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The month of November is Faith and Hope Month. It’s a time for faith organizations to celebrate organ and tissue donations and educate others on the importance of registering as a donor. Shadaye Hunnicutt from Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network spoke to Community Voices about the organization, misconceptions about donating and how faith communities can get involved.Hunnicutt can be reached at shunnicutt@giftofhope.org
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Dr. Kari Wolf is the chair of psychiatry at SIU School of Medicine and the CEO of the Illinois Behavioral Health Workforce Center. She spoke to Community Voices about how she works to improve our system of health care to go beyond helping one patient at a time. She also shared how she maintains her mental health and her interest in the arts.
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Illinois is among several states that have moved to offer benefits to immigrants.
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The field of Medical Laboratory Science is facing a critical staffing shortage in the Springfield area community. Dr. Andrea Jensen, Program Director and Assistant Professor of Medical Laboratory Science program at UIS, spoke to Community Voices about the new bridge program at UIS created to address this shortage.
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New law bans practices aimed at lowering insurance payouts
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Council to recommend how the Illinois Medicaid program can cover new, expensive therapies
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As consistent job creators, hospitals generate 445,00 direct and indirect jobs.
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The proposals target practices designed to curb utilization.
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The expected program expenditures have declined by $60 million since August.
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She says implicit bias exists.