Illinois

The Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology was codified into law just last year, under the state’s previous governor, Bruce Rauner. And while current Gov. J.B. Pritzker supports the department, CIO Ron Guerrier still has much to do. At the NASCIO Annual Conference last week in Nashville, Tenn., Guerrier underlined the five pillars he’s established within the department that he spoke [...]

Editor’s note: This is the first in a four-part series on the Community Health Needs Assessment completed by SIH. Next week’s story will be on diabetes and obesity and their roles in heart disease. When Southern Illinois Healthcare released findings from its Community Health Needs Assessment in March, they chose three health priorities for the [...]