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Broadlawns breaks ground for expansion project

Broadlawns Medical Center on Wednesday hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for its new medical clinic building, residency housing and inpatient behavioral health remodel and expansion.

The 72,000-square-foot medical clinic building is being erected on the eastern…
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Harrisvaccines awarded $6 million for avian flu vaccine stockpile

Iowa-based vaccine producer Harrisvaccines today announced it has been awarded a contract to provide Avian Influenza H5 vaccine to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. This action is being taken …

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ARC Physical Therapy+ expands with Des Moines clinic

ARC Physical Therapy+ announced that it has opened its newest physical therapy clinic and first Iowa location at 550 S.W. Ninth St., Suite 4104 in Des Moines. The location is the 15th clinic for the …

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Event Jan. 30: John Stoddard Rally Against Cancer

The John Stoddard Rally Against Cancer annual fundraising event Jan. 30 will feature a special presentation by Jim Kelly, two-time cancer survivor, retired Buffalo Bills quarterback and Pro Football Hall of Famer. Over the past …

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Insurance commissioner: No change sought in small group definition

The definition of small groups for health insurance coverage in Iowa will remain the same under the current state law at 50 employers or fewer, following passage this week of federal legislation that overturned an …

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ClinicNote joins Square One DSM accelerator

Square One DSM has added ClinicNote to its accelerator program, giving the software company formed by three Iowa State University graduate students a chance to continue to work on basics. ClinicNote’s software tools help speech pathologists more…
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Code Switching

One of the biggest systemwide changes in the U.S. health care system in decades just occurred Oct. 1, but unless you’re a doctor, health system administrator or insurance professional, chances are good that you have …

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Event Oct. 14: Open house at Homestead CAP Center

The Homestead will hold an open house on Wednesday, Oct. 14, for its newly expanded Children’s Autism Project (CAP) Center in Altoona. The Altoona CAP Center began serving children with autism in 2010 but quickly …

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Home Instead offers free Alzheimer’s Friendly Business training

Home Instead Senior Care has launched a campaign designed to make the community more Alzheimer’s friendly. Through its Alzheimer’s Friendly Business program, Home Instead will provide free training to Greater Des Moines businesses to help …

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Healthiest State Walk on Wednesday

For the fifth annual Healthiest State Walk on Wednesday, Iowans are encouraged to “Walk at the Whistle” as the initiative teams up with the State Fire Marshal Division to coordinate fire drills and walks for …