Health Care

PCI Neurology

PCI Neurology establishes inpatient partnership with St. Luke’s Hospital

Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa Neurology is now providing inpatient neurological services exclusively at UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital, marking the third specialty practice to establish an exclusive partnership with the hospital. The arrangement, which took effect Sept. 1, allows…

Mercy, Alliant light the night pink to promote breast cancer awareness

Mercy Medical Center and Alliant Energy are joining forces to light the night pink on…

Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids

Johnson Co. Public Health receives Excellence in Action award

The Iowa State Association of Counties (ISAC) has selected the Johnson County Public Health Jynneos…

Hospice House of Mercy dedicates new gazebo on Sept. 13

A newly constructed gazebo at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, located…

Mercy Medical Center

Community Health offering free prostate cancer screening

Community Health Free Clinic, First Light Christian Fellowship and Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids…

Cedar Rapids area company teams gearing up for CycleNation

Dozens of employee teams from leading companies around Cedar Rapids will ride to improve brain…

Cedar Rapids CycleNation

Bankruptcy trustee objects to UI’s plans for a speedy purchase of Mercy Hospital

A federal bankruptcy trustee has objected to plans by the University of Iowa to fast-track…

Mercy Iowa City hospital, pictured Aug. 9, 2023. CREDIT ALEXANDRA OLSEN

Canine healers join UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital

Two new furry employees will soon greet patients at the University of Iowa Stead Family…

Nacho and Corrin, recent additions to the UI Stead Family Children's Hospital, pose with their handlers.

Mercy acquires new breast specimen imaging system

Cedar Rapids-based Mercy Medical Center has acquired the first CT (3D) breast specimen imaging system…

UI sports medicine offers walk-in clinic for injured student athletes

Injured student athletes will have easier access to treatment thanks to walk-in clinics hosted by…

UI Sports Medicine will offer walk-in clinics for injured student athletes starting Saturday, Aug. 26. CREDIT UI Sports Medicine

Officials ‘grateful’ as new Coralville VA outpatient clinic opens

An expanded Veterans Administration (VA) community-based outpatient clinic in Coralville, in the works for several…

Coralville VA clinic exterior

Niermann named UnityPoint East Division COO; Greene named Cedar Rapids market president

UnityPoint Health has appointed Michelle Niermann, UnityPoint Health – Cedar Rapids President and CEO, as…

Casey Greene Michelle Niermann UnityPoint Health

UI study shows hemodynamic screening halves risk of death, brain bleed in premature babies

When neonatologists Patrick McNamara and Regan Giesinger started the hemodynamic screening program at the University…

Becker names Mercy Cedar Rapids a top recommended hospital in Iowa

Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids was named as a top recommended hospital in Iowa…

Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids

The many moving parts of Mercy Iowa City’s proposed acquisition

The ongoing circumstances surrounding Mercy Iowa City’s proposed acquisition will continue to develop, as the…

Mercy Iowa City hospital, pictured Aug. 9, 2023. CREDIT ALEXANDRA OLSEN

NAMI class to help families cope with mental health

The National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI, has developed a new course that will…