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Mercy moves Quick Care Clinic to Capital Square

Mercy Clinics Inc. has moved its downtown Quick Care Clinic from the Equitable Building to Capital Square, 400 Locust St., Suite 215. The move, completed made May 2, will allow for continued expansion of the …

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Iowa Health System named to Best Places to Work list

Iowa Health System has been named as one of the “100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare” by Becker’s Hospital Review.

The annual list is developed through nominations and research. Becker’s Hospital Review noted that …

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Silent auction for breast cancer awareness on Thursday

The American Cancer Society and Coldwell Banker Mid-America Group Realtors will hold a silent auction to raise money for breast cancer awareness.

The auction will take place from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday …

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DNR recognizes TakeAway disposal program

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) yesterday praised the efforts of the TakeAway medication disposal program to limit the amount of medication drugs entering Iowa’s waterways.

The DNR partnered with the Iowa Board of …

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FDA initiative aims to reduce prescription painkiller abuse

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered manufacturers of painkilling drugs to provide educational materials to help train physicians about the correct use of the drugs, the agency announced Tuesday. The initiative is …

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Iowa Pharmacy Association promotes TakeAway disposal program


As Earth Day approaches, the Iowa Pharmacy Association (IPA) is encouraging state residents to take advantage of an environmentally friendly way to clear their medicine cabinets of unused medications.

Through the TakeAway program, Iowans can …

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Mercy Clinics to partner with national firm on health coach program

Mercy Clinics Inc. announced this morning that it has formed an exclusive collaboration with The Advisory Board Co., a leading international health-care research and technology services firm, to develop a physician office-based health coach (POHC) …

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$1 billion program aims to reduce hospital infections

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Tuesday announced a new program it claims will help save 60,000 lives by stopping millions of preventable injuries and complications in patient care over the …

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Delta Dental donates to Food Bank of Iowa

Delta Dental of Iowa recently gave the Food Bank of Iowa more than $5,000 in food and monetary donations as a part of its corporate Giving Back and Investing in Iowa program. In addition to …

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Health-care reform webinars scheduled

With the tax filing deadline looming, national small business advocacy organization Small Business Majority is partnering with the U.S. Small Business Administration to hold free one-hour educational webinars on how the Patient Protection and Affordable …