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UI Health Care opens new pediatric emergency space

University of Iowa Health Care has opened a new pediatric emergency space within its emergency department at the university campus, completing a multi-year expansion project. According to a release, the new facility at 200 Hawkins Drive adds 17 emergency care…

UnityPoint announces recipients of AEDs, Stop the Bleed kits

UnityPoint Health–St. Luke’s Hospital, through St. Luke’s Foundation, has announced the recipients of 56 AEDs…

St. Luke’s Hospital

Covenant Family Solutions expanding to Davenport

Covenant Family Solutions (CFS), a behavioral healthcare provider based in Cedar Rapids, announced the opening…

Covenant Family Solutions

Health Care Summit speaker: Parallel integration can address crisis

Tim Sagers gets straight to the point: We’re spending more in the U.S. on health…

Tim Sagers Captive Health

EIHC offers Saturday vaccine clinics, free transportation

Eastern Iowa Health Center in Cedar Rapids is offering eight Saturday clinics for individuals interested…

UI researcher wins global biomedical science prize

University of Iowa researcher Dr. Michael Welsh will receive the Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences…

Michael Welsh, pictured in 2022, has researched mechanisms and treatment of cystic fibrosis for decades. CREDIT UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

Medtech companies merge to form Perspective Therapeutics

Coralville-based Viewpoint Molecular Targeting has formally merged with Isoray Inc. out of Richland, Washington to…

Perspective Therapeutics has formed following a merger between Coralville-based Viewpoint Molecular Targeting and Isoray Inc. in Washington. CREDIT PERSPECTIVE THERAPEUTICS

UIHC invite bids for expanded burn treatment center

University of Iowa Health Care (UIHC) is seeking request for qualifications from architecture design firms…

Lynn Glass, RN, BSN, is a burn center outpatient clinic employee. CREDIT UIHC

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital to open Marion ER

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital will open an off-campus Emergency Department in Marion in…

St. Luke's Marion ER

UnityPoint Health nurses named 2023 Great Iowa Nurses

Fifty nurses at UnityPoint Health were named to the 2023 Great Iowa Nurses list including…

Mercy Cedar Rapids announces new Marion emergency department

Mercy Cedar Rapids has announced plans for its second off-site, hospital-based emergency department extension in…

Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids

UI study identifies potential target for treating addiction and relapse

New research from the University of Iowa finds that blocking an enzyme that lowers localized…

UI professor John Wemmie in his lab on Jan 14. 2022. His research centers around treating addiction and relapse. CREDIT UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE

UI heart, vascular center unveils new cardiac cath labs

The University of Iowa Heart and Vascular Center has added two new cardiac catheterization (cath)…

Linn County, Mercy Medical Center forge health care agreement for low-income residents

Linn County has entered into a 340B agreement with Mercy Medical Center to provide health…

Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids

UI Health Care wants primary care facility in southeast Iowa City

University of Iowa Health Care is choosing to locate a 65,000-square-feet medical office building on…

Cedar Rapids-based Health Solutions joins health provider group

Health Solutions (HSI) in Cedar Rapids is joining forces with Corporate Health Partners (CHP) out…

Health Solutions in Cedar Rapids is now part of Engagement Health Group. CREDIT HEALTH SOLUTIONS