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Working Lunch Wednesday, January 29, 2025 | | |
| | | | | It's lunchtime, Chicago. Advocate Health Care is closing all 47 of the clinics it operates inside Walgreens stores in Illinois, the health system announced Wednesday. The clinics will close Feb. 6. One or two medical office assistants work at each of the clinics, along with additional clinicians who support virtual care, and Advocate is working to find alternate roles for those employees, it said in a statement. Also on the health front, individuals’ names and medical information may have been exposed in a Chicago Department of Public Health incident, the department said in a notice issued Tuesday. Read that story and more in today's Working Lunch. Get news alerts | Top business stories | Real estate | | | | Walgreens noted that patients can see doctors or nurse practitioners for a range of conditions through its Walgreens Virtual Healthcare. | | | | | The department found that certain personal information could be found when visiting a dashboard showing statistical information, if the visitor took certain steps when viewing the dashboard. | | | | | The declaration caused widespread tumult and confusion within Illinois government and among social service agencies, nonprofits and universities. | | | | | Legislation now on Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk aims at providing protections for workers at large warehouses like those run by Amazon. | | | | | Built in 1929 and designed by architect A.J. Fisher, the southern Oak Park house is where Giancana was killed. | | | |
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