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IDx secures $33 million in venture capital for eye diagnostic system

Coralville-based IDx, which has developed an autonomous diagnostic system for detecting diabetic retinopathy, announced it has secured a $33 million venture capital infusion to accelerate market adoption and further develop diagnostic systems for its artificial …

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Iowa Medicaid’s per-member cost increases nearly triple since privatization

Des Moines Register: The average cost of insuring an Iowan on Medicaid has climbed nearly three times as fast since the state hired private companies to manage the program, when compared to the previous six years, …

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A Closer Look: David Stark

David Stark became president and CEO of UnityPoint Health-Des Moines on July 1, succeeding Eric Crowell, who retired after 17 years leading the Des Moines hospital system. Stark, who joined UnityPoint Health-Des Moines as an …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: The broad problem with narrow gene studies

Around 16 percent of all human genes were identified by 1991. Yet 24 years later, those genes were still the subjects of about half of all genetic research published in 2015, the New York Times reports. …

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Moreland opens Nextaff franchise for health care staffing

Des Moines health care entrepreneur Tom Moreland is adding health care staffing to his repertoire. Moreland has opened the first Iowa franchise for Nextaff, a staffing company with franchises in nine states. Moreland, who was …

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Plans to produce first medical cannabis oil products in Iowa on schedule

MedPharm Iowa says the company’s facility in Des Moines will be ready to deliver medical cannabis oil, an extraction of marijuana, in December, reports Radio Iowa. Lucas Nelson, spokesperson for MedPharm Iowa, said work on the …

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Iowa Methodist, UI Hospitals rank high in national list for consumer loyalty

Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines was one of two Iowa hospitals that were ranked among the top 100 in the country for consumer loyalty by patient experience firm NRC Health. The inaugural annual …

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ISU scales down Veterinary Diagnostic Lab project

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa State University is scaling down the size and cost of its proposed new Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory — a facility touted as a major underpinning of Iowa’s economy — because of lower-than-requested legislative …

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Beads of Courage program launched at Mercy Children’s Hospital

An innovative arts-in-medicine program, Beads of Courage, has been launched at Mercy Children’s Hospital & Clinics in Des Moines. The Beads of Courage program at Mercy is the first of its kind in Iowa for …

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Quirk steps down as YESS CEO

Stephen Quirk, who has led Youth Emergency Services & Shelter for the past 10 years, last week resigned from his position as CEO, the organization confirmed. Quirk had been CEO of the Des Moines-based nonprofit …