Women and Children’s Care

...confident in your new role as a mother. Routine checks Advanced diagnostic ultrasound evaluations Chorionic villus sampling Fetal cardiac ultrasound Fetal heart rate monitoring Genetic screening and testing Labor & Delivery Medically complicated mothers or pregnancies Ongoing care for mothers Percutaneous umbilical cord sampling Pregnancy complications: morning sickness, heartburn, leg and back pain, gestational diabetes Learn More Pediatric Primary Care...

About Cook County Health

...Commission Provident Hospital Hospital Accreditation, The Joint Commission John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital Hospital Accreditation, The Joint Commission Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Centers, The Joint Commission and The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Academic Comprehensive Cancer Care Program Accreditation, American College of Surgeons, Commission on Cancer; American College of Surgeons National Burn Center Verification, American Burn Association Level III...

Emergency Medicine Simulation

...General Surgery Surgical ICU Anesthesia OB/GYN Trauma Surgery Palliative Care Malcolm X paramedic students ACLS/BLS/PALS training Summary of Criteria for Successful Fellowship Completion Participation in most simulation weekly activities (approximately 20 hours/week) Scholarly project completion Administrative project completion Comprehensive Instructor Workshop – Center for Medical Simulation Fellows will receive the opportunity to go to the intensive immersion in health care...

Videos

...Tiniest Listing campaign seeks to help NICU babies at Stroger Hospital July 17, 2018 Read More New Website Lets Strangers Help Chicago’s Tiniest Patients July 17, 2018 Read More Chicago man dead after using synthetic marijuana April 10, 2018 Read More ‘Nightmare bacteria’ found in 27 states, including Illinois, CDC says April 10, 2018 Read More Men Face Drug Charges...

Research Onboarding

...you have cleared employee health. 5. Once you complete orientation, contact Stacey Kincaid at stacey.kincaid@cookcountyhhs.org in Research & Regulatory Affairs to schedule your IRB training. 6. If access to computer systems is required, take the completed Computer Sign-On Form, Confidentiality Agreement Form and Security Rules of Behavior to Corporate Compliance (1950 W. Polk St., 9th Floor, Suite 9217) for signatures...

Cardiovascular Disease

...the middle of their third year of fellowship training. Fellows are expected to complete an 80-hour Authorized User course, as per NRC requirements, to be eligible for CBNC examination. Advanced Cardiac Imaging All fellows must complete a minimum of three months experience in Cardiac CT and Cardiac MRI, combined with nuclear cardiology training, at Stroger Hospital of Cook County. Additional...

Pathology & Laboratory

...consultative services at pathology clinics and patient treatment locations. Clinical Laboratories In our clinical laboratories, we examine diseases affecting body fluids, including blood and urine. The clinical pathology laboratories provide more than 1,200 different laboratory analyses, including: Biochemistry Blood Bank & Transfusion Drug Analysis Flow Cytometry Hematopathology Immunology Microbiology Molecular Diagnostics Phlebotomy Services Toxicology Virology Anatomic Laboratories In the anatomic...

Patient Rights & Responsibilities

...the right to file a complaint or grievance and to be given information on our process for resolving complaints or grievances and the contact name and information for where to file a grievance or complaint. Patient Responsibilities To help us provide you with quality health care, you have a responsibility: To provide us with complete and accurate information about your...

Trauma & Burn

Cook County Health’s Trauma and Burn Unit at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County is one of the largest trauma units in the U.S. As the first comprehensive trauma unit, it provides a continuum of care for all seriously injured trauma patients beginning in the prehospital and resuscitation phases, through operative and post-operative or post-injury care and continuing...

Family Planning

Reproductive and Women's Health Services Quality and compassionate care right in your community. Cook County Health is now offering free or low-cost family planning services. Contraception (Birth Control) Cook County Health offers a range of contraceptive options to help women prevent pregnancy Oral contraceptives (birth control pills) Wearable birth control (the patch) Contraceptive vaginal ring (NuvaRing) Injectable contraceptive (Depo-Provera shot)...

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