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Meet the new Mercy College president at July 13 Out to Lunch on campus

Mercy College of Health Sciences has welcomed its new president, Adreain Henry, to campus and is inviting the community to meet him at a lunch event on Wednesday, July 13. The Greater Des Moines Partnership …

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Community & Family Resources, Prelude Behavioral Services merge

Two Iowa mental health and substance abuse treatment agencies announced they have merged to more effectively support the growing need for services in central and eastern Iowa. The merger between Community & Family Resources and Prelude Behavioral …

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DMPD, Broadlawns launch new services to address mental health calls

Iowa Public Radio: Starting this week, Broadlawns Medical Center will be adding to ways it assists the Des Moines Police Department with mental health services. Broadlawns has partnered with the DMPD for the past five years …

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Iowa companies weigh in on impact of Roe v. Wade decision on state’s workforce

Editor’s note: While the Business Record is apolitical, we report on governmental decisions that affect business. Through our Fearless initiative, we believe it’s imperative to talk about policy related to gender and family issues.

This story …

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Former Iowa Clinic pathologist sues insurer over 2019 malpractice case

A former Iowa Clinic pathologist who had testified in a highly publicized medical malpractice case in 2019 that she was responsible for a mix-up in biopsy results that resulted in surgery performed on the wrong …

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Reynolds seeks to revive Iowa’s 6-week ‘heartbeat’ abortion ban

Des Moines Register: Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds will ask a district court to reinstate Iowa’s “fetal heartbeat” law in her first action to limit abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to the …

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MercyOne’s Pittman recognized among 50 innovative chief digital officers

Janell Pittman, MercyOne chief marketing and digital strategy officer, has been named as one of 50 innovative chief digital officers to know in 2022, as selected by Becker’s Hospital Review. Pittman, who has led MercyOne’s marketing and …

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Ahmad to lead new WesleyLife Foundation

WesleyLife announced that Sophia S. Ahmad will join the senior living services company in July as vice president of philanthropy, and will lead the soon-to-be-launched WesleyLife Foundation. “Creating a foundation has long been a priority of WesleyLife …

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Building an ‘engagement engine’ for wellness

Navigate Wellbeing, a fast-growing West Des Moines employee engagement technology company, recently broadened its partnership with regional health system MercyOne to jointly launch a new initiative — Circle+ Powered by MercyOne — a subscription-based, smartphone-accessed …

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AG office offering free, online training on sexual assault response

The Iowa attorney general’s office is offering free online training on sexual assault topics for Iowa medical providers. The three-hour training is led by the Crime Victim’s Assistance Division and covers a range of topics, …

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