Arnold Menezes had a 50-year career at the University of Iowa, where he innovated novel neurosurgical procedures, established spinal neurosurgery programs around the world, and put thousands of patients’ fears at rest with his charming bedside manner.
University of Iowa Health Care has agreed to pay $4.2 million to the mother of a 38-year-old Johnson County man who — while experiencing a psychotic break in the emergency room — was placed in such extreme restraints that he suffered a heart attack and “catastrophic and permanent brain injuries.”
New policy wins — including $150 million for residency expansion and new prior-authorization rules — are giving Iowa physicians hope, but health leaders warns real improvements will take years.
Exceeding expectations in some patient categories — like those needing emergency care or to be admitted overnight — University of Iowa Health Care’s new orthopedics-focused hospital in North Liberty already is “becoming an anchor for the growing community” after just six months, officials said.
Johnson County’s mobile integrated health program is one of a handful in the state providing preemptive care to at-risk patients, easing pressure on emergency rooms and saving money at the same time.
Recognized in the name of one of University of Iowa Health Care’s four main hospital pavilions, 70 years after beginning a tenure at Iowa that saw unprecedented growth and a campus transformation, former hospital director John William Colloton died Friday, Nov. 14, in Iowa City. He was 94 years old.
Four months after the University of Iowa won a $49.5 million arbitration award over faulty and defective windows installed up and down its 14-story Children’s Hospital, coverage of that cost hangs in limbo — with insurance carriers for the company at fault asking a judge to find they do “not have any obligation” to pay.
Following outcry from hundreds of nurses and staff demanding more privacy in their patient interactions, University of Iowa Health Care has updated its photo ID badge policy letting employees share only their first name and last initial.
University of Iowa Health Care in the first quarter of the current 2026 fiscal year is running under budget in revenue and over budget in expenses – resulting in net operating income that is $15 million below expectations for the 2026 term that started July 1, a rarity for the largest health care system in Iowa.
Two months after delaying the timeline of its new $2 billion inpatient tower, citing federal health care-related funding cuts, University of Iowa Health Care next week will ask the Board of Regents to approve $45.5 million in facilities upgrades across its three inpatient hospital campuses.
Dr. Georgina Aldridge, a neurologist with University of Iowa Health Care who specializes in dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, says that while some forgetfulness is a normal part of aging, a decrease in cognitive function to the point that you can’t do your job or your day-to-day hobbies is not.
University of Iowa Health Care administrators say they’re “evaluating our badge naming practices based on employee feedback and evolving industry standards” after 500-plus nurses and staff covered their last names with union stickers in protest.
In reframing its separation from one paramedic in 2024, the University of Iowa has agreed to a settlement changing his termination to a “voluntary resignation” after an administrative law judge found the employee did not “willfully or wantonly” disregard UI standards of behavior.
While maintaining its top ranking as Iowa’s best children’s hospital, according to U.S. News & World Report, the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital lost ground in new 2025-26 national rankings released Tuesday.
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