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Sesame Street in Communities to supply 30,000-plus children’s books for donation at local clinics

Sesame Street in Communities and the Iowa Alliance for Healthy Kids today are launching a book distribution project that will distribute more than 30,000 books and 2,500 activity kits this summer through Central Iowa organizations to help …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Jun 30, 2021
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Only 12% of Iowa nursing homes meet vaccine standard

Iowa Capital Dispatch: Only 50 of Iowa’s 409 nursing homes are reporting that three-quarters or more of their workers have been vaccinated against COVID-19, newly disclosed records show. That means 88% of Iowa’s nursing homes have …
By BPC Staff | Jun 29, 2021
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Delta Dental Foundation awards $72K grant to Healthy Birth Day for oral health outreach

Evidence shows that receiving dental care during pregnancy can improve the health of both baby and mother by reducing the risk of gum disease and poor birth outcomes. Using a $72,000 System and Capacity Building …
By BPC Staff | Jun 28, 2021
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MercyOne affiliate hospital in eastern Nebraska to close effective July 1

A MercyOne affiliate hospital in eastern Nebraska is abruptly closing, largely because of low inpatient and emergency department volumes, Becker’s Hospital Review reported. MercyOne Oakland Medical Center, which is located 70 miles northwest of Omaha, will halt …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Jun 25, 2021
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Stead Family Children’s Hospital expands neonatal medical transport service

A newly expanded neonatal medical transport service is improving access to Iowa’s only Level 4 neonatal intensive care unit at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, the hospital announced. Since it was established …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Jun 25, 2021
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Iowa’s COVID-19 hospitalizations reach lowest point since March 2020

Des Moines Register: Earlier this week, Iowa reported its lowest number of COVID-19 hospitalizations since March 2020, the month when the novel coronavirus was first reported in Iowa. The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations reported Monday — …
By BPC Staff | Jun 23, 2021
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February ransomware attack breached data of nearly 500,000 patients, Wolfe Eye Clinic announces

A ransomware attack against Wolfe Eye Clinic in February may have exposed the personal information of nearly 500,000 past and present patients across the state, the company announced Tuesday.

First detected Feb. 8, the cyberattack …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Jun 23, 2021
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Nurses on demand

One year ago Dr. Joel Ward recalled standing on a hospital floor unit, watching his colleagues at MercyOne Medical Center endure the height of the COVID-19 emergency in health care. 

 

“You know practically everybody …
By KATE HAYDEN | Jun 23, 2021
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Dental group signs long-term lease for office space in Grimes

A Des Moines-area dental group has signed a long-term lease for 5,000 square feet in a speculative building in Grimes developed by Kurt Mumm and Mark Hanrahan.

The building is one of two developed in the …
By BPC Staff | Jun 22, 2021
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Iowa abortion law requiring 24-hour waiting period permanently blocked by court

Des Moines Register: An Iowa judge has permanently blocked a state law requiring women to wait 24 hours before getting an abortion. In his order, filed Monday afternoon, District Judge Mitchell Turner held that the 2020 …
By BPC Staff | Jun 22, 2021