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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.”
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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...
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Illinois hospital centralizes supply chain, purchasing operations
Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System has selected Premier for group purchasing and supply chain services. The agreement gives HSHS access to Premier’s group purchasing program, integrated data and analytics, supply chain solutions, advisory services, collaboratives and other resources, according to an Aug. 27 news release. The partnership will...
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‘We’re being stretched too thin’: Saint Francis Hospital nurses petition to unionize
Registered nurses at Saint Francis Hospital filed a petition to unionize with the National Labor Relations Board on Aug. 24. The petition, filed on behalf of 275 employees at the hospital, applies to full-time, regular part-time and per diem registered nurses. “We’re being stretched too thin that we can’t care...
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More Than 60 Years of Progress: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s Commitment to Children with Sickle Cell Disease
Presented by St. Jude Children’s Reserach Hospital. As Sickle Cell Awareness Month approaches this September, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is reflecting on more than 60 years of advancing lifesaving care and groundbreaking research for sickle cell disease patients, regardless of a child’s race, background, or ability to pay. That commitment is perhaps best exemplified through the legacy of Dr. Rudolph Jackson, one of the first Black physicians at St. Jude and a pioneering force in the fight against sickle cell disease.
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Former Loretto Hospital CFO indicted again, accused in COVID-19 testing fraud scheme
A former CFO for Chicago's Loretto Hospital is being indicted again. He was in court to face charges tied to a fraud scheme. He is now also being indicted in a COVID-19 testing fraud scheme worth tens of millions of dollars.
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Nurses at Prime Illinois hospital seek union election
Registered nurses at Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, Ill., have petitioned for a union election, according to a filing with the National Labor Relations Board. The National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United filed the petition Aug. 24 with the board’s Chicago regional office, seeking to represent 275 full-time, regular part-time and per diem registered nurses, NLRB records show. Advanced practice registered nurses, agency and registry nurses, nurse administrators and supervisors are excluded from the proposed unit.
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2 HCA Florida hospitals name COO, COO-CNO
Two Florida hospitals within Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare have appointed new COOs, including one who will also serve as chief nursing officer. J.R. Rehmann, BSN, RN, was named COO of HCA Florida Largo Hospital, according to an Aug. 21 LinkedIn post from the hospital. He began his career as a firefighter, paramedic and emergency department nurse. He most recently served as vice president of nursing operations for HCA Healthcare West Florida Division.