Bruce Japsen

United Power for Action and Justice, a coalition of health-care, religious and community groups, has launched its first initiative to reduce the number of uninsured in the Chicago area. The...

The late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin's legacy to the health-care industry has been carried out on the North Side, but church leaders say much work is to be done on the...

A Chicago-based Internet exchange is taking off in popularity for medical product manufacturers who see a chance to help health-care providers streamline their purchasing and keep costs down. There are...

Despite a rash of hospital mergers, Chicago remains bloated with excess beds. New statistics from the Illinois Department of Public Health show that an area covering the North and Northwest...

The wings of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board have been clipped again. Already reeling from a new law that reined in the board's authority, the regulator of health facility...

When politicians bash health maintenance organizations during this fall's election campaign, their sound bites probably won't include references to a new study from the National Committee for Quality Assurance. The...

Grant Hospital's role in a civil rights movement of sorts for African-American physicians on Chicago's South Side may have helped clinch regulatory approval for the North Side facility to reopen...

The Chicago Medical Society is prescribing a local remedy for physician labor woes. The medical society's newly formed collective bargaining unit hopes to set itself apart from the American Medical...

An alignment with Wall Street could be on the horizon for a Highland Park firm that links self-insured employers and managed-care companies to chiropractic care. Alternative Medicine Inc. is contemplating...

Grant Hospital officials may be attempting a difficult delivery by asking state regulators to allow them to add obstetric services at the North Side facility. The Lincoln Park hospital's new...