specialized Mental Health Care
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Sept. 9, 2026 (HealthDay News) — ER visits by children suffering suicide-related crises jumped before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study says. Emergency department visits among children involving self-harm or suicide rose by 74% between 2016 and 2022, researchers reported Sept. 3...
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Harvey's Ingalls Memorial Launches Two Residencies to Fix Southland Doctor Shortage
UChicago Medicine is launching two new residency programs at its Ingalls Memorial Hospital campus in Harvey, aiming to train dozens of new primary care doctors in a corner of Chicago's Southland that has struggled for years to attract and keep physicians. The family medicine and internal medicine programs will bring a combined 72 resident physicians to the hospital once fully scaled up, with inaugural classes set to begin in July 2027.
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Saint Francis Hospital suspends nurse after she spoke to media about unionization efforts
Saint Francis Hospital has suspended an intensive care unit nurse a few days after she spoke with the Evanston RoundTable regarding a recent petition to unionize with the National Labor Relations Board. Emily Isakson, 26, spoke with the RoundTable, among other outlets, regarding conditions she found concerning at the hospital...
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‘Don’t wait for the perfect moment’: Surgeons on the advice that stuck with them
Some of the best advice orthopedic surgeons have received has nothing to do with the operating room. From treating time as currency to refusing to put life on hold until a career slows down, the physicians featured here share guidance that reaches well beyond the clinic. When it does come...
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2026 Chicago Socialism Conference Features Covid Masking Requirements
The 2026 Chicago Socialism Conference is requiring all attendees to wear N-95 or K-95 masks – and organizers will provide them for those without. “Please note: this requirement applies only to formal conference spaces and sessions—attendees should be aware of the possibility that attendees will be unmasked elsewhere in the conference hotel (or beyond) where they may informally congregate.”
NBC Chicago
3 prominent Chicago-area hospitals to suspend OB services, Prime Healthcare announces
Obstetrical services at three major Chicago-area hospitals will soon be suspended by Prime Healthcare, the company announced in a new release. Prime said it plans to consolidate and suspend OB services at Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Mercy Medical Center in Aurora and Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago. "Many...
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UChicago Ingalls launches residency programs to address Southland physician shortage
UChicago Ingalls Memorial Hospital is launching two residency programs in Harvey, designed to address a growing healthcare shortage of doctors. Beginning Sept. 2, medical students can apply to a family medicine residency. Applications for an internal medicine program will open late September. The move is part of Ingalls’ strategic plan...
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One protocol change significantly cut paging after pediatric spinal fusion
A standardized postoperative order set significantly reduced unnecessary paging between pediatric, orthopedic and nursing teams caring for children after spinal fusion surgery for idiopathic scoliosis, according to a Sept. 2 study published in Cureus. Researchers at Park Ridge, Ill.-based Advocate Children’s Hospital surveyed pediatric residents on how often they were...
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OSF HealthCare first outside Chicago to offer new heart procedure
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Community pushes to reopen two closed Chicago-area hospitals
CHICAGO - Community advocates, residents and health care leaders are pushing for the reopening of two Chicago-area hospitals that closed last year. The Coalition to Save Safety-Net Hospitals held a town hall Monday at Malcolm X College focused on the future of Weiss Memorial Hospital in Uptown and West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park.
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The Tribune Paints a Grim Picture Regarding Weiss Hospital
In case you missed it, the Chicago Tribune came out with a detailed investigative report this weekend regarding the financial malfeasance underlying the 2025 closure of Weiss Hospital and the 2026 closure of West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park. According to the article, the 2022 purchase of the hospitals...