July 6, 2015
The Cook County Health & Hospitals System has released “CCHHS: A Year in Review,” summarizing achievements in the past 12 months. Highlights include: CountyCare, a permanent option for people enrolling in Medicaid now has about 180,000 members; a reduction in… [Read More]
June 24, 2015
Fireworks are extremely dangerous. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) estimates that 65% of fireworks injuries are caused in the 30 days surrounding the July 4th holiday. In 2013, there were 8 deaths and an estimated 11,400 injuries throughout the… [Read More]
June 3, 2015
Did you know that 1 in 3 American adults is at risk for kidney disease? John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital, located at 1969 West Ogden Avenue in Chicago, will be the site for a free kidney screening on June 9th,… [Read More]
May 12, 2015
Development teams including McCaffery Interests, MB Real Estate Services, Walsh Construction and Lend Lease have made the short list for the job of redeveloping the Cook County Hospital campus on Chicago’s West Side. County officials are in the process of… [Read More]
May 9, 2015
For years, the Cook County Health and Hospitals System was on life support. The Near West Side system depended on a steep annual subsidy from taxpayers and couldn’t shake the perception it was the place of last resort for care. But the… [Read More]
April 28, 2015
Krishna Das, MD, Chief Quality Officer for Cook County Health & Hospitals System (CCHHS), was named to Becker’s Hospital Review list of “50 Experts Leading the Field of Patient Safety.” This national list recognizes preeminent health care providers, administrators,… [Read More]
April 27, 2015
A collaboration between Rush University Medical Center and Cook County health officials has dramatically reduced the spread of the superbug known as CRE, a potentially deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria. A cleaning protocol developed by Rush and county researchers to fight CRE… [Read More]
April 23, 2015
Donna Hart, Chief Information Officer for the Cook County Health & Hospitals System (CCHHS) recently received a Health Information Technology (HIT) Men & Women Award for enhancing patient care through health IT during the international Health Information Management Systems Society… [Read More]
April 7, 2015
Provident Hospital will again host the annual 4 Men Only Health Fair on Saturday, April 18, from 11:00AM to 3:00PM. This health fair has become a community fixture, this being its 18th year. There will be free lab work for prostate… [Read More]
April 7, 2015
The Cook County Health & Hospitals System’s (CCHHS) Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center is launching a new clinic to fight AIDS by preventing HIV infections. The new clinic will provide an HIV-preventive medication, HIV PreExposure Prophylaxis or PrEP, to people… [Read More]
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