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UnityPoint specialty clinic expected to open in spring 2024 in Waukee

A new UnityPoint Health medical clinic is expected to open in Waukee in spring 2024. Architectural rendering special to the Business Record

UnityPoint Health plans to open a new multispecialty clinic in Waukee in spring 2024, …
By Business Record Staff | Mar 7, 2023
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UnityPoint, New Mexico health care group exploring merger

Des Moines-based UnityPoint Health and New Mexico-based Presbyterian Healthcare Systems are exploring the possibility of creating a new health care group with the goal of cutting administrative costs under a parent organization, the health care …
By Business Record Staff | Mar 2, 2023
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CareSource invests $2M in Iowa fund

CareSource, a nonprofit managed care organization, has invested $2 million in the CareSource Iowa Opportunity Investment Fund, according to an SEC filing. CareSource announced the fund in September 2022. It will provide capital for Iowa-based …
By Business Record Staff | Feb 27, 2023
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A Closer Look: Deann Cook

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By Business Record Staff | Feb 24, 2023
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Polk County, community partners join to create health care workforce collaborative

The Polk County Board of Supervisors announced Wednesday it will award a $1 million grant to help fund the creation of a new Health Care Workforce Collaborative in Central Iowa. Partners in the collaborative include …
By Business Record Staff | Feb 23, 2023
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UNI is first in the world with newest synthetic human anatomy models

The University of Northern Iowa has become the first higher education institution in the world to receive the latest generation of synthetic cadavers, known as syndavers, according to a press release. The life-sized models are …
By Business Record Staff | Feb 9, 2023
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MercyOne names Central Iowa president, COO

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MercyOne health care system announced two key executive leadership appointments. Mike Wegner has been named as the regional chief operating officer and the Central Iowa president, after serving in an interim capacity for the past …
By Business Record Staff | Feb 9, 2023
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Iowa organization receives grant from National Institute of Health to address maternal morbidity

The Iowa chapter of Postpartum Support International has received a $10,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to support its Iowa Maternal Group Initiative.

The initiative addresses rural maternal morbidity through in-person support groups. …
By Business Record Staff | Feb 3, 2023
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UI Heart and Vascular Center updates cardiac cath labs

The University of Iowa Heart and Vascular Center has added two new cardiac catheterization labs and updated existing ones to increase patient access to the service. The new labs have the most advanced technology in …
By Business Record Staff | Jan 20, 2023
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Improvements proposed for 56-year-old downtown office building

A downtown high-rise office building is proposed to undergo at least $2.5 million in tenant improvements to accommodate the expansion of OpenLoop Health Inc., a staffing, software and technology company that provides services to the …
By Kathy A. Bolten | Jan 19, 2023