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Vermeer, Sukup cultivate access to health care for rural employees

Nearly 40% of Iowa’s 3 million people live in a rural area, according to the most recent U.S. Census data. With that comes a variety of oft-reported health care issues, including provider shortages, hospital closures, declining maternity care and difficulty…

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital earns national cancer reaccreditation

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital’s cancer services have once again received accreditation from the…

Yellow stethoscope

Mercy Medical Center awards $169,500 to local nonprofits

Mercy Medical Center has announced that, for the third consecutive year, it will award funds…

Mercy Medical Center awards funds from its Health Equity Fund to Catholic Charities. CREDIT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER

Former Stamats building to become new home of AbbeHealth Mental Health Services

AbbeHealth Mental Health Services, an affiliate of UnityPoint Health – Cedar Rapids, will be consolidating…

Stamats Abbe Community Mental Health

GALLERY: See the progress at the new UIHC campus in North Liberty

As construction continues at the site of the University of Iowa Health Care campus in…

Site tour of the University of Iowa Health Care campus in North Liberty under construction on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. CREDIT UIHC

Eastern Iowa Health Center to host grand opening of new dental health clinic

Eastern Iowa Health Center (EIHC) will host a “floss cutting” in honor of the grand…

EIHC Dental Health Clinic, 1210 4th Ave SE

UI Health Care first in North America to implement new cancer-fighting software

As many cancer patients and doctors would attest, treatment for the aggressive disease can be…

Radiation Therapist Jillian York operates the MR-linac, an MRI-guided radiation therapy system, for a simulated pediatric radiation oncology appointment

Despite health care competition, Corridor providers agree on shared issues

Competition among health care providers is often fierce, but leaders of some of the Corridor’s…

Bradley Haws, CEO of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

UI Health Care nurse to serve on national association for academic nursing

Kimberly D. Hunter DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, chief nurse executive with University of Iowa Health…

Second da Vinci Xi Surgical System Installed at UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital is expanding its surgical robotic program, adding a second…

Da Vinci Xi

Rock Valley Physical Therapy in Marion is relocating

Rock Valley Physical Therapy is moving its Marion-PCI/Rock Valley Physical Therapy clinic. The clinic will…

1260 35th St., Marion

CBJ Newsmakers: New Steindler clinic eyes 2025 completion

This story is a part of the CBJ’s Newsmakers edition. This year-end wrap-up from the…

steindler clinic rendering

UIHC to open two urgent care clinics in the Quad Cities

University of Iowa Health Care (UIHC) has announced plans to open two urgent care clinics…

A patient in crutches is helped by a staff member at uihc

Mercy Cedar Rapids earns highest recognition in Iowa for digital excellence

Mercy Medical Center has been awarded 2023 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired recognition as a…

Mercy Medical Center

Jones Regional Medical Center receives $655,000 for improvements from USDA

UnityPoint Health – Jones Regional Medical Center (JRMC) in Anamosa has received $655,000 in grants…

UI Health Care first in Iowa to use LITT for patients with epilepsy

According to a news release from University of Iowa Health Care, nearly one in three…

Dr. Brian Dlouhy, a neurosurgeon with University of Iowa Health Care, using LITT. CREDIT UI HEALTH CARE