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Iowa health systems add organ donor registration to MyChart patient portals
Iowa health systems have launched a new tool allowing patients to register as organ, eye and tissue donors directly through their MyChart patient portals, streamlining a process that officials say has already seen significant adoption. The integration, developed through a…
The Downtown Dish: Creating connection with Isabel Garcia Luna from Luna’s Tacos
In this episode of Downtown Dish, hosts Charlie Nusser and Anna Moyers Stone sit down…

Mercy Cedar Rapids earns Blue Distinction designation for bariatric surgery
Mercy Cedar Rapids has received a Blue Distinction Center+ designation for bariatric surgery from Wellmark…

Honkamp opens downtown Cedar Rapids office, expanding Corridor presence
Honkamp, a CPA and business advisory firm, has opened a new office in downtown Cedar…

NewBoCo secures grants, donations to support Iowa tech and entrepreneurship
The New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative, Inc. (NewBoCo) announced a series of grants and donations received…

RealTrends ranks Ruhl&Ruhl as Iowa’s largest independent real estate company
Ruhl&Ruhl Realtors has once again been ranked as the largest independent real estate company in Iowa,…

IDT expands manufacturing in Coralville, tripling capacity
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), a Danaher company, announced Tuesday an expansion of its manufacturing operations…

Grow Solar program returns to East Central Iowa, offering savings
Homeowners, businesses and farmers in a six-county East Central Iowa region can again access discounted…

Central Furniture Rescue names new CEO
Central Furniture Rescue named Rachel Cohen as its first chief executive officer, the organization announced…

Hinson forwards $10 million funding request to advance $56 million Tower Terrace Road Corridor project
Local leaders from the cities of Cedar Rapids, Hiawatha, Marion, Robins, and Linn County, together…

Details of UnityPoint layoff plans revealed
Notifications posted to the Iowa Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act website are providing…

ImOn Communications extends arena naming rights in Cedar Rapids
ImOn Communications, a Midwest-based provider of fiber internet services, announced Thursday it renewed its naming…

NFIB small business optimism index falls below 52-year average in March
Small business optimism declined in March as profit trends worsened and uncertainty climbed, according to…

Balanced Fitness & Health adds drug screening to workforce health services
Balanced Fitness & Health has expanded its services to offer Corridor employers an integrated workforce…

UnityPoint Health to outsource IT and Revenue Cycle functions
UnityPoint Health (UPH) announced it will be outsourcing its information technology (IT) and revenue cycle…

St. Luke’s Hospital to transition dental clinic operations to Eastern Iowa Health Center
UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital and Eastern Iowa Health Center (EIHC) announced Tuesday that…






