Health Care

Alzheimer’s Association expands caregiver support programs
To honor the nearly 12 million unpaid Alzheimer and dementia caregivers in the U.S. during National Family Caregivers and National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month, the Alzheimer’s Association Iowa Chapter has expanded its caregiver support programs. The organization launched three new…
Wolfe Eye Clinic offers new advanced macular degeneration treatment
Wolfe Eye Clinic is offering a new, groundbreaking treatment that will affect Iowans who suffer…

UnityPoint, Presbyterian explore forming new health care organization
West Des Moines-based UnityPoint Health and New Mexico-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services have signed a letter…

Iowa City VA to participate in practice-changing initiative
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has tapped the Iowa City VA Health Care System…

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…

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…

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

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…

ChildServe to expand Coralville facility, open satellite location in Hiawatha
ChildServe, a specialty pediatric health care provider for children and young adults with special health…

Mercy Medical Center recognized on best rehab centers list
Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids has been recognized on Newsweek America’s Best Physical Rehabilitation…

UI Health Care– Iowa River Landing celebrates 10 years
The UI Health Care– Iowa River Landing location opened its doors a decade ago. When…

ISA Ventures partnership launches health care investment fund
A partnership between ISA Ventures and managed care nonprofit CareSource is creating an investment fund…

Digital Diagnostics raises $75 million in Series B funding round
Coralville-based Digital Diagnostics, an AI diagnostic health care technology company, announced Aug. 23 it has…

A crisis in mental health
The COVID-19 pandemic has dominated the health care spotlight for the last two years, continuing…
Health care’s dramatic changes
Health care is one of the largest, most complicated and regulated industries. It is also…
You Matter Day at UnityPoint Health
Feb. 14 is Valentine’s Day, but it’s also You Matter Day at UnityPoint Health hospitals.…






