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Daisy Chavez was honored with the UIC Division of Specialized Care for Children 2015 Award of Merit and Distinction. Chavez is a bilingual Social Work Aide in the Chicago Home Care Regional Office. “Ms. Chavez consistently demonstrates a positive, ‘can-do’…
Tools for comparing and selecting health insurance plans. The Health Insurance Marketplace helps uninsured people enroll in coverage. Information about available plans — including cost estimates and which physicians, medications, and hospitals each plan covers — can be found on the Marketplace website. The open enrollment…
What’s the latest with the flu? The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) addresses the topic in its policy, “Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Influenza in Children, 2015-16.” The policy offers updated recommendations for routine…
Dr. Kathy Swafford, a pediatrician in Southern Illinois, honored for excellence in rural healthcare. The Illinois Rural Health Association awarded Dr. Swafford the Rural Physician of Excellence Award on September 14, 2015. The award recognizes Dr….
A series of conference calls, spoken in Spanish, offer information about hearing loss. Mark your calendar to dial-in and listen to guest speaker, Audiologist Alejandra Ullauri, discuss New diagnosis: hearing loss and what is a…
The Marionjoy Continuing Care Program announces its schedule for Fall classes. The classes are taught by pediatric therapists who use fun activities to help children work on oral motor skills fine motor skills arm and hand…
Find out how families and healthcare providers can partner to improve quality and effectiveness of care. The goal of the recorded webinar is to understand: principles of family-professional collaboration benefits of family-centered care in the medical…
If you have an insurance plan through the marketplace and you receive Social Security, you may want to have your eligibility reviewed. An error was discovered in the way Social Security was counted towards income…
A new research-based book teaches parents how to prepare their children for success. Author, Dr. Dana Suskind, founder of the Thirty Million Words initiative at the University of Chicago, reveals socioeconomic status and parent education…
ABLE accounts in Illinois. Public Act 99 – 145 (SB 1383) was signed into law on July 27, 2015. This Law creates the “Achieving a Better Life Experience” or “ABLE” account program to encourage and…
