Over a budget year in which Mercy Iowa City sought a new managing partner, entertained a takeover offer from University of Iowa Health Care, and tried to climb back from tens of millions in pandemic-incurred losses, new documents made public last week show finances for the Iowa City-based hospital only worsened.
Adding to the growing list of construction and renovation projects University of Iowa Health Care is pursuing in and around its campus, UIHC now is asking an outside development team to design, plan and build it a new primary care medical office building in Iowa City. Competing hospitals are concerned, saying primary care needs in the area are already well-served.
Linn County also added three coronavirus deaths in the past week
RSV, a respiratory virus that disproportionately affects children, is on the rise harder and faster than usual this year. Here’s what you need to know to help prevent it and recognize the signs.
As Americans head into the holiday season, a rapidly intensifying flu season is straining hospitals already overburdened with patients sick from other respiratory infections.
Iowa reported the highest weekly case total in two months, and hospitalizations across the state are up 26 percent from last week.
ChildServe is doubling the size of its location in Coralville and opening its first satellite location in Hiawatha. This is a “proactive approach to investing in the children of Iowa,” ChildServe CEO Teri Wahlig said in a statement.
Eighteen months after opening in Cedar Rapids, the Linn County Mental Health Access Center is seeing an increase in need for its services. Leaders hope to expand the hours of the center to 24/7 and they’re discussing a Youth Assessment Center.
A jury has returned a $27 million verdict against UnityPoint Clinic Family Medicine in Des Moines after a man with bacterial meningitis was misdiagnosed with the flu, suffered strokes and said he has been permanently injured.
Iowa could follow other states’ lead in reducing costs for business owners and patients through changing state taxing systems for medical marijuana, board members.
When Christina Anderson's mother started having chest pains in October, they rushed to the nearest emergency room in their hometown of Ottumwa, Iowa. Because of her mother's ovarian cancer diagnosis, Anderson assumed they would be seen within a reasonable time. Instead, their trip became a nine-hour odyssey.
The University of Iowa is seeking help hiring temporary workers for its State Hygienic Lab that – like many other industries – is facing a labor shortage stretching its staff thin as it aims to process an average of 1,000 tests a day for things like COVID-19, newborn and maternal screenings, and tuberculosis.
Virus cases have slightly increased
Iowa has fared remarkably well compared with all but one neighboring state, even when adjusting for population.
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