From Crain’s:
In a state with a glut of empty hospital beds, what health system would think of pitching yet another medical center?
Well, this one is tiny. It’s a micro-hospital, a concept that has taken off in other parts of the country but has yet to take hold in Illinois. A proposal by Mercyhealth to build a 13-bed hospital in far northwest suburban Crystal Lake would be a first for this concept in the state, and it’s drawing fierce blowback from neighboring rivals worried about losing patients.
