Advocate To Invest $1B in Chicago’s South Side
HealthLeaders Media December 17, 2024
The health system plans to expand community sites and services, beef up its chronic care management and SDOH programs, add 1,000 new employees and build a new hospital to replace the aging Advocate Trinity Hospital.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Recent surveys indicate residents of Chicago’s South Side are at increased risk of chronic diseases and death due to a lack of access to healthcare services.
– Advocate Health Care, the Illinois-based arm of the national Advocate Health system, is launching a massive community health program aimed at addressing those disparities.
– The project includes $25 million in workforce development initiatives.
Advocate Health Care has announced an ambitious expansion into Chicago’s South Side to the tune of $1 billion.
The Illinois-based arm...