Articles Tagged: University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

A 59-year-old man from Andalusia, Ill., near the Quad Cities became the first in Iowa to receive a double lung transplant after COVID-19 destroyed his respiratory function.

Employees are retiring, moving to less stressful careers, as UI works to hire hundreds

University of Iowa Health Care, at the same time its moving swiftly to erect a $395 million 469,000-square-foot campus on a 60-acre site in North Liberty, is looking to expand its footprint in Coralville near its popular Iowa River Landing clinic.

With little discussion and much praise for the project – which struggled to get the state go-ahead it needs – Iowa’s Board of Regents on Tuesday unanimously approved construction on a new $395 million University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics site in North Liberty to start as soon as later this month.

The Board of Regents has called a special meeting for next week to consider giving the go-ahead to start construction.

Arguing no one disputes how University of Iowa Health Care for years paid employees overtime and for working extra shifts, the thousands of past and present workers suing UIHC’s governing Board of Regents recently asked a federal judge to decide the case without further delay via “summary judgment.”

The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics’ second try to get a state certificate it needs to build a new $230 million facility off Interstate 380 is getting a second round of pushback just as the five-member State Health Facilities Council prepares to reconsider the project this week.

Federal health officials announced Wednesday that individuals who received a Pfizer or Moderna vaccine should receive a third booster shot eight months after their second dose. Those shots could be available the week of Sept. 20.

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.

After just three years as part of University of Iowa Health Care’s new administrative team, Chief Financial Officer Bradley Haws on Friday is leaving UIHC for the same position at

While maintaining its standing as the top-ranked hospital in Iowa, the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics has lost ground nationally in its ranked specialties, according to new U.S. News & World Report “best hospitals” list.

Dozens of patients arrived at local emergency rooms this weekend with fireworks-related injuries, including burns and traumatic hand injuries, local hospitals report.

As Iowa Marrow Donor program nears 40-year milestone, effort focuses on diverse donors

Between both Cedar Rapids hospitals, only one vaccinated individual, who had underlying health conditions, has been hospitalized for COVID-19. The vast majority of admissions in recent months have been among residents who are not immunized, proving to local health care officials the vaccine is effective in preventing serious illness and death.

UI Health Care recently became the first in Iowa to acquire a minimally-invasive robotic surgical assistant that’s proving to be a game-changer for patients and surgeons alike.