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Illinois Department of Public Health

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State rarely investigates hospital complaints

Due to limited state funds, the Illinois Department of Public Health declined to investigate 85 percent of the 560 hospital complaints it received last year, reported the Chicago Tribune this week.

Delayed trauma transfers don't leave patients worse off

While Illinois hospitals are routinely taking more time than what the state has deemed necessary to transfer trauma patients to higher level care facilities, researchers believe that it's the state's