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Advancing Healthcare Quality and Outcomes @SutterHealth. Journalist. Views my own.

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Disparities In Outcomes Among COVID-19 Patients In A Large Health Care System In California

Disparities In Outcomes Among COVID-19 Patients In A Large Health Care System In California

As the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic spreads throughout the United States, evidence is mounti…

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ACO Benchmarks Based On Area Deprivation Index Mask Inequities

ACO Benchmarks Based On Area Deprivation Index Mask Inequities

The evidence of the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has galvanized calls for change and a re…

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Home values surged in Belleville. What does that mean for the schools’ property tax rate?

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By Kelly Smits
| Yahoo Verified
It’s the time of year when local taxing bodies have to decide how much of their budgets they need to collect through property taxes. At their meetings this week, the school boards of Belleville District 201 and Belleville District 118 adopted resolutions estimating their tax levy requests for 2024. At their December meetings, the boards will approve the final levies.
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Illinois’ school funding formula changed in 2017. Is your local district getting its share?

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By Kelly Smits
| Yahoo Verified
In fiscal year 2017, Belleville District 118 received about $18 million in state funding and Belleville District 201 received about $13.3 million. Fast forward to this year, the amount of state dollars each district is receiving has significantly increased: District 118 is receiving $26 million in fiscal year 2025 and District 201’s funding has more than doubled to $30.4 million.
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Here’s how metro-east schools performed on the 2023-24 Illinois Report Card

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By Kelly Smits
| Yahoo Canada Verified
The Illinois State Board of Education has published the 2024 Illinois Report Card, its annual roundup of how the state and each public school within it performed during the previous school year. The report card is the main tool of Illinois’ school accountability system and “offers a complete picture of student and school performance in order to inform and empower families and communities as they support their local schools,” according to the state board of education’s website.
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Health Affairs – Top 20 Most Read Articles of 2020

2021 - Journalism

Recognized by Health Affairs for one of the journal’s top 20 most read articles of 2020 – Honoree, 2021.

American Hospital Association Equity of Care Award - Honoree

2019 - Health Equity

Honoree for Carolyne Boone Lewis Equity Award for Sutter's commitment to advancing diversity, inclusion and health equity.

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BlackRock - Impact Award

2010

Received Impact Award for significant accomplishments which contributed to iShares competitive success.