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The Great Unequalizer: Health Inequities - Chicago Health

(4 days ago) Two miles west of the Loop, the Illinois Medical District (IMD) — the state’s largest healthcare and technology innovation district — exists in one of Chicago’s more vulnerable areas. Encompassing multiple city blocks, the IMD hosts private and public healthcare facilities, including John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of … See more

https://chicagohealthonline.com/the-great-unequalizer/

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Exploring Root Causes of Health Inequities in Chicago

(4 days ago) WEBReasons for difficulty accessing fresh fruits and vegetables. Stores in neighborhood don't sell fresh fruits and vegetables 33.3% Quality of fresh fruits and vegetables where shop …

https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/cdph/policy_planning/Board_of_Health/BOH_Presentation_NPrachand_Jun192019.pdf

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Health care inequities add to frustration as - Chicago …

(Just Now) WEBHealth care inequities add to frustration as hospitals face fifth COVID surge. On a recent morning at Loretto Hospital on Chicago’s West Side, beds and recliners …

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2022/01/15/health-care-inequities-add-to-frustration-as-hospitals-face-fifth-covid-surge/

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Health Disparities Report 2020 - Illinois Department …

(3 days ago) WEBAccording to the health disparity calculation, a high number of disparities are present among the Hispanic population. Out of 19 indicators, 14 indicators denote existence of …

https://dph.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idph/files/publications/v5health-disparities-report.pdf

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Health disparities in Chicago and the work to solve them …

(7 days ago) WEBToday, we're talking about how one academic health system is addressing health disparities, both within and beyond its hospital walls. Here with me today in our …

https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/health-equity/health-disparities-chicago-and-work-solve-them-rush-university

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UChicago Medicine Health Equity

(2 days ago) WEBIn fiscal year 2020 the Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Office provided 7,418 hours of cultural competence training to UChicago Medicine staff. This was a 121 percent increase over 2019 to deal with the increased demand for …

https://community.uchicagomedicine.org/2020/health-equity.html

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Chicago connects with community leaders to fight health …

(3 days ago) WEBDr. Arwady said Chicago’s life-expectancy gap was a serious concern prior to COVID-19, noting that her department’s research revealed that Black Chicagoans die …

https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/health-equity/chicago-connects-community-leaders-fight-health-inequities

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How to fix Chicago’s health equity problem - Crain's …

(7 days ago) WEBDecember 17, 2021 05:58 AM. Dr. Cheryl Rucker-Whitaker is CEO of Complete Care Management Partners. Chicago's 900,000 South Side residents have experienced staggering health disparities for

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/equity/how-fix-chicagos-health-equity-problem

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UChicago scholar premieres documentary on racial health …

(6 days ago) WEBIt was COVID that pushed me to say: Okay, instead of writing a paper around health inequalities, let me do something very different. but does your …

https://news.uchicago.edu/story/uchicago-scholar-premieres-documentary-racial-health-disparities

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Introduction to Health Equity in All Policies - City of …

(6 days ago) WEBPresentation to the Chicago Board of Health July 20, 2022 . HEALTHY CHICAGO 2025 Citywide MedMalRxment Plan To Close Our Life Expectancy Gap Community Co …

https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/cdph/supp_info/HealthEquityinAllPolicies_07202022_Final.pdf

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COVID-19 health equity initiatives: Chicago Racial Equity Rapid

(7 days ago) WEBThe work will continue to address disparities in COVID-19 and will eventually transition to support the work of the Chicago Department of Public Health’s Healthy Chicago 2025 …

https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/health-equity/covid-19-health-equity-initiatives-chicago-racial-equity-rapid

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Governor signs bill aimed at reducing health care - Chicago Sun …

(5 days ago) WEBCalling it a “giant leap forward” in the mission to reduce inequities across Illinois, Gov. J.B. Pritzker Friday signed into law the Healthcare and Hospital …

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/3/12/22327979/health-care-inequities-illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-state-federal-money-hospitals

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How Systemic Racism Continues To Determine Black Health And

(8 days ago) WEBWarren Skalski/The Washington Post via Getty Images. There is a 30-year gap in the life expectancies of Black and white Chicagoans depending on their ZIP code. …

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/06/994173342/how-systemic-racism-continues-to-determine-black-health-and-wealth-in-chicago

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Chicago Department of Public Health

(Just Now) WEBCHICAGO--The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) today released The State of Health for Blacks in Chicago, a first of its kind data brief …

https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/cdph/provdrs/healthy_living/news/2021/june/chicago-department-of-public-health-releases-the-state-of-health.html

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The Uneven Distribution of Medically Underserved Areas in Chicago

(3 days ago) WEBPurpose: Safety net health services, such as federally funded health clinics, are interventions that aim to mitigate inequality in resource distribution, thus primarily …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8175250/

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Chicago Health Disparities Center

(7 days ago) WEBFind Us. The Chicago Health Disparities Center is a federally funded research center at the Illinois Institute of Technology. 3424 S. State Street. First Floor. Chicago, IL 60616.

https://chicagohealthdisparities.org/

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Illinois struggles with racial health disparities: Commonwealth …

(3 days ago) WEBKatherine Davis is a health care reporter for Crain’s Chicago Business, covering hospitals, pharmaceutical makers, insurance providers, life sciences startups …

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/illinois-struggles-racial-health-disparities-commonwealth-fund-report

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Why Racial Inequities Still Persist in Health Care - The New York …

(7 days ago) WEBHealth workers demonstrating in Washington in 2020. Racial health gaps did not narrow significantly between 1999 and 2018, according to one study.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/health/racial-disparities-health-care.html

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Healthy Chicago - Home

(2 days ago) WEBHealthy Chicago is the movement toward addressing health disparities and improving community health for all Chicagoans. We’re working with community leaders—folks …

https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/sites/healthychicago/home.html

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Rising hospital closures disproportionately affect disadvantaged

(2 days ago) WEBTung and her fellow UChicago researchers recently published a paper that filled this empirical gap by exploring the connection between hospital closures and the …

https://biologicalsciences.uchicago.edu/news/hospital-closure-inequality

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Racial Disparities in Healthcare: Prevalence in Chicago During …

(8 days ago) WEBWelcome to the ELI’s Finding Chicago Global Perspectives Podcast Series for AEPP 2020. I’m your host, Shubhashree Pani, and I’m currently enrolled as a …

https://voices.uchicago.edu/findingchicago/2020/09/13/racial-disparities-in-healthcare-prevalence-in-chicago-during-covid-times/

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Chicago among largest US cities with widest racial health gap

(9 days ago) WEB"It is going to be striking when we get that data out in terms of looking at where we were in 2018 and where we are now on 2020 and 2021," said Dr. Michael …

https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-health-mortality-rate-public/9983098/

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New Financial Health Data Shows Vast Disparities Across Race and

(1 days ago) WEBAs a whole, Chicago and Cook County demonstrate greater financial health and vulnerability than the U.S., suggesting even greater inequality than seen nationally. …

https://www.cct.org/press-releases/new-financial-health-data-shows-vast-disparities-across-race-and-ethnicity-in-chicago/

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How algorithms can create inequality in health care, and how to fix …

(5 days ago) WEBThere is an outstanding data analytics group at the University of Chicago Medicine, and one of the things they do is create algorithms to analyze data in the …

https://news.uchicago.edu/story/how-algorithms-can-create-inequality-health-care-and-how-fix-it

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Advancing Racial Equity in U.S. Health Care: State Disparities

(6 days ago) WEBAdvancing Racial Equity in U.S. Health Care. The Commonwealth Fund 2024 State Health Disparities Report. Dr. Reshma Chugani checks 7-year-old Zoe …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2024/apr/advancing-racial-equity-us-health-care

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Illinois legislators seek to expand access to mental health care

(Just Now) WEBApril 29, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Illinois legislators have advanced two measures pushed by proponents of reform in the state’s behavioral health system that are …

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/29/illinois-lawmakers-consider-measures-aimed-at-making-mental-health-care-more-accessible/

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Study Finds Inequalities in Acute-Care Hospital Admissions of …

(9 days ago) WEBA study analyzing a large sample of Medicare admissions at nearly 2,000 acute care hospitals nationwide during 2019 found that most hospitals—nearly four out …

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/study-finds-inequalities-in-acute-care-hospital-admissions-of-black-medicare-patients

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Chicago's response to migrant influx stirs longstanding …

(7 days ago) WEBTo manage the influx, Chicago has already spent more than $300 million of city, state and federal funds to provide housing, health care, education and more to …

https://apnews.com/article/chicago-migrants-black-latino-biden-immigration-ab8d7f22eea423d86fb350665b9e66f6

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UChicago Medicine set to open new Crown Point facility

(7 days ago) WEBApril 28, 2024 at 1:50 p.m. When University of Chicago Medicine opens the doors of its 132,000-square-foot multispecialty care center this week in Crown Point, …

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/28/uchicago-medicine-set-to-open-new-crown-point-facility/

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Chicago Chiropractor Convicted of Federal Health Care Fraud …

(1 days ago) WEBAfter a two-week trial in U.S. District Court in Chicago, a jury on April 12, 2024, convicted Brown, 48, of Chicago, on all nine health care fraud counts against …

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/chicago-chiropractor-convicted-federal-health-care-fraud-charges

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UChicago Medicine Crown Point center opening - Crain's Chicago …

(9 days ago) WEBThe Hyde Park-based health system is moving into Indiana in a big way with its 135,000-square-foot Crown Point care center.

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-pulse/uchicago-medicine-crown-point-center-opening

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How to Get into the Top 1 Percent of Dating Profiles

(3 days ago) WEBSchroeder and Fishbach analyzed the language used in 200 profiles collected from Match.com and the dating app Coffee Meets Bagel. Only about 1 percent of the profiles …

https://www.chicagobooth.edu/review/how-get-top-1-percent-dating-profiles

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What emotional impact will funeral for Officer Luis Huesca - CBS …

(9 days ago) WEBHundreds of Chicago police officers were gathering Monday at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel for the funeral of Officer Luis Huesca, who was shot and killed …

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/what-emotional-impact-will-funeral-for-officer-luis-huesca-have-on-cpd/

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Fisher House at Lovell Federal Health Care Center in N …

(4 days ago) WEBJayna Legg for Lovell FHCC; North Chicago, IL (224) 610-3132 [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fisher House at Lovell Federal …

https://www.va.gov/files/2024-04/2024-04-19_Lovell_FHCC_Fisher_House_Construction_Starts_2.pdf

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