As part of its commitment to advance health equity, the University of Chicago Medicine invested $607 million in benefits and services to the community in fiscal 2021. This includes $520.4 million invested at the University of Chicago Medical Center and $86.5 million invested at UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial.
The University of Chicago Medicine and Comer Children's Hospital recently debuted its new Simulation Mobile Unit. The refurbished ambulance will be used as a mobile classroom in the South Side community and will train nurses on patient transportation.
The South Side-based health system is among thousands of leading hospitals and prominent health associations nationwide uniting to encourage families to ask each other about gun access and safety measures.