Health Care and Medicine

The number of osteopathic physicians, commonly known as DOs, is surging. An analysis of data from the University of Iowa shows that from 2008 to 2022, the number of MDs based outside the state’s 11 most urban counties dropped more than 19 percent. Over the same period, the number of DOs based outside those urban areas increased by 29 percent.

An estimated 6 million Americans will be getting a check this year

Fairfax woman searched for diagnosis; 5K Saturday to raise awareness of ‘horrible’ disease

The next head of the University of Iowa’s sprawling health care enterprise and medical college is retired U.S. Public Health Service Capt. Denise J. Jamieson, who accumulated decades of experience with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and at Emory University.

For the second time in 10 years, an Iowa nurse accused of stealing patient painkillers has had her license suspended by the state.

Although burnout from COVID-19 caused some health care practitioners nationwide to leave the profession, involvement in the St. Luke’s maker space seems to contribute to more job satisfaction, better retention.

Iowa County Public Health and its registered nurses have been barred from evaluating the skills and competency of the county’s home-health aides through November 2024.

As the University of Iowa searches for new leadership atop its sprawling health care enterprise, growing network of hospitals and clinics, and highly-ranked college of medicine, administrators want a partner to help them assess “fair market valuation” of a “wide range of health care settings and assets.”

The Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals has cited Winslow House Care Center for failure to keep residents safe and failure to prevent resident abuse.

The Iowa Cannabis Co. -- one of two firms licensed by the state to manufacture medical marijuana -- expects to harvest its first crop from its Iowa City facility in December and have products to sell by January.

According to state inspection reports, the intruder interacted April 5 with the staff at Crestview Specialty Care in West Branch before being found in the resident’s bed

For the fourth time since 2007, the National Institutes of Health has renewed a large scientific grant for the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine — this time awarding it $28 million over seven years to “take clinical research out into rural communities.”