Healthcare
Mercy Medical Center now offering Spanish-language option for MyChart patient portal
Mercy Medical Center is now offering its MyChart patient portal in Spanish, an effort aimed at making it easier for Spanish-speaking patients and families to manage their care online. MyChart allows patients to securely access portions of their medical record,…
Mercy Medical Center offers focal therapy for prostate cancer
Mercy Medical Center now offers focal therapy using high-intensity focused ultrasound as a treatment option…
Mercy Medical Center first in Iowa to use advanced breast cancer surgery technology
Mercy Medical Center has become the first hospital in Iowa to perform breast cancer surgery…
St. Luke’s adds cryobiopsy technology for lung cancer diagnoses
UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital has become the first hospital in Cedar Rapids to…
Coralville plastic surgeon charged with incompetence
A Coralville plastic surgeon, who has been accused of negligence by six Iowans, has been…
UI Health Care performs nation’s first biodegradable pancreatic stent procedure
University of Iowa Health Care gastroenterologists performed the nation’s first procedure using a newly approved…
Mercy Medical Center performs first surgery with new breast cancer detection device
Mercy Medical Center became the first hospital in the world to use newly FDA-approved MarginProbe…
Mercy Medical Center receives dementia-friendly designation
Mercy Medical Center has been designated as a Dementia Friendly Organization by Dementia Friendly Iowa,…
UnityPoint Health names chief medical officer for cardiovascular services
UnityPoint Health has appointed Peter George as chief medical officer for cardiovascular services, the health…
St. Luke’s Hospital acquires HYDROS Robotic System
UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital has acquired a HYDROS Robotic System for Aquablation, a…
UI Health Care’s new primary care clinic ‘largest in Iowa City,’ university says
University of Iowa Health Care’s new family medicine clinic at 2751 Northgate Drive in Iowa…
Three Corridor hospitals recognized as ‘Best Hospitals for Maternity Care’ in national ranking
Three Corridor hospitals have earned recognition as high-performing maternity care centers in U.S. News &…
UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital tops Iowa rankings for second consecutive year
UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids has been named the top hospital…
Surgery Center Cedar Rapids receives national recognition for joint replacement care
Surgery Center Cedar Rapids has received a Blue Distinction Center designation from Wellmark Blue Cross…
Mercy Medical Center now offering Inspire V sleep apnea implant procedure
Mercy Medical Center is now offering the Inspire V System, the newest version of Inspire…
UnityPoint Health becomes first organization to join Mayo Clinic Platform_Insights
UnityPoint Health has joined a new Mayo Clinic program that will give its clinicians access…
