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Rush Medical College was chartered on March 2, 1837, two days before the city of Chicago was chartered. [3] The college opened with 22 students on December 4, 1843. It was Chicago's first health care institution [4] and one of the few medical schools west of the Alleghenies.
The Chicago Department of Public Health was established in a 1876 reorganization of the city's health apparatus. [1]In 1975, the Chicago City Council revised the city's municipal code to make it clear that the nine-member Chicago Board of Health was the policy-making body for health and the Chicago Department of Health is the agency which administers the city's health programs and enforces ...
Provident Hospital was purchased by Cook County in 1991, and it reopened in August 1993 after the county invested several million dollars in renovations. [3] Part of the reopening success can be attributed to a campaign led by Chicago Defender publisher John Sengstacke. [6]
Stroger employs 300 attending physicians and over 400 fellows and residents. It has 1.2 million square feet (110,000 m 2) of floor space, and 464 beds.It is located at 1901 W. Harrison Street, and is a part of the 305 acre (1.2 km 2) Illinois Medical District on Chicago's West Side, which is one of the largest concentrations of medical facilities in the world.
In late 2021, a planned merger with Edward-Elmhurst Health was announced, pending regulatory approval, for a potential system total of nine hospitals. [ 3 ] On 5 January 2022, NorthShore University HealthSystem and Edward-Elmhurst Health announced the completion of their merger.
In 2013, the MCHC started Land of Lincoln Health, a not-for-profit health insurer. [2] [3] In September 2014, Dan Yunker was named CEO of the company, replacing Kevin Scanlan. [3] In April 2015, MCHC announced plans to merge with the Illinois Hospital Association. [4] The merger was completed in January 2016. [5]
Swedish Hospital (formerly Swedish Covenant Hospital) is a 312-bed [1] nonprofit teaching hospital located on the north side of Chicago, Illinois.The hospital offers over 50 medical specialties, including neurosurgery for the spine and brain, integrative cancer care, heart services (including electrophysiology), women's health services, childbirth and emergency services. [1]
The court decided that the Chicago City Council had no authority to delegate to the Department of Health authority equivalent to what the state would allow them to grant a board of health. This meant that, from 1921 until the establishment of the new Chicago Board of Health in 1932, Chicago's Commissioner of Health had little actual power. [4]