Six Iowa care facilities have been placed in receivership and are shutting their doors after the owner informed state officials they could no longer continue operations.
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Six Iowa care facilities have been placed in receivership and are shutting their doors after the owner informed state officials they could no longer continue operations.
University of Iowa Health Care officials confirmed Tuesday afternoon their public websites are down – including those for the UI Hospitals & Clinics, UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital, and UI Carver College of Medicine.
Gov. Kim Reynolds has proposed a sprawling bill dedicated to health care that includes a focus on strengthening rural health care and providing care to expecting and new parents.
Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids has announced it will be opening a new emergency services center in Marion, next to the MercyCare Marion clinic.
$300K spent on failed search could go toward another
The state reported 1,566 new cases in the past week.
The UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital is considering installing a NICU camera system allowing families of intensive care infants to do watch livestreams of their babies stretching and arching and blinking or just sleeping.
In Linn and Johnson Counties, drug-related deaths have been rising consistently since 2018. Experts say an increased availability of fentanyl — a strong synthetic opioid often mixed into other drugs — and the COVID-19 pandemic may be to blame.
Typifying the gap separating the union representing thousands of University of Iowa Health Care workers and their governing Board of Regents, union representatives Wednesday opened contract negotiations with a 25-page proposal including a 14-percent raise while regents offered a 1.5- to 3-percent raise on a single page.
Of the 30 new deaths reported, two were in Johnson County
2 women week to open birthing center in central Iowa without going through approval process
By 2025, University of Iowa Health Care expects to have a new primary care location up and running in southeast Iowa City – addressing a “health care access gap” in that part of town.
More heart surgeries can be performed with minimally invasive techniques.
45 deaths from COVID-19 reported in the past week, including three in Linn County
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