Health and Wellness

The Council for American Medical Innovation will host the Iowa Impact Medical Innovation Summit on Aug. 26.

The summit will focus on the state’s leadership role in creating jobs and improving health. U.S. Sen. Tom …

Health-care solutions company IFMC has changed its name to Telligen, effective today.

Jeff Chungath, president and CEO of the company, said in a press release that the new name “better reflects our ability to combine …

State health regulators in Illinois yesterday approved a certification that will allow a proposed affiliation between Des Moines-based Iowa Health System and Methodist Health Services Corp. (MHSC) in Peoria, Ill., to move forward. With the …

Broadlawns Medical Center will hold an open house on Aug. 18 to provide the public with tours of its newly renovated facilities.

The event will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. at the medical …

The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust has awarded University of Iowa College of Public Health researchers a three-year, $750,000 grant to expand a study of health and fitness among youths in Muscatine.

The new grant …

Gov. Terry Branstad this morning joined business leaders in announcing an ambitious public-private program to make Iowa the healthiest state in the nation within the next five years.

As part of the initiative, Wellmark Blue …

Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds plan to announce a multi-year, public-private wellness initiative on Wednesday.

The press conference, scheduled for 9 a.m. at the Science Center of Iowa, will include an announcement …

Gov. Terry Branstad today was named Chair of the National Governors Association’s (NGA) Health and Human Services Committee.

The committee handles issues dealing with health care, particularly related to Medicaid and federal-state safety net programs …

Hy-Vee Inc. and Tyson Foods Inc. are donating more than 33,500 pounds of protein to the Food Bank of Iowa in conjunction with the Tyson “KNOW Hunger” campaign.

The donation is being made to draw …

A statewide survey by the Iowa Hospital Association (IHA) found that Iowa hospitals provided community benefits in 2010 valued at more than $1.3 billion. The figure includes uncompensated care, which is made up of charity …