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The Illinois Department of Public Health reported a rise in flu, RSV & COVID-19 hospitalizations over the holiday break. WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore sits with Dr. Whitney Lyn & Dr. Sharon Welbel on the cold weather causing a surge in raspatory illnesses and more.

WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore takes a tour of the Greater Chicago Food Depository with its Chief Operating Officer Jill Rahman to discuss the facility, the rising hunger numbers and more!

This time of year is known as the "Season of Giving" and it is tradition for WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore to sit down with local charities to discuss the state of charitable organizations in Chicago. Joining this week's program are Sean Garrett, CEO of United Way of Metro Chicago, & Angela Hurlock, the CEO of Claretian Associates and Interim CEO of the Chicago Housing Authority.

Host Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Dr. David Chestek, CMIO at University of Illinois Health, about "Why AI Scribes Will Never Have 100% Clinician Adoption (and that's OK), How to Pick Representative User Groups for Health Tech Pilots, Why Wearables Pose a Problem, and more." Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

Also in the news: Teenager missing in Lake Michigan; University of Illinois Health nurses are striking today; 17-year-old charged after shooting 17-year-old at Chicago Ridge Mall and more.

Also in the news: Teenager missing in Lake Michigan; University of Illinois Health nurses are striking today; 17-year-old charged after shooting 17-year-old at Chicago Ridge Mall and more.

Also in the news: Teenager missing in Lake Michigan; University of Illinois Health nurses are striking today; 17-year-old charged after shooting 17-year-old at Chicago Ridge Mall and more.

Blood donations are down within Illinois, with an Emergency Blood Shortage in effect nationwide. WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore is joined by Joy Squier & Emily Alanis to discuss the effects of the shortage on Illinois and what will need to be done to remedy it. Joy Squier is the Director of Communication at the Illinois Red Cross & Emily Alanis is the District Manager for Donor Recruitment for the Illinois Red Cross. 

This week on Rural Health Leadership Radio, we are wrapping up our series on NRHA's 2023 Fellows Program Policy Papers with Fellows Michelle Fortune and Abby Radcliffe. Michelle and Abby explored one of the hottest topics in healthcare, particularly impactful in rural – healthcare workforce shortages. The Fellows share short and long-term strategies in handling workforce shortages, as well as pragmatic and policy-based recommendations. “Everybody in every community can take some action in some way, and it doesn't have to be looking for that gigantic next step. The big is in the little, so do something.” – Michelle Fortune Michelle Fortune, MBA, BSN, FACHE is the President of Surgery and GI Service Line for Mercy Health in St Louis, MO. Prior to joining Mercy, Michelle led the Perioperative and Anesthesia Service Lines for Atrium Health and then served as a CEO for a Critical Access Hospital managed by the system which needed an operational turnaround. Michelle is a Certified Ambulatory PeriAnesthesia Nurse and a National Rural Health Fellow. She is currently participating in the NRHA Rural CEO Certification Program. Michelle has a passion for assuring the availability of high quality healthcare in rural communities. Her work in Rural Healthcare has brought her numerous honors, including being named the 2023 Rural Community Champion of the year by the North Carolina Rural Health Association for her work in advancing Cardiac Care in Rural North Carolina. Abby Radcliffe currently serves as the Senior Director of the Small and Rural Hospital Constituency Section at the Illinois Health and Hospital Association (IHA). She has worked with rural hospitals at IHA for over 17 years and has worked on several grant initiatives. In 2023, she served as a National Rural Health Association fellow and was also awarded the Rural Health Hero Award from the National Center for Rural Health Professions.  Abby graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a major in Speech Communication and a double minor in Business Administration and Public Relations. In 2005 she graduated from Miami University with an MA in Speech Communication. Abby has also worked in state government and development.

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Dr. David Chestek, Chief Medical Information Officer at University of Illinois Health & Health Sciences System, about "Why AI Scribes will never have 100% clinician adoption (and that's OK), How to pick representative user groups for health tech pilots, Why wearables pose a problem, and more..."

WNBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore had the opportunity to chat with Sophie Milam, the Vice President of Policy & Advocacy at the Greater Chicago Food Depository, about how many children will be able to help their families receive food to combat hunger this summer. 

Dan O'Connor, Vice President, Service Desk Delivery at HCTec, says that resolving a customer service call involves a lot more than fixing the problem that the customer bought. You have to leave the customer feeling that you cared about them. Conveying that sense of care might be more important than solving the problem. Furthermore, every call is about patient care, even if it's helping a staff person use their computer. That's because they are all ultimately serving a patient. In this video, O'Connor explores service desks with Audrius Polikaitis, Chief Information Officer at UI Health, which serves several campuses at the University of Illinois. Originally, UI Health assigned tasks to multiple departments—IT, facilities, etc.—but decided they needed a “single front door” for anyone needing help. They do ask callers to distinguish between regular service and the “clinical service desk,” which mostly helps people use the EPIC EHR. Learn more about University of Illinois Health: https://hospital.uillinois.edu/ Learn more about HCTEC: https://hctec.com/ Health IT Community: https://www.healthcareittoday.com/

On this week's At Issue, WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore meets with Sarah Moskowitz & Alderman Gilbert Villegas to discuss the pros & cons of the Clean and Affordable Buildings Ordinance and how it will affect residents of Chicago.  Sarah Moskowitz is the Executive Director of the Citizens Utilities Board & Gilbert Villegas is the alderman of the 36th Ward in Chicago. 

Stop Illinois Health Care Frau v. Asif Sayeed

WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore sits down with Kate Maehr, the Executive Director & CEO of the Greater Chicago Food Depository, to discuss what they do for the city, who they help and more!

We highlight National Rural Health Day, which is November 16, as we chat with Ted Rogalaski, representing the Illinois Health and Hospital Association and Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network.We learn about the Illinois Pork Producers Association's "Pork, the One You Love" campaign. Jesse Kohlbecker, VP Claims and Client Services at COUNTRY Financial talks 2023 claims numbers.

A coalition of business groups and small-business owners is urging the City Council to reject the Chicago paid leave proposal that would devastate businesses and nonprofits of every size and kind across the city. Businesses understand that access to paid time off is crucial for workers and their families, which is why we reached an agreement earlier this year on the current statewide law of five days and made repeated efforts to negotiate in good faith to reach a compromise on a paid leave policy that is fair and balanced for both workers and businesses. However, the proposal currently before the City Council — which would provide 15 days of paid leave — ignores the concerns of the business community. It will instead put in place the most expensive and complicated form of paid leave in the country. The proposal is opposed by the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce, Hospitality Business Association of Chicago, Illinois Health and Hospitals Association, Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association, Illinois Manufacturers' Association, Illinois Restaurant Association, Illinois Retail Merchants Association, Little Village Chamber of Commerce, Pilsen Chamber of Commerce, and the Building Owners and Managers Association of Chicago.Most expensive paid leave in the countryJack Lavin, president of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, said the guaranteed payout was one stumbling block — but not the only one — standing in the way of what he called “the most expensive, most expansive, most complicated paid leave in the country.”The coalition proposed a compromise that offered the broadest paid leave policy of all major U.S. cities, doubling the amount of time off Illinois workers receive from five days to 10 days while limiting cost increases for businesses, providing businesses the ability to ensure continuity of operations, and limiting exposure against excessive liabilities for businesses. Organized labor groups rejected the compromise and instead insisted on implementing a policy that nearly triples the new, yet-to-be-implemented, state paid-time-off requirements and inflicts a tremendous financial burden on businesses across Chicago.The proposal before the City Council also requires businesses to pay employees for days not taken, which is not required by the state of Illinois or other large cities like New York or Los Angeles. In addition, it does not include a small business exemption and, combined with the rushed implementation timeline, leaves businesses, especially small businesses without large human resources departments, vulnerable to the threat of significant penalties and lawsuits for minor infractions.“No other city is at 10 days. They want to start it two months from now, and if you don't comply, you can be sued. There's no small-business exemption. And you're setting them up to be sued,” Lavin said. “New York has five days. No payout. This is 10 days, double New York. L.A. has six days. No payout. No other major city has a payout. This is 40% higher than L.A,” he told the Sun-Times.“That is why we successfully reached an agreement”For Chauncey Rice, associate vice president of government relations for the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, businesses know their strongest asset is their people and support by providing employees with paid leave.“ That is why we successfully reached an agreement on the state law of five days, which is considered a model of effectiveness and simplicity for the employee and employer. However, the proposal before the City Council will have an outsized impact on the businesses that anchor our neighborhoods,” Rice said “It's because of policies like this that retailers of every type and size, including pharmacies, grocers, restaurants, and hardware stores, are increasingly unable to keep their doors open.”According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the current cost of paid leave to Chicago employers is estimated at $31.7 billion, with minority-owned businesses bearing a significant share at $4.02 billion. Each additional mandated day of paid leave will cost Chicago employers an estimated $1.4 billion, with an additional $177 million burden for minority businesses. These figures do not include the additional cost to businesses to find last-minute replacements due to Chicago's Fair Work Week regulations.“My family is proud to have grown a food stand in Maxwell Street Market to a wholesale produce distribution company. But all the dedication, determination, persistence, and resourcefulness that helped us succeed is no match for bad policies that threaten the dreams of entrepreneurs in neighborhoods across Chicago,” said Yadira Enriquez, chief financial officer of Enriquez Produce. “I encourage the City Council to reject this proposal on behalf of those who know how important it is to create and grow jobs in our communities.”More challengesThe proposal comes amid an onslaught of anti-business proposals recently passed or expected to be passed by the City Council, including restrictive scheduling and Fair Work Week regulations, the elimination of tip credits, and efforts to quadruple the real estate transfer tax. This is on top of continued supply chain and labor challenges, persistent crime, and skyrocketing property taxes that leave businesses across every neighborhood struggling to make ends meet.“Margins in restaurants are notoriously small; it's already exceedingly difficult to make ends meet because of soaring goods prices, rising property taxes, and the chaos caused to the dining industry by the pandemic,” said Sam Sanchez, CEO of Third Coast Hospitality. “This proposal, on top of the recent elimination of the tip credit, has me wondering how much more we can take.”“While the business community does not support the current paid leave proposal, we do support and understand the need for balanced paid leave policies. What labor groups insist on presenting to the City Council goes too far too quickly and completely disregards the concerns of Chicago businesses, particularly small and minority businesses. Rather than striking a balance that works for workers and businesses, this proposal will hinder economic development and employment opportunities in the communities that need it most,” said Brad Tietz, vice president of government relations and strategy for the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce.

This week on the Friday Flyover, Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan battle for Speaker of the U.S. House | UAW President Shawn Fain announces 8,700 Ford Kentucky Truck plant workers are joining the strike | Nurses are striking around the nation | Wisconsin Supreme Court judge Janet Protasiewicz stands her ground against GOP goofballshttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/republicans-fail-to-coalesce-around-speaker-choice-leaving-house-in-limbo/ar-AA1i49oxhttps://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/11/uaw-launches-strike-against-fords-kentucky-truck-plant-signaling-major-escalation-in-labor-fight.htmlOct. 11 – Today, Ford came to the table with the same offer they submitted to us two weeks ago. It was an unacceptable move that triggered a strong and immediate response.UAW President Shawn Fain and Vice President Chuck Browning called on our 8,700 members at Ford's extremely profitable Kentucky Truck Plant to Stand Up and strike. Our Local 862 members answered the call and walked out today at 6:30 p.m.Our Stand Up strategy has won important victories at the table, but we must go further. We will keep increasing the pressure on Ford and all of the Big Three until we've won our fair share of the record profits we've made at Kentucky Truck and every Big Three plant.Tune in to Facebook Live this Friday, Oct. 13 at 10 a.m. for more announcements on the status of bargaining at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis.General Motors last week agreed to include workers at its electric vehicle battery plant in the company's national contract with the union, which Fain called a “transformative win.”Fain said the union expects Chrysler parent Stellantis and Ford to follow suit, including battery plant workers in eventual contract agreements.The UAW has been gradually increasing the strikes since the work stoppages began after the sides failed to reach tentative agreements by Sept 14.The additional workers brings UAW's total to about 34,000 U.S. workers, or roughly 23% of UAW members covered by the expired contracts with the Detroit automakers, who are currently on strike.Fain will give bargaining updates and potentially announce further strikes at 10 a.m. Friday online, the union said Wednesday night.https://capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/nurses-unions-push-for-mandatory-staff-to-patient-ratiosSafe Patients Limit Act would cap the number of patients per registered nurseBy PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.comSPRINGFIELD – Unions representing nurses in Illinois are pushing for legislation that would impose mandatory staff-to-patient ratios in hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities.But lobby groups representing hospitals and nursing homes say they are steadfastly opposed to the legislation, arguing that a nationwide nursing shortage makes it impossible to comply with such a mandate.The proposed Safe Patient Limits Act, by Sen. Celina Villanueva and Rep. Theresa Mah, both Chicago Democrats, was introduced in February and was the subject of a joint hearing last week in Chicago by two House committees. It's an issue that has been discussed in the General Assembly since 2019 but has thus far failed to gain the necessary traction for passage. The latest hearing came just three weeks before lawmakers return to the Capitol for their fall veto session, which begins Oct. 24.“Short staffing isn't a mere inconvenience. It's a dire issue,” said Shaba Andrich, vice president of nursing homes for the SEIU Healthcare employee union. “It's predominantly a Black and brown issue. In historically marginalized communities of Chicago, these issues are magnified. These communities that already face systemic underinvestment are further deprived of adequate nursing care due to chronic short staffing.”The bill calls for setting a maximum number of patients that could be assigned to a registered nurse in specified situations. For example, in units with critical care or intensive care patients, the maximum number of patients per nurse would be just one. In units with pediatric patients, the bill would allow three patients per nurse, and in units with psychiatric patients, the bill would allow four patients per nurse.It also provides some legal protection for nurses, stating that they are to provide their services exclusively in the interest of patients, “unencumbered by the commercial or revenue-generating priorities” of a facility that employs registered professional nurses.Andrich, testifying before the committee last week, disputed the notion that there is a nursing shortage in Illinois. He said there is only “a shortage of caregivers who are refusing to be overworked and undervalued and underpaid,” and that the result of understaffing has direct consequences for patients.“Such understaffing isn't merely an operational concern. It translates into real world consequences,” he said. “Seniors enduring falls, malnutrition, missed medication, avoidable hospitalization, and, tragically, avoidable deaths.”Some of those who testified in favor of the bill accused hospitals and nursing homes of being more concerned about labor costs and profit margins than the best interests of patients.“We need this legislation because hospitals are incentivized to reduce labor costs. This means less staff,” said Jeanine Johnson, a critical care nurse at Ascension St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet. “Hospital executives see budgets and labor costs. Nurses see patients and their lives.”A.J. Wilhelmi, president & CEO of the Illinois Health and Hospital Association, a hospital trade group, said it's true that health care providers face significant financial pressures, largely because Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates have not kept pace with the rising cost of health care. But he said contrary to what the unions claimed, there is a significant and growing nursing shortage in Illinois, and the proposed Safe Patient Limits Act would put even more of a financial burden on providers.During his testimony, Wilhelmi cited a state survey into the registered nurse workforce that was conducted by the Illinois Nursing Workforce Center – which is a state agency that works to promote the nursing profession. Of the respondents to that survey, 27 percent indicated an intent to retire within the next five years. The IHA interpreted that and other data in the survey to suggest the state could see a shortage of 14,400 registered nurses by 2025.“I'm deeply concerned that many hospitals in the state, particularly safety net hospitals, critical access hospitals, will be unable to absorb the huge cost that ratios would impose,” he said. “And given the enormous financial pressures that Illinois hospitals already face, if this bill becomes law, they're going to have to make some tough decisions like cutting back services, closing hundreds of beds, and eliminating jobs. And frankly, some of our hospitals might be forced to close.”Andy Allison, deputy director of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the agency that administers the state's Medicaid program, suggested that the key to solving the staffing issues in hospitals and nursing homes is to raise wages to make the jobs more attractive.He noted that last year, lawmakers passed a significant overhaul of the way the state reimburses nursing homes through Medicaid, adding roughly $700 million in the form of incentives to increase wages and hire more staff.Before those reforms were adopted, he said, Illinois was home to 46 of the 100 worst-staffed nursing homes in the country. As of March 31, he said, that number had dropped to 14.“We hope that it becomes zero. We have a ways to go,” he said. “But in the last five quarters – that is, through March 31 of this year – in that five-quarter period, total nurse staffing hours statewide are up 15 percent.”Denise Stiger, an organizer for Teamsters Local 743, which represents health care workers in many Chicago-area facilities, said that money has not solved the problem, and that in some nursing homes, one CNA still could have as many as 20 patients to tend to during their shift.“We have to deal with the owners because they're slum lords. That's what they are,” she said. “And I understand that they get cited, and it's public. But these owners are not looking at that. These owners are looking at these patients as money.”Health care workers at hundreds of Kaiser Permanente hospitals and medical facilities across the U.S. walked off the job on Wednesday morning, in an effort to ramp up pressure on their employer to fix a staffing shortage that has intensified since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.Over 75,000 workers — including nurses, emergency department technicians, pharmacists and hundreds of others — went on strike in California, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Virginia and Washington, D.C.It is the biggest health care strike in U.S. history, according to the unions.Kaiser, headquartered in Oakland, California, is one of the largest nonprofit health care providers in the United States, serving nearly 13 million patients. Most Kaiser workers who have walked off the job will be on strike for three days, until Saturday morning — except those in Virginia and Washington D.C., who will be on strike for 24 hours.Roughly 1,500 essential workers at four hospitals in Los Angeles County kicked off a five-day strike Monday morning to protest what they claim are dangerous working conditions and unfair labor practices by hospital management.Employees at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood walked off the job and picketed outside while nonunion nurses and staff were brought in to keep the hospital open, according to union organizers.Nurses and other staff at Centinela Hospital Medical Center in Inglewood, Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center, and Encino Hospital Medical Center are also participating in the strike through Friday.ST. LOUIS — Nurses at SSM Health St. Louis University Hospital walked off their jobs for a 24-hour strike on Monday, a measure they said was necessary after the hospital failed to address their concerns about short staffing.Registered nurses union stages 24-hour strike at SSM Health St. Louis University HospitalMaddi O'Leary, a registered nurse who works in the bone marrow transplant unit, joins other SSM Health St. Louis University Hospital nurses represented by the National Nurses United union in staging a 24-hour strike Monday Sept. 25, 2023, outside the hospital.Christine Tannous, Post-Dispatch“We don't want to be out here,” said Maddi O'Leary, a nurse in the bone marrow transplant unit, who has worked at the hospital for eight years. “We want to be inside taking care of our patients. But we have not been given the resources to do so safely.”In a statement, SSM said the health system was “deeply disappointed” in the union's decision to organize a strike. The hospital said workers from nurse staffing agencies would help fill in where needed.Dozens rallied outside the hospital along South Grand Boulevard Monday, carrying signs and chanting. Nurses described feeling frustrated when they couldn't provide patients the quality of care they wanted to give because their units are understaffed.And when patients have to wait longer for care, health care workers receive backlash from them and their family members, they said. Several emergency department nurses said that they've noticed an increase in patients after South City Hospital, about 4 miles south, closed in early August following financial troubles.O'Leary said that while nursing shifts in her unit ideally are staffed by four nurses, lately there have been shifts with only two. That means she can't take a break because she can't leave the unit staffed by only one nurse.“Enough was enough,” she said.The strike was scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. Monday and end at 6:59 a.m. Tuesday. The nurses gave the hospital 10 days' notice.The union, National Nurses United, has represented nurses at the hospital since 2012. Though the nurses have held several protests to pressure SSM to increase staffing levels there, they had never before gone on strike.The nurses' labor agreement expired June 15. They have been in negotiations for a new contract since May and claim there has been little movement in bargaining. With the exception of the VA St. Louis Healthcare System, SLU Hospital is the only hospital in the region where nurses are unionized.SSM accused the California-based nurses union of holding strikes that are “intended to create tension and division within hospitals,” and said the moves are counterproductive to SSM's efforts to recruit and hire nurses.https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/10/11/republicans-ease-off-impeachment-threat-after-supreme-court-accepted-redistricting-case/After months of threatening that they would consider impeaching liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz if she weighed in on a lawsuit over the state's legislative maps, Wisconsin Republican lawmakers have pulled back from the idea. Republicans began raising impeachment before Protasiewicz was even elected in April, with then-Rep. Dan Knodl (R-Germantown) saying during his special election campaign for an open Senate seat that he would consider impeaching her. In August, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) said he would consider impeaching Protasiewicz if she weighed in on the redistricting lawsuit — stating in a radio interview that he believed she had “pre-judged” the case and that could constitute a violation of her oath of office. Late last week, Protasiewicz ruled against Republican motions requesting that she recuse herself, writing in an opinion that the standard for recusal Republicans were arguing for would be “unworkable.” On the same day, Protasiewicz joined the Court's three other liberals in voting to accept one of two lawsuits filed against the maps. As Republicans floated the impeachment possibility, and state Democrats launched a campaign to raise public opinion against it, Vos said he convened a panel of three former Supreme Court justices to weigh in on the idea. One of those former justices, conservative David Prosser, wrote in an email to Vos on Friday before the court's decision was released that nothing Protasiewicz had done rose to the level of corrupt conduct in office, which along with criminal acts is the standard for impeachment in the state Constitution. “In my view, ‘corrupt conduct' is not a term that is open to a mere political grievance,” Prosser wrote. “If that were the case, legislative bodies could be trading questionable impeachments with considerable frequency.”“To sum up my views, there should be no effort to impeach Justice Protasiewicz on anything we know now,” he continued. “Impeachment is so serious, severe, and rare that it should not be considered unless the subject has committed a crime, or the subject has committed indisputable ‘corrupt conduct' while ‘in office.'”After the Court's decision was released last week, Vos said in a statement that he believes the U.S. Supreme Court will ultimately weigh in on the issue. “Justice Protasiewicz should have recused herself. We think the United States Supreme Court precedent compels her recusal, and the United States Supreme Court will have the last word here,” Vos said.Wisconsin's impeachment process requires a simple majority vote of the Assembly to impeach and a two-thirds vote of the Senate to convict and remove an official. In addition to Vos' retreat from the threat, multiple Senate Republicans have stated they don't support impeachment, meaning there wouldn't be enough votes in the Senate to remove Protasiewicz. In an audio recording obtained by the Examiner, a staff member for Sen. Rachel Cabral-Guevara (R-Appleton) told a member of the public that “she does not support impeachment.” Sen. Duey Stroebel (R-Saukville) also told CBS58 he doesn't support impeachment. Prior to the Court's acceptance of the case, concerns had been raised that under Wisconsin's impeachment statutes, a judge is unable to hear any cases while the Senate is considering conviction — meaning that if the Assembly voted to impeach, the Senate could hold off on a vote in order to delay the case. With the lack of supermajority support for impeachment in the Senate, state Democrats have called for Vos to drop the threats. “While it's long been clear the law wasn't on the Republicans' side, they now lack the votes to pursue conviction in the Senate — underscoring how any impeachment in the Assembly would represent an unprecedented abuse of the Wisconsin Constitution,” Democratic Party of Wisconsin spokesperson Joe Oslund said in a statement. “Broken clocks are right twice a day, and now that David Prosser and Duey Stroebel have somehow emerged as voices of reason here, Robin Vos should have no excuse for not knowing what time it is: time to drop his unconstitutional impeachment threats.”What caught your eye:Wisconsin Examiner, Capitol News Illinois, STL Post Dispatch, LA Times, Washington Post, CNBC, NPR

This week on the Friday Flyover, Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan battle for Speaker of the U.S. House | UAW President Shawn Fain announces 8,700 Ford Kentucky Truck plant workers are joining the strike | Nurses are striking around the nation | Wisconsin Supreme Court judge Janet Protasiewicz stands her ground against GOP goofballshttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/republicans-fail-to-coalesce-around-speaker-choice-leaving-house-in-limbo/ar-AA1i49oxhttps://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/11/uaw-launches-strike-against-fords-kentucky-truck-plant-signaling-major-escalation-in-labor-fight.htmlOct. 11 – Today, Ford came to the table with the same offer they submitted to us two weeks ago. It was an unacceptable move that triggered a strong and immediate response.UAW President Shawn Fain and Vice President Chuck Browning called on our 8,700 members at Ford's extremely profitable Kentucky Truck Plant to Stand Up and strike. Our Local 862 members answered the call and walked out today at 6:30 p.m.Our Stand Up strategy has won important victories at the table, but we must go further. We will keep increasing the pressure on Ford and all of the Big Three until we've won our fair share of the record profits we've made at Kentucky Truck and every Big Three plant.Tune in to Facebook Live this Friday, Oct. 13 at 10 a.m. for more announcements on the status of bargaining at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis.General Motors last week agreed to include workers at its electric vehicle battery plant in the company's national contract with the union, which Fain called a “transformative win.”Fain said the union expects Chrysler parent Stellantis and Ford to follow suit, including battery plant workers in eventual contract agreements.The UAW has been gradually increasing the strikes since the work stoppages began after the sides failed to reach tentative agreements by Sept 14.The additional workers brings UAW's total to about 34,000 U.S. workers, or roughly 23% of UAW members covered by the expired contracts with the Detroit automakers, who are currently on strike.Fain will give bargaining updates and potentially announce further strikes at 10 a.m. Friday online, the union said Wednesday night.https://capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/nurses-unions-push-for-mandatory-staff-to-patient-ratiosSafe Patients Limit Act would cap the number of patients per registered nurseBy PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.comSPRINGFIELD – Unions representing nurses in Illinois are pushing for legislation that would impose mandatory staff-to-patient ratios in hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities.But lobby groups representing hospitals and nursing homes say they are steadfastly opposed to the legislation, arguing that a nationwide nursing shortage makes it impossible to comply with such a mandate.The proposed Safe Patient Limits Act, by Sen. Celina Villanueva and Rep. Theresa Mah, both Chicago Democrats, was introduced in February and was the subject of a joint hearing last week in Chicago by two House committees. It's an issue that has been discussed in the General Assembly since 2019 but has thus far failed to gain the necessary traction for passage. The latest hearing came just three weeks before lawmakers return to the Capitol for their fall veto session, which begins Oct. 24.“Short staffing isn't a mere inconvenience. It's a dire issue,” said Shaba Andrich, vice president of nursing homes for the SEIU Healthcare employee union. “It's predominantly a Black and brown issue. In historically marginalized communities of Chicago, these issues are magnified. These communities that already face systemic underinvestment are further deprived of adequate nursing care due to chronic short staffing.”The bill calls for setting a maximum number of patients that could be assigned to a registered nurse in specified situations. For example, in units with critical care or intensive care patients, the maximum number of patients per nurse would be just one. In units with pediatric patients, the bill would allow three patients per nurse, and in units with psychiatric patients, the bill would allow four patients per nurse.It also provides some legal protection for nurses, stating that they are to provide their services exclusively in the interest of patients, “unencumbered by the commercial or revenue-generating priorities” of a facility that employs registered professional nurses.Andrich, testifying before the committee last week, disputed the notion that there is a nursing shortage in Illinois. He said there is only “a shortage of caregivers who are refusing to be overworked and undervalued and underpaid,” and that the result of understaffing has direct consequences for patients.“Such understaffing isn't merely an operational concern. It translates into real world consequences,” he said. “Seniors enduring falls, malnutrition, missed medication, avoidable hospitalization, and, tragically, avoidable deaths.”Some of those who testified in favor of the bill accused hospitals and nursing homes of being more concerned about labor costs and profit margins than the best interests of patients.“We need this legislation because hospitals are incentivized to reduce labor costs. This means less staff,” said Jeanine Johnson, a critical care nurse at Ascension St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet. “Hospital executives see budgets and labor costs. Nurses see patients and their lives.”A.J. Wilhelmi, president & CEO of the Illinois Health and Hospital Association, a hospital trade group, said it's true that health care providers face significant financial pressures, largely because Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates have not kept pace with the rising cost of health care. But he said contrary to what the unions claimed, there is a significant and growing nursing shortage in Illinois, and the proposed Safe Patient Limits Act would put even more of a financial burden on providers.During his testimony, Wilhelmi cited a state survey into the registered nurse workforce that was conducted by the Illinois Nursing Workforce Center – which is a state agency that works to promote the nursing profession. Of the respondents to that survey, 27 percent indicated an intent to retire within the next five years. The IHA interpreted that and other data in the survey to suggest the state could see a shortage of 14,400 registered nurses by 2025.“I'm deeply concerned that many hospitals in the state, particularly safety net hospitals, critical access hospitals, will be unable to absorb the huge cost that ratios would impose,” he said. “And given the enormous financial pressures that Illinois hospitals already face, if this bill becomes law, they're going to have to make some tough decisions like cutting back services, closing hundreds of beds, and eliminating jobs. And frankly, some of our hospitals might be forced to close.”Andy Allison, deputy director of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the agency that administers the state's Medicaid program, suggested that the key to solving the staffing issues in hospitals and nursing homes is to raise wages to make the jobs more attractive.He noted that last year, lawmakers passed a significant overhaul of the way the state reimburses nursing homes through Medicaid, adding roughly $700 million in the form of incentives to increase wages and hire more staff.Before those reforms were adopted, he said, Illinois was home to 46 of the 100 worst-staffed nursing homes in the country. As of March 31, he said, that number had dropped to 14.“We hope that it becomes zero. We have a ways to go,” he said. “But in the last five quarters – that is, through March 31 of this year – in that five-quarter period, total nurse staffing hours statewide are up 15 percent.”Denise Stiger, an organizer for Teamsters Local 743, which represents health care workers in many Chicago-area facilities, said that money has not solved the problem, and that in some nursing homes, one CNA still could have as many as 20 patients to tend to during their shift.“We have to deal with the owners because they're slum lords. That's what they are,” she said. “And I understand that they get cited, and it's public. But these owners are not looking at that. These owners are looking at these patients as money.”Health care workers at hundreds of Kaiser Permanente hospitals and medical facilities across the U.S. walked off the job on Wednesday morning, in an effort to ramp up pressure on their employer to fix a staffing shortage that has intensified since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.Over 75,000 workers — including nurses, emergency department technicians, pharmacists and hundreds of others — went on strike in California, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Virginia and Washington, D.C.It is the biggest health care strike in U.S. history, according to the unions.Kaiser, headquartered in Oakland, California, is one of the largest nonprofit health care providers in the United States, serving nearly 13 million patients. Most Kaiser workers who have walked off the job will be on strike for three days, until Saturday morning — except those in Virginia and Washington D.C., who will be on strike for 24 hours.Roughly 1,500 essential workers at four hospitals in Los Angeles County kicked off a five-day strike Monday morning to protest what they claim are dangerous working conditions and unfair labor practices by hospital management.Employees at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood walked off the job and picketed outside while nonunion nurses and staff were brought in to keep the hospital open, according to union organizers.Nurses and other staff at Centinela Hospital Medical Center in Inglewood, Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center, and Encino Hospital Medical Center are also participating in the strike through Friday.ST. LOUIS — Nurses at SSM Health St. Louis University Hospital walked off their jobs for a 24-hour strike on Monday, a measure they said was necessary after the hospital failed to address their concerns about short staffing.Registered nurses union stages 24-hour strike at SSM Health St. Louis University HospitalMaddi O'Leary, a registered nurse who works in the bone marrow transplant unit, joins other SSM Health St. Louis University Hospital nurses represented by the National Nurses United union in staging a 24-hour strike Monday Sept. 25, 2023, outside the hospital.Christine Tannous, Post-Dispatch“We don't want to be out here,” said Maddi O'Leary, a nurse in the bone marrow transplant unit, who has worked at the hospital for eight years. “We want to be inside taking care of our patients. But we have not been given the resources to do so safely.”In a statement, SSM said the health system was “deeply disappointed” in the union's decision to organize a strike. The hospital said workers from nurse staffing agencies would help fill in where needed.Dozens rallied outside the hospital along South Grand Boulevard Monday, carrying signs and chanting. Nurses described feeling frustrated when they couldn't provide patients the quality of care they wanted to give because their units are understaffed.And when patients have to wait longer for care, health care workers receive backlash from them and their family members, they said. Several emergency department nurses said that they've noticed an increase in patients after South City Hospital, about 4 miles south, closed in early August following financial troubles.O'Leary said that while nursing shifts in her unit ideally are staffed by four nurses, lately there have been shifts with only two. That means she can't take a break because she can't leave the unit staffed by only one nurse.“Enough was enough,” she said.The strike was scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. Monday and end at 6:59 a.m. Tuesday. The nurses gave the hospital 10 days' notice.The union, National Nurses United, has represented nurses at the hospital since 2012. Though the nurses have held several protests to pressure SSM to increase staffing levels there, they had never before gone on strike.The nurses' labor agreement expired June 15. They have been in negotiations for a new contract since May and claim there has been little movement in bargaining. With the exception of the VA St. Louis Healthcare System, SLU Hospital is the only hospital in the region where nurses are unionized.SSM accused the California-based nurses union of holding strikes that are “intended to create tension and division within hospitals,” and said the moves are counterproductive to SSM's efforts to recruit and hire nurses.https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/10/11/republicans-ease-off-impeachment-threat-after-supreme-court-accepted-redistricting-case/After months of threatening that they would consider impeaching liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz if she weighed in on a lawsuit over the state's legislative maps, Wisconsin Republican lawmakers have pulled back from the idea. Republicans began raising impeachment before Protasiewicz was even elected in April, with then-Rep. Dan Knodl (R-Germantown) saying during his special election campaign for an open Senate seat that he would consider impeaching her. In August, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) said he would consider impeaching Protasiewicz if she weighed in on the redistricting lawsuit — stating in a radio interview that he believed she had “pre-judged” the case and that could constitute a violation of her oath of office. Late last week, Protasiewicz ruled against Republican motions requesting that she recuse herself, writing in an opinion that the standard for recusal Republicans were arguing for would be “unworkable.” On the same day, Protasiewicz joined the Court's three other liberals in voting to accept one of two lawsuits filed against the maps. As Republicans floated the impeachment possibility, and state Democrats launched a campaign to raise public opinion against it, Vos said he convened a panel of three former Supreme Court justices to weigh in on the idea. One of those former justices, conservative David Prosser, wrote in an email to Vos on Friday before the court's decision was released that nothing Protasiewicz had done rose to the level of corrupt conduct in office, which along with criminal acts is the standard for impeachment in the state Constitution. “In my view, ‘corrupt conduct' is not a term that is open to a mere political grievance,” Prosser wrote. “If that were the case, legislative bodies could be trading questionable impeachments with considerable frequency.”“To sum up my views, there should be no effort to impeach Justice Protasiewicz on anything we know now,” he continued. “Impeachment is so serious, severe, and rare that it should not be considered unless the subject has committed a crime, or the subject has committed indisputable ‘corrupt conduct' while ‘in office.'”After the Court's decision was released last week, Vos said in a statement that he believes the U.S. Supreme Court will ultimately weigh in on the issue. “Justice Protasiewicz should have recused herself. We think the United States Supreme Court precedent compels her recusal, and the United States Supreme Court will have the last word here,” Vos said.Wisconsin's impeachment process requires a simple majority vote of the Assembly to impeach and a two-thirds vote of the Senate to convict and remove an official. In addition to Vos' retreat from the threat, multiple Senate Republicans have stated they don't support impeachment, meaning there wouldn't be enough votes in the Senate to remove Protasiewicz. In an audio recording obtained by the Examiner, a staff member for Sen. Rachel Cabral-Guevara (R-Appleton) told a member of the public that “she does not support impeachment.” Sen. Duey Stroebel (R-Saukville) also told CBS58 he doesn't support impeachment. Prior to the Court's acceptance of the case, concerns had been raised that under Wisconsin's impeachment statutes, a judge is unable to hear any cases while the Senate is considering conviction — meaning that if the Assembly voted to impeach, the Senate could hold off on a vote in order to delay the case. With the lack of supermajority support for impeachment in the Senate, state Democrats have called for Vos to drop the threats. “While it's long been clear the law wasn't on the Republicans' side, they now lack the votes to pursue conviction in the Senate — underscoring how any impeachment in the Assembly would represent an unprecedented abuse of the Wisconsin Constitution,” Democratic Party of Wisconsin spokesperson Joe Oslund said in a statement. “Broken clocks are right twice a day, and now that David Prosser and Duey Stroebel have somehow emerged as voices of reason here, Robin Vos should have no excuse for not knowing what time it is: time to drop his unconstitutional impeachment threats.”What caught your eye:Wisconsin Examiner, Capitol News Illinois, STL Post Dispatch, LA Times, Washington Post, CNBC, NPR

In other news: Five years later, family of missing postal worker continue to seek answers; Local Latino group advocating for increased child protection; 15-year-old boy critically injured after fellow teen crashed stolen car.

In other news: Five years later, family of missing postal worker continue to seek answers; Local Latino group advocating for increased child protection; 15-year-old boy critically injured after fellow teen crashed stolen car.

In other news: Five years later, family of missing postal worker continue to seek answers; Local Latino group advocating for increased child protection; 15-year-old boy critically injured after fellow teen crashed stolen car.

Two persons of interest in the murders of four family members in their Romeoville home over the weekend were located Wednesday in Oklahoma. Also in the news: The Cook County Medical Examiner says a man found inside a Glenview home was stabbed to death; residents of Calumet City, Dolton and Burnham are continuing to mop up from severe rainfall on Sunday; and McHenry County's top prosecutor says the first day the State of Illinois went to a no-cash-bail system resulted in “absurd and incoherent” results.

In other news: North suburban woman found guilty of not taking care of her son after he received a heart transplant will receive a new trial; Longtime Asia on Argyle sign removed from Uptown Red Line stop; Teen found with gun near Tinley Park high school. 

Two persons of interest in the murders of four family members in their Romeoville home over the weekend were located Wednesday in Oklahoma. Also in the news: The Cook County Medical Examiner says a man found inside a Glenview home was stabbed to death; residents of Calumet City, Dolton and Burnham are continuing to mop up from severe rainfall on Sunday; and McHenry County's top prosecutor says the first day the State of Illinois went to a no-cash-bail system resulted in “absurd and incoherent” results.

In other news: North suburban woman found guilty of not taking care of her son after he received a heart transplant will receive a new trial; Longtime Asia on Argyle sign removed from Uptown Red Line stop; Teen found with gun near Tinley Park high school. 

In other news: North suburban woman found guilty of not taking care of her son after he received a heart transplant will receive a new trial; Longtime Asia on Argyle sign removed from Uptown Red Line stop; Teen found with gun near Tinley Park high school. 

Two persons of interest in the murders of four family members in their Romeoville home over the weekend were located Wednesday in Oklahoma. Also in the news: The Cook County Medical Examiner says a man found inside a Glenview home was stabbed to death; residents of Calumet City, Dolton and Burnham are continuing to mop up from severe rainfall on Sunday; and McHenry County's top prosecutor says the first day the State of Illinois went to a no-cash-bail system resulted in “absurd and incoherent” results.

Shelley Turk, Divisional Senior Vice President - Illinois Health Care Delivery, BCBS Illinois joins the podcast to discuss her background, top priorities for the rest of the year, programs and initiatives that have been needle-moving, and more!

Shelley Turk, Divisional Senior Vice President - Illinois Health Care Delivery, BCBS Illinois joins the podcast to discuss her background, top priorities for the rest of the year, programs and initiatives that have been needle-moving, and more!

Shelley Turk, Divisional Senior Vice President - Illinois Health Care Delivery, BCBS Illinois joins the podcast to discuss her background, top priorities for the rest of the year, programs and initiatives that have been needle-moving, and more!

A few things to keep in mind for your August garden! 

Also in the news: No one is in custody after a shooting outside a south side funeral home left at least two men in critical condition; a Sunday night brawl erupted in the Emergency Room of the University of Chicago Medical Center; and students at  Deerfield and Highland Park high schools will now be required to pass through metal detectors.

Also in the news: No one is in custody after a shooting outside a south side funeral home left at least two men in critical condition; a Sunday night brawl erupted in the Emergency Room of the University of Chicago Medical Center; and students at  Deerfield and Highland Park high schools will now be required to pass through metal detectors.

Also in the news: No one is in custody after a shooting outside a south side funeral home left at least two men in critical condition; a Sunday night brawl erupted in the Emergency Room of the University of Chicago Medical Center; and students at  Deerfield and Highland Park high schools will now be required to pass through metal detectors.

WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore is joined by a panel to discuss the high rates of women facing severe complications or death related to childbirth. Dellimore is joined by Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller, Congresswoman Robin Kelly and Dr. Gwendolyn Oglesby-Odom from Advocate Health.

Also in the news: Chicago's public health commissioner admits that the extent of the smoke descending upon Chicago caught her office off guard; Traffic flow will be stop and go for the new few months in a section of Mount Greenwood as a new street project is underway; and a Park City man has been charged in a hit and run accident early this morning that killed two horses on West Casey Road in unincorporated Grayslake.

Also in the news: Chicago's public health commissioner admits that the extent of the smoke descending upon Chicago caught her office off guard; Traffic flow will be stop and go for the new few months in a section of Mount Greenwood as a new street project is underway; and a Park City man has been charged in a hit and run accident early this morning that killed two horses on West Casey Road in unincorporated Grayslake.

Also in the news: Chicago's public health commissioner admits that the extent of the smoke descending upon Chicago caught her office off guard; Traffic flow will be stop and go for the new few months in a section of Mount Greenwood as a new street project is underway; and a Park City man has been charged in a hit and run accident early this morning that killed two horses on West Casey Road in unincorporated Grayslake.

In other news: NASCAR street closures piling up as race weekend nears; Illinois nursing shortage will only get worse, staffing agency fears; Boosting students' reading comprehension remains ongoing battle

In other news: NASCAR street closures piling up as race weekend nears; Illinois nursing shortage will only get worse, staffing agency fears; Boosting students' reading comprehension remains ongoing battle

In other news: NASCAR street closures piling up as race weekend nears; Illinois nursing shortage will only get worse, staffing agency fears; Boosting students' reading comprehension remains ongoing battle

Waukegan mayor reportedly reaches out to Bears, pitching city as potential new home; Illinois sees increase in out-of-state abortion patients in the year since Roe v. Wade was overturned; Man shot and killed on West Side

Waukegan mayor reportedly reaches out to Bears, pitching city as potential new home; Illinois sees increase in out-of-state abortion patients in the year since Roe v. Wade was overturned; Man shot and killed on West Side

Waukegan mayor reportedly reaches out to Bears, pitching city as potential new home; Illinois sees increase in out-of-state abortion patients in the year since Roe v. Wade was overturned; Man shot and killed on West Side

In other news: City freezes move of migrants to SW Side; Railroad construction to delay suburban Metra line this week; South suburban children's hospital hosts prom for ill teens 

In other news: City freezes move of migrants to SW Side; Railroad construction to delay suburban Metra line this week; South suburban children's hospital hosts prom for ill teens 

In other news: City freezes move of migrants to SW Side; Railroad construction to delay suburban Metra line this week; South suburban children's hospital hosts prom for ill teens 

In other news: Four hurt, including 3 children, in multi-car crash on South Side: CFD; American Lung Association says Illinois should move EVs only; Muddy Waters MOJO Museum receives $1 million grant 

In other news: Four hurt, including 3 children, in multi-car crash on South Side: CFD; American Lung Association says Illinois should move EVs only; Muddy Waters MOJO Museum receives $1 million grant 

In other news: Four hurt, including 3 children, in multi-car crash on South Side: CFD; American Lung Association says Illinois should move EVs only; Muddy Waters MOJO Museum receives $1 million grant 

In other news: Missing Logan Square woman's boyfriend facing charges connected to her death; Chicago mayor meets with Bears brass; Salmonella outbreak in Illinois linked to ground beef: IDPH

In other news: Missing Logan Square woman's boyfriend facing charges connected to her death; Chicago mayor meets with Bears brass; Salmonella outbreak in Illinois linked to ground beef: IDPH

In other news: Missing Logan Square woman's boyfriend facing charges connected to her death; Chicago mayor meets with Bears brass; Salmonella outbreak in Illinois linked to ground beef: IDPH

In other news: 14-year-old boy killed, 4 others wounded in South Side shootout; Taylor Swift fans wait in line for hours to buy concert merchandise; UpRising Bakery owner permanently closes business after facing controversy, vandalism 

In other news: 14-year-old boy killed, 4 others wounded in South Side shootout; Taylor Swift fans wait in line for hours to buy concert merchandise; UpRising Bakery owner permanently closes business after facing controversy, vandalism 

In other news: 14-year-old boy killed, 4 others wounded in South Side shootout; Taylor Swift fans wait in line for hours to buy concert merchandise; UpRising Bakery owner permanently closes business after facing controversy, vandalism 

With the pandemic changing how students have been taught in schools the past few years, mental health has become a big point of emphasis with schooling. WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore talks to two representatives from Communities in Schools of Chicago to break down the spotlight on student mental health and where it could go from here.  Representing Communities in Schools of Chicago are Shipra Panicker, the Senior Director of Intensive Student Supports & Robin Koelsch, the Senior Director of Partnerships.

Dr. Jesse Anderson of University of Illinois Health is interviewed by Antigone Vesci on his AAOMPT award-wining poster titled “Physical Therapy Management of a Patient with Chronic Temporomandibular Disorder following Buccal Mucosal Urethroplasty: a case report.”

Dr. Jesse Anderson of University of Illinois Health (e-mail, Twitter) is interviewed by Dr. Antigone Vesci (AVPerformanceTherapy.com) on his AAOMPT award-wining poster titled “Physical Therapy Management of a Patient with Chronic Temporomandibular Disorder following Buccal Mucosal Urethroplasty: a case report.”This episode contains information that will be interesting for practitioners who want to explore the topics of manual therapy and clinical reasoning of the temporomandibular joint as it relates to a rare and unique patient diagnosis.Find out more about the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists at the following links:Academy website: www.aaompt.orgTwitter: @AAOMPTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaompt/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialaaompt/?hl=enPodcast e-mail: aaomptpodcast@gmail.comPodcast website: https://aaomptpodcast.simplecast.fm

Also in the news: Dixmoor officials say water is safe after EPA accuses village of compliance issue; Aspiring actor killed in Austin shooting; ‘He was all about being happy'; Highland Park's poet laureate applications are due Wednesday. 

Also in the news: Dixmoor officials say water is safe after EPA accuses village of compliance issue; Aspiring actor killed in Austin shooting; ‘He was all about being happy'; Highland Park's poet laureate applications are due Wednesday. 

Also in the news: Dixmoor officials say water is safe after EPA accuses village of compliance issue; Aspiring actor killed in Austin shooting; ‘He was all about being happy'; Highland Park's poet laureate applications are due Wednesday. 

On this week's Courier Pigeon we look back at the Chicago Tylenol Murders through the eyes of a former CBS 2 reporter who worked on the story in 1982 that claimed the lives of 7 people in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago.    Sources Used: CBS Chicago AP News  UIC School of Public Health  PBS News Hour Thank you to John "Bulldog" Drummond and WBBM morning anchor and reporter Mai Martinez (@MaiReports) for her reporting. 

Tom and Andy discuss a large health care provider's decision to settle with workers who were denied religious exemptions and the rising tensions over Taiwan.

On this week's InDepth, we dive deeper into to the data released from the University of Chicago Medicine's Community Health Needs Assessment. The triannual assessment put a magnifying glass on health disparities on the south side of Chicago and south suburban Cook County. In this episode, you'll hear from UChicago's Senior Vice President of Community Health Transformation and a resident of Harvey, Illinois.------Make sure to subscribe to WBBM In Depth on the Audacy app; leave us a review & rate on Apple Podcasts, too!Have a topic or story you want us to go InDepth about? Tweet us at @wbbmpodcasts

Today we talk markets with Jim McCormick AgMarket.net The weekly GROWMARK segment focuses on the groundbreaking of the Conserv FS Caledonia storage facility. The show wraps up talking with Illinois Health and Hospital Association chairman about Rural Hospital/Health Care.

Also in the news: Chicago Public Schools is asking parents and students to help decide the calendar for next school year; the Archdiocese of Chicago says....due to declining COVID-19 rates...and guidance from health officials...Catholic churches and chapels in Lake and suburban Cook Counties may now move to a "mask-optional" protocol for all Masses and Liturgies; charges are now filed in connection with a deadly shooting "near the campus of the University of Chicago" this week; and much more.

Also in the news: Chicago Public Schools is asking parents and students to help decide the calendar for next school year; the Archdiocese of Chicago says....due to declining COVID-19 rates...and guidance from health officials...Catholic churches and chapels in Lake and suburban Cook Counties may now move to a "mask-optional" protocol for all Masses and Liturgies; charges are now filed in connection with a deadly shooting "near the campus of the University of Chicago" this week; and much more.

Also in the news: Chicago Public Schools is asking parents and students to help decide the calendar for next school year; the Archdiocese of Chicago says....due to declining COVID-19 rates...and guidance from health officials...Catholic churches and chapels in Lake and suburban Cook Counties may now move to a "mask-optional" protocol for all Masses and Liturgies; charges are now filed in connection with a deadly shooting "near the campus of the University of Chicago" this week; and much more. 

Also in the news: the Archdiocese of Chicago will institute a "mask optional" policy in schools starting Thursday; Chicago police say they've found the man who allegedly led a ring responsible for several smash-and-grab burglaries of stores in various parts of the city; Chicago Police are questioning suspects in the murders of two teenage boys - killed in separate incidents on the south side yesterday afternoon; and much more.

Also in the news: the Archdiocese of Chicago will institute a "mask optional" policy in schools starting Thursday; Chicago police say they've found the man who allegedly led a ring responsible for several smash-and-grab burglaries of stores in various parts of the city; Chicago Police are questioning suspects in the murders of two teenage boys - killed in separate incidents on the south side yesterday afternoon; and much more.

Also in the news: the Archdiocese of Chicago will institute a "mask optional" policy in schools starting Thursday; Chicago police say they've found the man who allegedly led a ring responsible for several smash-and-grab burglaries of stores in various parts of the city; Chicago Police are questioning suspects in the murders of two teenage boys - killed in separate incidents on the south side yesterday afternoon; and much more. 

These heroes can win back pay and other compensation. Constitutional expert, lawyer, author, pastor, and founder of Liberty Counsel Mat Staver discusses the important topics of the day with co-hosts and guests that impact life, liberty, and family. To stay informed and get involved – visit www.LC.org

In other stories: Chicago aldermen usually are the key deciders of whether developments get approved in their wards, but a Northwest Side alderman may soon find that aldermanic privilege pulled from under him; Three new retailers are coming to the State Street shopping district; A new partnership between the University of Chicago and the City Colleges aims to provide more opportunities for black and Latino students in the STEM fields; and much more.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In other stories: Chicago aldermen usually are the key deciders of whether developments get approved in their wards, but a Northwest Side alderman may soon find that aldermanic privilege pulled from under him; Three new retailers are coming to the State Street shopping district; A new partnership between the University of Chicago and the City Colleges aims to provide more opportunities for black and Latino students in the STEM fields; and much more.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In other stories: Chicago aldermen usually are the key deciders of whether developments get approved in their wards, but a Northwest Side alderman may soon find that aldermanic privilege pulled from under him; Three new retailers are coming to the State Street shopping district; A new partnership between the University of Chicago and the City Colleges aims to provide more opportunities for black and Latino students in the STEM fields; and much more.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Also happening today, a 4-year-old girl is listed in good condition after being shot in the arm yesterday afternoon; a northwest Indiana man is accused by investigators of burning a coworker severely at a pizza restaurant; a bond hearing is scheduled for today for a man charged with shooting towards officers near Chicago police headquarters; and much more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of the Award-winning PRS Journal Club Podcast, 2021 Resident Ambassadors to the PRS Editorial Board – Saïd Azoury, Lindsay Janes, and Ara Salibian- and special guest Jamie P. Levine, MD, discuss the following articles from the March 2021 issue: “Robin Sequence: 5-Year Speech Outcomes—A Case-Control Study” by Schwaiger, Cook, Jordan, et al. “Long-Term Neurocognitive Outcomes of Spring-Assisted Surgery versus Cranial Vault Remodeling for Sagittal Synostosis” by Alperovich, Runyan, Gabrick, et al. “Lipofilling after Laser-Assisted Treatment for Facial Filler Complication: Volumetric and Regenerative Effect” by De Santis, Pinelli, Benanti, et al. Special Guest Chad A. Purnell, MD, is a Craniofacial Surgeon at the Shriners Hospitals for Children in Chicago, and part of the Division of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Cosmetic Surgery at University of Illinois Health. READ the articles discussed in this podcast as well as free related content from the archives: http://bit.ly/PRSJCMarch21Collection #PRSJournalClub

Alex's series continues with an interesting conversation on The Millennium Live podcast with Keynote Speaker, Dr. Jay Bhatt. Known to some of his patients as "the dancing doctor", Jay is a Primary Care Internist and Geriatrician committed to care delivery innovation, advancing health equity and providing care to vulnerable populations. He serves as Chief Clinical Officer & Medical Director at Medical Home Network, and held previous roles at the American Hospital Association and the Illinois Health & Hospital Association. We learn more about what inspired Dr. Bhatt to be a healthcare innovator, the campaign to vaccinate everyone, particularly in undeserved communities #ThisIsOurShot, and where he sees the healthcare going beyond the pandemic.

George Floyd's death one year ago today and the national protests that followed prompted lawmakers in Illinois to pass legislation to address systemic racism. That includes a measure dealing with health care.

In this episode, Healthscape interviews Sinai Chicago's President & Chief Executive Officer, Karen Teitelbaum. Sinai Chicago is an urban teaching healthcare system comprised of four hospitals, 800 physician medical staff, over 3000 caregivers, an epidemiology research institute, and a community institute, serving 1.5 million people who live in Chicago's West and Southwest Side. Karen also serves on the boards of America's Essential Hospitals, Illinois Health and Hospital Association, Advantia Health, and Blink Science. She is passionate about community-based health and recently gave a talk about community-centric healthcare innovation at TEDxWrigleyville (check it out here: https://www.ted.com/talks/karen_teitelbaum_community_based_innovation_for_health_stat)! Karen has a Bachelor's degree in Communication from University at Buffalo, a Master in Arts in Speech and Language Pathology from Northwestern, and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management.

In Episode 17 of Dr. Dave On Call, I discuss my experience in the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine trial. This episode has been a culmination of about 2 months of my observations while participating as a research subject in the Moderna mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine trial. The trail is named the COVE Study, it's an acronym for Coronavirus Efficacy and Safety Study, and the name implies protection from COVID-19, as a "cove" can be thought of a sheltered inlet. The goal of the COVID-19 vaccine study is to understand if the mRNA-1273 study vaccine can prevent COVID-19 (efficacy) and if the study vaccine is safe. In general, the purpose of vaccines are prepare our immune system to fight infection and prevent illness. Following an effective vaccine, our immune system will produce antibodies (special proteins) that will recognize and other pathogens and make them harmless to our bodies. About 30,000 people in the Unites States will take part in this study at about 80-100 research sites. The particular research site that I am enrolled in is at The University of Illinois Health System, Division of Infectious Diseases coordinating by Project WISH. The Principal Investigator is Dr. Richard Novak, Chair of Infectious Diseases at the University of Illinois Health system. He has dedicated his entire professional career at research treatments for emerging infectious diseases. I would really encourage you to listen to Episode 14 of Dr. Dave On Call, where we discuss the Moderna mRNA-1273 vaccine trial in greater depth with Dr. Novak. I participated in this trial for a variety of reasons. First, I felt that I would be an ideal candidate to study the effectiveness of a COVID-19 vaccine. I am a minority, health worker with 2 children who are currently receiving in-person learning, therefore I am potentially exposed to COVID-19 more frequently. I believe that my contribution of scientific data would help answer key questions about this vaccine on a larger public health scale. As an Allergy-Immunology specialist, I have a unique understanding of vaccines and this trial would be an educational experience for myself. Further, I had a tremendous example in my mother, who participated in many experimental trials while she was being treated for acute leukemia, knowing that she was contributing for the greater knowledge of medical science. Participation in the study is a big commitment; 6 in-person visits, 25 safety telephone calls, app surveys over a period of 25 months. Also, if a subject is diagnosed with COVID-19 there are extra visits associated with it as well. After completing the screening process, we scheduled my first appointment for September 3, 2020. I reviewed the 24 page consent form, had a few additional questions about the potential side effects and signed the consent form and was officially enrolled. The 1st visit was intense and long, over 3 hrs filled with medical examinations, blood draws, etc. Finally, I was assigned a unique patient number and the COVID-19 vaccine was delivered for injection. This study is a Double-Blind Placebo Controlled trial; both the subjects and researchers do NOT know if a placebo vaccine (saline) or the experimental vaccine is given to the research subjects. Further, it's a random assignment, a flip of a coin to determine if the placebo or experimental is given. I received my first injection on September 3, 2020 and was confident during the first few days, I received the experimental vaccine. I had some of the common symptoms (headache, fatigue, injection site pain) that were listed in the consent form. They resolved with supportive care. However, at Day 9, I developed unusual gentito-urinary symptoms that were extremely painful and concerning. These symptoms progressively worsened throughout the next 10 days that necessitated a visit to a Urological specialist, who diagnosed me acute non-bacterial prostatitis. After discussing with the research team, Dr. Novak and my urologist, we had thought my...

Trying to find treatment in the Opioid Crisis is bewildering. There are flashy ads for expensive, out-of-state residential facilities. Then there are free 12-step meetings in a nearby church basement. Too often a doctor isn't even part of the discussion. In this installment, Dr. Nicole Gastala provides some clear guidance. She knows the treatment system many are facing – its limits and its potential. Dr. Gastala helped start a program in a Midwest rural town to address a burgeoning opioid problem there, and recently moved to help expand addiction treatment services at Mile Square Health Centers at the University of Illinois Health in Chicago.