Health Care and Medicine

Iowa, with 3.2 million residents, has a total of about 760 inpatient mental health beds that are staffed to care for patients. The Treatment Advocacy Center says the “absolute minimum” of such beds would translate to about 960 for Iowa’s population, and the optimal number would be about 1,920.

To resolve 2023 lawsuit, new services will be offered to children in the state with serious emotional and behavioral conditions.

The oft-cited Cancer in Iowa report that for several years has found the state to have the second-highest and fastest-growing rate of new cancers in the nation next year will start breaking out pediatric numbers.

Iowa Dental Board records indicate the board recently charged dentist Terra Hickey of Center Point with practicing in a manner that is harmful or detrimental to the public.

While supporters say it will help struggling rural pharmacies, opponents say it drives up costs for Iowans by tens of millions a year.

Newly reported federal data shows the overwhelming majority of nursing homes in Iowa and the United States are operating with too few staff to meet residents’ basic needs.

After the emergency team in Hiawatha stabilized her, she was transported by ambulance to Mercy Medical Center in downtown Cedar Rapids. Read Jill’s inspiring story.

The Gazette will host a series of free, virtual panel discussions this week aimed at exploring Iowa’s cancer rates, the research being done, and the threat posed to scientific research in the state by proposals to slash federal spending.

Since February, Mercy has offered its own anesthesia services to patients across all procedural and surgical areas and done so without interrupting services for patients.

University of Iowa Health Care for years has bemoaned its cramped emergency department and limited bed capacity — creating long wait times, lengthy ER stays, and higher-than-average rates of would-be patients who leave without being seen.

Iowa Board of Medicine records indicate Dr. Dale M. Grunewald, 80, has been charged with professional incompetence related to inappropriate pain management.

Legislation designed to constrain prescription drug costs and protect rural pharmacies by regulating third-party health care companies known as pharmacy benefit managers is once again moving in the Iowa Capitol.