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Health and Wellness

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OutcomesMTM to be acquired by Cardinal Health

Cardinal Health Inc., a publicly traded health care services company, today announced plans to acquire OutcomesMTM, a West Des Moines-based medication therapy management company. Terms of the acquisition of the privately owned company were not …

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Principal index finds American workers optimistic about financial, physical health

The Principal Financial Well-Being Index has found American workers are optimistic about their physical and financial health and see a link between the two.

 

Key findings:

Only 4 percent of workers rated themselves as physically…
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Iowa ranked fifth for 55-plus well-being

Iowa ranks fifth in the nation for the overall well-being of residents who are 55 and older, according to a Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index report released today. Nationally, older Americans have higher well-being compared with younger …

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A Closer Look: Janice Lane

Janice Lane had overseen Children & Families of Iowa’s 18 programs for eight years as chief operating officer, so it was a natural transition when the agency’s board and foundation trustees selected her to succeed …

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Health is built into the community – or not

Interesting thing about front porches — many of our homes aren’t designed with them anymore because we’ve moved to our back decks or patios. When front porches went away, so did a lot of beneficial …

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VIDEO: All Policy is Health Policy – A video essay by Rick Kozin

 

 

Rick Kozin, director for Polk County Health Department gave this speech to the Tomorrow Plan board in April. The speech argues that all policy is health policy, be it transportation, employment, housing or …

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Healthiest State creates TEAM tool for companies

The Healthiest State Initiative recently launched a free online training program designed to help Iowa businesses develop better relationships between supervisors and workers and to improve engagement and retention of employees.

 

The TEAM (Teaching Employees …

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Story County Medical Center adding $24M clinic; three other rural hospital projects funded

A new medical clinic is being constructed at the Story County Medical Center in Nevada to help consolidate services to its main campus.

 

The $24 million project will receive approximately $22.3 million in USDA …

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Story County Medical Center adding $24M clinic

A new medical clinic is being constructed at the Story County Medical Center in Nevada to help consolidate services to its main campus.

 

The $24 million project will receive approximately $22.3 million in USDA …

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Small employers who help pay health care costs could face fines

Small-business groups are warning their members about an Internal Revenue Service rule that took effect July 1 that imposes heavy fines on small businesses that make payments to their workers to defray the cost of …

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