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UI Health Care, HACAP partner to address food insecurity among cancer patients
University of Iowa Health Care’s Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center has distributed nearly 500 boxes of food to cancer patients since launching a partnership with HACAP in July. The program started after infusion suite nurses identified a need among their patients,…
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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Ascent Therapy Group celebrates opening
Ascent Therapy Group held a ribbon cutting ceremony on May 13 to celebrate the opening…
St. Luke’s Hospital offering new prostate cancer imaging agent
UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital Imaging/Nuclear Medicine Department is now offering the recent FDA…

UnityPoint Health wins 9 national healthcare advertising awards
UnityPoint Health has earned nine national healthcare advertising awards for a talk show version of…

His Hands Free Clinic Cedar Rapids celebrates 30 years of service
His Hands Free Clinic, 1245 2nd Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, is celebrating 30 years of…

Mercy’s Inpatient Rehabilitation unit receives Top Performer Award
The Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit (IRU) at Mercy Cedar Rapids has been awarded the Uniform Data…
Community Health Free Clinic, Cedar Rapids, celebrates 20 years
Community Health Free Clinic (CHFC) in Cedar Rapids is celebrating its 20th anniversary. “An irreplaceable…
Kirkwood Safety Conference is set for Feb. 22
Kirkwood Community College will hold the annual Kirkwood Safety Conference, formerly the East Central Iowa…

Heen named president of MercyOne Medical Group
Rob Heen By CBJ News Staff [email protected] MercyOne has announced that Rob Heen has joined…

Checking in: COVID-19 sparks demand for employee health apps
An automotive plant worker wears the armband device that connects her with her MakuSmart employee…






