# Crain's Chicago Business * **Definition:** Crain's Chicago Business is a weekly business publication that provides news, analysis, and insights on the Chicago economy, local businesses, and industry trends, serving as a key resource for business professionals and decision-makers in the Chicago area. * **Taxonomy:** Key Sources / Local & Regional / Crain's Chicago Business ## News * Selected news from the source **Crain's Chicago Business**, for healthcare technology leaders * 299 news items are in the system for this source * Posts have been filtered for tech and healthcare-related keywords | Date | Title | Topics | | --- | --- | --- | | 5/21/2025 | [**Advocate folows outpatient trends with South Side makeover - Crain's Chicago Business**](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/advocate-folows-outpatient-trends-south-side-makeover) | [[Telemedicine]]; [[Telemedicine Services]]; [[Telehealth Services]] | | 5/12/2025 | [**Michael Skwarek - 2025 Chicago CISO ORBIE Awards**](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/awards/michael-skwarek-2025-chicago-ciso-orbie-awards) | [[Innovation]]; [[Strategic Direction]]; [[Engineering]] | | 5/5/2025 | [**Technology Is About People: Abhi Dhar, Chief Digital Officer, HealthBridge**](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-content-studio/technology-about-people-abhi-dhar-chief-digital-officer-healthbridge) | [[Innovation]]; [[Digital Transformation]]; [[Healthcare]] | | 4/28/2025 | [**Private equity can play positive role in health care: Opinion - Crain's Chicago Business**](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum-private-equity-and-health-care/private-equity-can-play-positive-role-health-care) | [[Compliance]]; [[Patient Care]]; [[Influence]] | | 4/27/2025 | [**Hardly any area of health care remains untouched by private equity**](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum-private-equity-and-health-care/private-equity-spans-spectrum-health-care) | [[Mental Health]]; [[Femtech Market Growth]]; [[Plastic Surgery]] | | 4/18/2025 | [**Tempus assembles advisory board to guide oncology research**](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-pulse/tempus-ai-assembles-oncology-advisory-board) | [[Product Development]]; [[Oncology]]; [[Advisory]] | | 3/31/2025 | [**Opinion: Investing in Cook County Health is the smart financial choice - Crain's Chicago Business**](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/supporting-cook-county-health-makes-financial-sense-op-ed) | [[Healthcare Access Disparities]]; [[Maternal Health]]; [[Preventative Care]] | | 3/10/2025 | [**Northwestern-Techstars accelerator chooses first startups - Crain's Chicago Business**](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-pulse/northwestern-techstars-accelerator-chooses-first-startups) | [[Healthcare]]; [[Staffing]]; [[Cardiovascular Disease]] | | 2/25/2025 | [**Illinois cancels another $220 million in medical debt for residents**](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/illinois-cancels-220m-medical-debt-latest-relief-round) | [[Medical Debt]]; [[Financial Constraints]]; [[Life Science Analytics]] | | 2/24/2025 | [**Six ways AI and quantum computing could impact Chicago business in 2025**](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-content-studio/how-ai-and-quantum-could-impact-business-chicago) | [[Supply Chain Vulnerabilities]]; [[AI in Telehealth]]; [[Cyber Resilience]] | | 2/17/2025 | [**2025 Healthcare & Life Sciences Investment Outlook - Crain's Chicago Business**](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-content-studio/2025-healthcare-life-sciences-investment-outlook) | [[Digital Health Innovations]]; [[Machine Learning]]; [[Innovation]] | | 1/31/2025 | [**Ryan family names next round of Northwestern research funding - Crain's Chicago Business**](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-pulse/ryan-family-names-next-round-northwestern-research-funding) | [[AI in Emergency Medicine]]; [[AI and Cloud Computing]]; [[AI in Telehealth]] | | 1/29/2025 | [**AMA keeps its focus on fixing Medicare under Trump, GOP**](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-pulse/ama-keeps-its-focus-fixing-medicare-under-trump) | [[Rural Healthcare Access]]; [[Reimbursement Models]]; [[AI-Powered Tools]] | | 1/28/2025 | [**AI, climate change threats drive Doomsday Clock closer to midnight than ever**](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/technology/doomsday-clock-university-chicago-ticks-toward-midnight) | [[AI Integration]] | | 1/17/2025 | [**How Endeavor Health uses its grants to build strategic inroads - Crain's Chicago Business**](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-pulse/how-endeavor-health-strategizes-its-grants-and-gifts) | [[Social Determinants of Health]]; [[Workforce Challenges]]; [[Hospitals]] | | 1/16/2025 | [**Planned Parenthood of Illinois CMO steps down, interim named - Crain's Chicago Business**](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/planned-parenthood-illinois-cmo-steps-down-interim-named) | [[Interim Healthcare CTO]]; [[Workforce Shortages]]; [[Health]] | | 1/15/2025 | [**GE HealthCare inks $1 billion AI imaging deal with Sutter Health - Crain's Chicago Business**](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/ge-healthcare-inks-1-billion-ai-imaging-deal-sutter-health) | [[Partnerships]]; [[AI in Cardiology]]; [[AI Implementation]] | | 1/6/2025 | [**Illinois lands $17M grant as part of federal maternal health pilot**](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-pulse/illinois-lands-17m-grant-federal-maternal-health-pilot) | [[Healthcare Providers]]; [[Healthcare Disparities]]; [[Maternal Health Disparities]] | | 12/22/2024 | [**Ask the Experts: Life sciences in the AI age**](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/content-studio/ask-experts-life-sciences-ai-age) | [[Technology Management]]; [[AI and Machine Learning Integration]]; [[Healthcare EDI]] | | 12/18/2024 | [**Ascension, Prime hospital deal gets green light from state**](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/ascension-prime-hospital-deal-okd-state-health-officials) | [[Health Inequities]]; [[Healthcare Costs]]; [[Healthcare Access]] | | 12/10/2024 | [**UI Health clinicians seek to form union - Crain's Chicago Business**](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/ui-health-clinicians-seek-form-union) | [[Healthcare Communications]]; [[Population Health]]; [[Communications]] | | 11/25/2024 | [**Illinois bill aims to limit AI in health insurance decisions - Crain's Chicago Business**](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/illinois-bill-aims-limit-ai-health-insurance-decisions) | [[Healthcare SaaS]]; [[Community Health]]; [[Cloud Computing in Healthcare]] | | 11/14/2024 | [**UChicago to harness Argonne's AI, supercomputer tools for cancer drug discovery**](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/uchicago-argonne-collaborate-ai-cancer-drug-discovery) | [[Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics]]; [[Clinical Research]]; [[Diversity in Clinical Trials]] | | 10/21/2024 | [**GE HealthCare doubles down on AI with new 'lab' - Crain's Chicago Business**](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/ge-healthcare-doubling-down-ai) | [[Healthcare Costs]]; [[Generative AI in Healthcare]]; [[AI and Automation]] | | 8/5/2024 | [**Creating new frontiers of business opportunity with emerging tech - Crain's Chicago Business**](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/content-studio/strategies-embracing-technological-change-and-driving-growth) | [[Data Quality]]; [[Continuous Learning]] | ## Recent Stories (Some LLM-derived content — please confirm with above primary sources) ### Topics Covered - **Healthcare Supply Chain**: Medline partners with Microsoft to enhance supply chain resiliency using AI through the Mpower tool. - **Staffing Challenges**: Healthcare organizations face long-term staffing shortages and increased service demand, necessitating improvements in workforce management. - **Acquisitions**: Thoma Bravo and H.I.G. Capital acquire CompTIA, a technology certification provider, while Prime Healthcare acquires eight Chicago hospitals from Ascension Illinois. - **Revenue Growth**: Tempus reports significant revenue growth and anticipates further increases, while GE HealthCare signs a major agreement with Sutter Health. - **Behavioral Health Initiatives**: Illinois launches the BEACON portal to assist families with mental health services. - **Medical Debt Relief**: Illinois cancels $220 million in medical debt as part of a broader initiative to alleviate financial burdens on residents. - **AI in Healthcare**: SimCare AI develops an AI-based clinician-training platform, reflecting the growing integration of AI in healthcare. - **Community Health Investments**: Endeavor Health announces $8.8 million in grants to improve community health services. - **Rheoxtech Award**: Rheoxtech, a cardiac medical device startup, won the inaugural Timothy P. Walbert Entrepreneurship Impact Award, receiving a $50,000 prize from the Illinois Biotechnology Innovation Organization. - **Ken Griffin Donation**: Ken Griffin donated $10 million to Northwestern Medicine to establish the Kenneth C. Griffin Esophageal Center, enhancing research and treatment for esophageal diseases. - **mHub Accelerator Launch**: mHub is launching its third medical technology accelerator in partnership with Baxter International, Endeavor Health, and GE HealthCare to support healthcare startups. - **Walgreens Lawsuit**: Walgreens Boots Alliance faces a class-action lawsuit alleging misrepresentation of revenue and growth expectations, leading to a significant drop in stock price. - **GE HealthCare Acquisition**: GE HealthCare plans to acquire Intelligent Ultrasound Group's clinical AI business for $51 million to enhance its ultrasound technology. - **Abbott Laboratories Trial**: Abbott's CEO defended the company's premature-infant formula amid a trial alleging concealment of risks associated with its products. - **CrowdStrike Outage**: A global outage at CrowdStrike affected healthcare systems like Rush University System and Ascension Illinois, although patient impact was minimal. - **University of Chicago Partnership**: The University of Chicago partnered with Orange Grove Bio to commercialize life sciences technologies and create internship opportunities for students. - **AbbVie Alzheimer's Drug**: AbbVie discontinued the development of its Alzheimer's drug ABBV-916 due to its inability to differentiate from existing treatments. - **CVS Health Expansion**: CVS Health is opening new doctors' offices co-located at existing pharmacies, expanding its services amid competitors scaling back. - **Duly Health & Care Leadership Change**: Duly Health & Care appointed Chase Hammon as CFO to stabilize leadership and drive growth following recent executive turnover. - **Amphix Bio FDA Approval**: Amphix Bio received FDA approval for its AMFX-100 drug-device combination aimed at bone regeneration, designated as a Breakthrough Device. ### Organizations Mentioned - **Sutter Health**: Healthcare provider entering a partnership with GE HealthCare for technology upgrades. - **Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Services**: State agency involved in the medical debt relief initiative. - **SimCare AI**: Startup developing an AI-based clinician-training platform. - **Endeavor Health**: Organization providing grants to improve community health services. - **Ascension Illinois**: Healthcare system selling hospitals to Prime Healthcare. - **Prime Healthcare**: Acquiring eight hospitals from Ascension Illinois. - **Medline**: A healthcare company partnering with Microsoft to enhance supply chain resiliency. - **Microsoft**: Technology company collaborating with Medline on the Mpower tool. - **CompTIA**: A technology certification and training provider acquired by Thoma Bravo and H.I.G. Capital. - **Tempus**: An AI medicine company reporting significant revenue growth. - **GE HealthCare**: Healthcare technology company partnering with Sutter Health for AI-powered medical technology. - **Rheoxtech**: A cardiac medical device startup focused on developing a device to reduce heart attack damage. - **Illinois Biotechnology Innovation Organization**: An organization that supports biotechnology innovation in Illinois. - **Northwestern Medicine**: A healthcare provider in Illinois receiving a donation for esophageal disease research. - **mHub**: A medical technology accelerator supporting healthcare startups. - **Baxter International**: A global healthcare company involved in the medical technology accelerator. - **Walgreens Boots Alliance**: A pharmacy-led health and wellbeing company facing a class-action lawsuit. - **Abbott Laboratories**: A healthcare company defending its infant formula amid litigation. - **CrowdStrike**: A cybersecurity technology company whose outage affected various healthcare systems.