CountyCare Health Plan Awarded Two of the Highest Honors
December 7, 2020
Cook County Health and CountyCare Ranked Highest Among the HealthChoice Illinois Managed Care Programs and Awarded Three-Year Accreditation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (CHICAGO) – The Illinois Department…
Cook County Health Awarded Gold and Silver Quality Achievement from the American Heart Association for Severe Heart Attack and Heart Failure Care
November 12, 2020
Cook County Health received two major awards from the American Heart Association – the Mission: Lifeline® STEMI Receiving Center Gold Award and the Get With The Guidelines® Heart Failure Silver…
Cook County Health’s Dr. Lakshmi Warrior Named to Crain’s 40 Under 40
November 6, 2020
Dr. Lakshmi Warrior, chairman of neurology at Cook County Health, has been named to the 2020 class of Crain’s Chicago Business’ 40 Under 40 feature. Dr. Warrior, who resides in…
Study Suggests Mild to Moderate COVID-19 Patients Who Receive the Eli Lilly Antibody May Experience Better Clinical Outcomes
October 29, 2020
Initial Results from the BLAZE-1 Trial Published in the New England Journal of Medicine Results from a study led by Infectious Disease experts from Cook County Health indicate that patients…
Cook County Health Leads AstraZeneca Phase III COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
October 29, 2020
Cook County Health is participating in a Phase III, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial for a COVID-19 vaccine known as AZD1222. Cook County Health is one of three centers in the…
Cook County Health Study Indicates Naloxone Nasal Spray Kit Effective for Patients Upon Discharge at Cook County Jail
October 16, 2020
New research led by medical experts at Cook County Health indicates that providing a comprehensive Naloxone education and dispensing program to patients at Cook County Jail has positive, long-term effects…
Cook County Health Emergency Physicians Helping Patients Register to Vote with the VotER Program
September 21, 2020
Emergency medicine physicians and staff at Cook County Health are helping patients register to vote while they wait to been seen in the emergency room. Cook County Health is among…
Cook County Health First in Illinois to Launch Virtual Patient Advocate Aimed to Improve Infant Mortality and Healthy Pregnancy Rates in At-Risk Populations
September 2, 2020
Despite decades of research and recommendations, health disparities in birth outcomes persist for African American women who are more than two times as likely to deliver a low-birth weight infant…
Cook County Health Participating in Clinical Trial of Monoclonal Antibodies for the Prevention of COVID-19
September 1, 2020
Cook County Health is evaluating a potential experimental antibody therapy for the prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection among household members of those with diagnosed COVID-19 as part of a clinical trial…
Cook County Health Releases FY2021 Preliminary Budget
August 28, 2020
Charity Care Budgeted at $312M, South Side Services Strengthened Cook County Health (CCH) interim CEO, Debra D. Carey, submitted the health system’s preliminary Fiscal Year 2021 (FY2021) budget to the…