Even as crews and cranes are digging and developing a new 469,000-square-foot hospital on 60 acres in North Liberty, University of Iowa Health Care is airing plans for another tower on its main campus in Iowa City – along with a new College of Medicine building and clinic.
Dr. George Weiner, who’s led the 41-year-old University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center for over half its existence, recently announced plans to step down after 24 years.
Throughout much of the pandemic, the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics offered its cardiac rehabilitation services through a virtual format, helping patients from the comfort of their own homes. But other hospitals opted to keep rehabilitation facilities open, noting that most patients prefer the benefits of in-person care.
On Dec. 14, 2020, an emergency department nurse at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics became the first person in Iowa to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. One year later, nearly 2 million Iowans have been fully vaccinated, but UIHC say there’s still work to be done in order to control the pandemic.
Police say over $3,500 in tools and welding equipment was stolen.
Although UIHC in reapplying for a state “certificate of need” didn’t amend its project cost or size, officials did change how they described it - and the council highlighted that as a “significant” difference between the initially rejected and subsequently approved applications.
A 41-year-old former immigration attorney facing numerous theft charges in Colorado is being held in the Johnson County Jail in Iowa City, accused of fabricating a positive COVID test from the University of Iowa in an attempt to avoid a mandatory in-person court appearance in Boulder.
University of Iowa Health Care is planning a $300 million bond sale to help finance its new $395 million hospital in North Liberty — but not until January, prompting the Board of Regents next week to consider action that would make proceeds from the debt sale retroactive.
The University of Iowa has identified 77 more damaged or at-risk windows in its Stead Family Children’s Hospital that need an emergency “safety film” — costing another $771,516.
A month has passed since federal officials adjusted the distribution system for monoclonal antibody treatments. In that time, no provider has reported issues with meeting patient needs, state public health officials say.
A Johnson County surgical group is posturing to sue member surgeons associated with Steindler Orthopedic Clinic, accusing them of violating a no-compete agreement by seeking state permission to build a new Steindler North Liberty Ambulatory Surgery Center.
Booster shots as well as additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are available to eligible Iowans to help boost their immunity against the coronavirus. But how do you know if you qualify? Here’s what you need to know.
COVID-19 poses serious risks to pregnant women, but despite that, many continue to forgo the vaccines. Iowa health care providers say they are seeing more pregnant patients — who are otherwise young and healthy — become severely ill from the virus.
Given staffing concerns at a University of Iowa hospital facing the confluence of surging patient demand with an overstressed workforce, administrators Wednesday morning announced they will double extra shift premium pay for inpatient nurses and respiratory therapists for the next seven weeks.
The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines have proved “highly effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19” among health care workers in “real-world” settings, according to a new national study that involved 300-plus University of Iowa Health Care workers.
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