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Kemin Industries completes acquisition of animal supplement company

Kemin Industries completes acquisition of animal supplement company Kemin Industries Inc. completed its acquisition of Genesis Ltd., a companion animal supplement company and maker of the brand RESOURCES,  health supplements marketed to veterinarians. Kemin, a…
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Meredith’s wellness program featured in WELCOA case study

Meredith’s wellness program featured in WELCOA case study When Steve Lacy became the CEO of Meredith Corp. in 2006, the company’s health-care premiums had increased by 18.5 percent in the previous two years. In a…
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Stoddard Cancer Center recognized for website content

A study published in the latest edition of the Journal of Healthcare Management recognized John Stoddard Cancer Center as one of the best health-care facilities for website content. Stoddard ranked seventh out of more than …

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Iowa Health System joins national supply chain network

Iowa Health System joins national supply chain network Des Moines-based Iowa Health System (IHS) has joined VHA Inc., a national supply-chain and quality improvement network of hospitals based in Irving, Texas. Joining VHA gives IHS…
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Wellness Challenge registration ends at midnight

Wellness Challenge registration ends at midnight Live Healthy Iowa’s 100 Day Wellness Challenge will close registration at midnight tonight. With 68 days left in the challenge, 33,492 Iowans are currently registered and recording their activity…
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Iowa Health System CEO gets national recognition

Bill Leaver, president and CEO of Iowa Health System, made it onto The Becker’s Hospital Review list of “100 Non-Profit Hospital, Health System CEOs to Know.”

Leaver was the only Iowa-based CEO among the top …

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Iowa moves up in national well-being index

Iowa now ranks as the 16th-healthiest state in the nation, according to new Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index results released this morning. The rating moves Iowa up three places from its 2010 ranking as the 19th-healthiest state. …

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Spring break: Des Moines University students will deliver health care in Honduras

Thirty-three Des Moines University students from seven of the university’s nine degree programs will spend March 17-25 providing health-care services in Honduras. The students will be joined by residents and faculty from the Mercy Family …

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Wellmark names chief medical officer

Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield announced Thursday that Dr. Timothy Gutshall will join the organization as vice president and chief medical officer. Gutshall received his medical degree from the University of Iowa and began …

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Squeezing health-care costs


When Dr. Tom Evans began promoting “lean” techniques to Iowa hospitals in 2006, some administrators might have thought he was talking about a new weight-loss plan.

Since then, hospitals’ use of lean techniques has advanced …