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.
Among four proposals Mercy Iowa City entertained last year in its search for a new partner was one from University of Iowa Health Care offering more than $605 million to take ownership of the community hospital and make it the “centerpiece” of a new UIHC “community division.”
UnityPoint Health officials have revised masking policies for three Eastern Iowa hospitals, including St. Luke’s in Cedar Rapids. Masking is optional for most patients, visitors and fully vaccinated staff, with certain exceptions.
Daniel Joiner has been named as the chief diversity officer at UnityPoint Health, a new position created to advance diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives within the health care system.
Nov. 1 was the deadline for UnityPoint Health workers to be vaccinated against the coronavirus or request an exemption. Employees that fail to be vaccinated and don’t meet the criteria for an exemption will be placed on administrative leave.
Employees are retiring, moving to less stressful careers, as UI works to hire hundreds
UnityPoint Health Hospice, in partnership with Cedar Memorial in Cedar Rapids, is hosting an event later this year called Virtual Cookies and Canvas. Through a guided painting class, children will learn about art as a tool to express their emotions following the death of a loved one.
UnityPoint Health has launched “Together We Care,” a new social services tool to help individuals find assistance with food, housing, transportation and employment, among other resources.
Following a stinging denial in February and another unexpected delay over the summer, University of Iowa Health Care’s revamped application to build a new $230 million facility off Interstate-380 in North Liberty is set to have a second shot before the State Health Facilities Council on Aug. 31.
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