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Jordan Holliday

Weekly round up for July 2

by Jordan Holliday

Ian Cumings' memorial service planned for the fall; the Medical Center settles Neonatal ICU case

Provident Hospital could be "good investment" for UCMC

by Ella Christoph and Adam Janofsky

The University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) is considering a cost-efficient way to send doctors to nearby Provident Hospital, which faces closure due to financial struggles.

U of C professor appointed to Obama's bioethical issues committee

by Willy Hu

Medical and Divinity Professor Daniel Sulmasy was appointed to President Obama’s Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues last week.

Haiti puts hospital’s global outreach in the spotlight

by Asher Klein

“You can think of it as what the University of Chicago can do for the rest of the world,” GHI coordinator Jimin Kim said. 

Nurses’ union say UCMC has money to spare

by Al Gaspari

While a UCMC spokesman agreed the Medical Center was not in dire financial straits, he said cutbacks are necessary.

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UCMC team relieves doctors in devastated Haiti

by Asher Klein

“It’s hard to wrap your brain around the level of devastation,” said a doctor who landed in Chicago last night, one of the original eight staffers who left last month.

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U of C Medical Center

University doctors and medical supplies sent to displaced persons camp

by Burke Frank

“Just finished getting crushed,” a doctor wrote, referring to the volume of injured patients at the camp, “67 patients on 3 buses, after dark. Conditions quite intense, quite rough. Running short on tents, short on hands, several generators now, security intact. Many quite vulnerable people. Hungry and tired.”

CHART-ing the way

by Greg Gabrellas

Campus health care activists should shift their focus toward the bigger picture.

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Daniel Sellon

Medical Center building evacuated for lots of smoke, a little fire

by Asher Klein

The fire was ignited by embers that fell into a seventh-floor storage space due to work being done on the roof, according to Fire Department spokesman Quention Curtis.

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Medical Center union signs contract after near-unanimous rejection over the summer

by Asher Klein

Votes reverse after pay and health benefits improve.

Beleaguered Hospital CEO resigns

by Michael Lipkin

After months of criticism over his policy toward underinsured patients, Madara calls it quits.

Protesters Decry Hospital's Commitment to Streeterville Patients

by Asher Klein

The group gathered to denounce what it percieved as a pro-wealthy bias in its coverage

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Union Rejects New Contract with Hospital

by Asher Klein

The union seeks renewed negotiations after voting no on a contract that it says did not reflect the hospital's economic performance.

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Shahzad Ahsan

Panelists say Urban Health Initiative will improve local care

by Hannah Fine

The Medical Center held a forum Monday to address student and community concerns on local health care access.

Women’s clinic closes as hospital refocuses efforts on research and special cases

by Alison Sider

UCMC spokesman John Easton said discussions about closing the gynecological and obstetric care clinic have been underway for about a year, but were spurred along by the Medical Center’s $100 million budget cut earlier this year. Critics, however, allege that the new policies will create a two-tiered health care system in Hyde Park, where the University will treat patients with private insurance and transfer uninsured and publicly insured patients to local clinics.

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Matt Bogen

Goldstein discusses U of C’s effort to improve presence in Hyde Park

by Holly Lawson

A member of the Medical Center Board of Trustees and longtime community volunteer, Goldstein expressed his personal dedication to South Side health care.

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News Podcast

Podcast: Women's clinic closes, exclusive with David Sanger

by Asher Klein and Michael Lipkin

News editors Michael Lipkin and Asher Klein discuss the closing of a neighborhood clinic, the story of St. Stephen's Church, and Nathalie Gorman's interview with star reporter David Sanger.

Biological Sciences faculty concerned over Madara’s Medical Center leadership

by Erin Robertson

“The faculty has been disenfranchised,” a letter to Madara from faculty said. “[Madara’s] combined responsibilities as C.E.O. and dean have distanced [him] from faculty affairs and aspirations.”

Possible Case of Swine Flu Reported at Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine

by Asher Klein

Swine flu may have hit campus.

Medical school gets high marks in ethical report card, peers draw attention as they flunk

by Christina Schwartz

The Pritzker School of Medicine received a B grade last year on a scorecard which evaluated conflict of interest policies at academic medical centers

UCMC, Holy Cross join

by Ayesha Siddiqi

The University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) is forming a clinical collaboration with Holy Cross Hospital, a nonprofit hospital located on West 68th Street.

Rape victim to re-attempt suit against University

by Hannah Fine

A graduate of the University of Chicago is refiling her suit against the school for not providing adequate medical treatment or a rape kit after she was date-raped in September 2005.

University appoints cancer expert as new medicine chairman

by Asher Klein

Vokes, an international authority on head, neck, and lung cancer who developed new approaches to cancer treatment, was appointed chairman of the Department of Medicine.

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Hospital to revisit ER changes amid controversies

by Alison Sider

Public backlash surrounding the U of C Medical Center emergency room policies and standards of care have escalated in the last two weeks as the Center announced it will reevaluate its plans to reorganize the emergency room, and an unrelated February incident in the ER could jeopardize its ability to serve Medicare patients.

Emergency doctors condemn hospital’s referral policy as illegal

by Sara Jerome

The U of C Medical Center came under fire yesterday when the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) said the hospital’s planned reduction in inpatient beds and policy of sending non-urgent patients to other medical centers verges on illegal.

Community care

by Marshall Knudson

The University should not forget the hospital’s role on the South Side

Laid-off workers protest perceived cuts in Hospital care

by Chris Boots

Laid-off workers protest perceived cuts in Hospital care

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Chris Salata

Medical Center lays off 450 employees

by Hannah Fine

The University of Chicago Medical Center laid off 450 employees, almost five percent of its staff, Monday morning as part of its effort to comply with planned budget cuts of $100 million.

Medical Center cuts budget by $100 million

by Michael Lipkin

Falling endowment prompts accelerated restructuring, may lead to hundreds of job cuts

HIV–infected patient sues hospital after transplant

by Kelin Hall

A University of Chicago Medical Center patient filed suit against the hospital and one of its surgeons Monday, charging medical negligence after receiving a kidney transplant in January 2007 that she later found infected her with HIV and Hepatitis C.

Iowa senator presses Medical Center on level of community care

by Christina Schwartz

Senator Chuck Grassley's (R-IA) ten-page questionnaire about the University Medical Centers finances and care practices elicited a more than 1,000-page response.

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