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THE BIG QUESTION: What are the most significant changes that health-care reform has meant for your organization and for businesses?

Ed Brown
CEO, The Iowa Clinic P.C.

We are putting a lot of energy into information technology in order to meet the health-care reform standards for meaningful use (of electronic health records). That is something …

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Broadlawns’ new pediatric clinic to open Sept. 9

Broadlawns Medical Center recently opened its new medical office building, which is designed to provide easier access to outpatient services and a “medical home” for patients, said hospital officials.

The building, located on the west …

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Proposed health-care communication rules could affect employers

Employers would have to revamp how they communicate and explain their health-care plans next year under federal rules proposed yesterday, Business Insurance reported.

The rules, which would become effective on March 23, 2012, would require …

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Iowa Impact summit to take place on Aug. 26

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 …

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IFMC changes name to Telligen

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 …

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Iowa Health affiliation with Peoria system approved

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 …

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Broadlawns sets open house

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 …

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Health and fitness study gets grant

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 …

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Branstad announces “Healthiest State” initiative

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 …

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Branstad to announce major wellness initiative

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 …