Archive for July 2015

How the State of Illinois leverages $1,000,000 to save over $52,000,000 in health care costs

Published by ILPoisonCenter on July 28, 2015 | Leave a response

It has been almost 6 years since the first IPC blog article was written. It has taken a lot of time and work to continue this blog conversation; I hope it has been worthwhile for all of you who have followed us since the beginning as well as for those who are new to our … more

A Day in the Life of a Poison Center

Published by ILPoisonCenter on July 2, 2015 | 2 Responses

We hope you enjoyed our Day in the Life of the Poison Center blog-a-thon. Those cases represent just a single day here at IPC; that translates to nearly 80,000 people that we help each year in Illinois. Hopefully after reading these sample cases, you’ve learned that the IPC can help with just about any substance out … more