Video visits are an increasingly common way for residents of small-town nursing homes to receive mental health care.
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Tony Leys, Kaiser Health News Health Care and Medicine Mar. 31, 2023 6:00 am2d ago
Video visits are an increasingly common way for residents of small-town nursing homes to receive mental health care.
Elijah Decious Health Care and Medicine Mar. 26, 2023 11:17 am6d ago
Following Gov. Kim Reynolds’ signing of a new law banning gender-affirming care, families with transgender children are searching for answers.
Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch
Health Care and Medicine Mar. 24, 2023 6:00 am9d ago
The state agency that oversees Iowa’s nursing homes has again failed to impose the legally mandated fines against a repeat-offender care facility.
Higher Ed Mar. 22, 2023 6:30 am11d ago
Best practice for K-12 schools is to offer one psychologist per 500 students, but Iowa is far lacking — at one per 1,900 students, with its outlook “worsening,” according to the National Association of School Psychologists.
Crime and Courts Mar. 21, 2023 1:28 pm11d ago
UI agreed to implement training and pay over $16,000 to resolve claims that X-rays submitted to Medicare didn’t meet requirements of having an attending physician review them.
Health Care and Medicine Mar. 21, 2023 12:04 pm11d ago
Moody’s Investors Service again has downgraded Mercy Iowa City Hospital’s credit rating following “severe cash flow deterioration, from historically weak levels, which has resulted in material and rapid cash burn.”
Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch
Health Care and Medicine Mar. 20, 2023 4:29 pm12d ago
Iowa nurses have been sanctioned recently for being drunk at work, using cocaine, sleeping on the job and assaulting a patient.
Health Care and Medicine Mar. 21, 2023 10:00 am11d ago
A prisoner and three staff members at the Anamosa State Penitentiary were taken to the hospital Saturday night after being exposed to an “unknown substance” at the prison.
Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch
Health Care and Medicine Mar. 19, 2023 6:00 am15d ago
A western Iowa care facility for people with disabilities has been fined $10,000 for contributing to the death of a resident.
Crime and Courts Mar. 17, 2023 6:00 am16d ago
The Linn County Juvenile Detention Center is seeking funding through the Mental Health/Disability Services of the East Central Region in order to continue its partnership with Tanager Place to provide mental health services to incarcerated juveniles.
Health Care and Medicine Mar. 16, 2023 11:55 am20d ago
Face masks now are optional in all University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics facilities, including Iowa River Landing and QuickCare clinics, except for people who have symptoms of a respiratory virus or unvaccinated employees.
Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau
State Government Mar. 14, 2023 4:06 pm18d ago
Legislation designed to help rural, emergency room hospitals in Iowa passed unanimously out of the Senate Tuesday, 47-0, and now is headed to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk.
Health Care and Medicine Mar. 10, 2023 4:55 pm22d ago
Face masks now are optional in all University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics facilities, including Iowa River Landing and QuickCare clinics, except for people who have symptoms of a respiratory virus or unvaccinated employees.
Health Care and Medicine Mar. 20, 2023 12:14 pm12d ago
A quilt made of cloth masks is the centerpiece of the Red Thread Project, commemorating the third anniversary of COVID’s arrival in Linn County.
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