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Exemplar Care launches 24/7 urgent care clinic to complement direct primary care

A West Des Moines physician who is beginning his third year operating a direct primary care practice has now launched a 24-hour urgent care/extended care clinic as an additional service for his members, but the …

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Winners of Healthiest State Annual Awards announced

The Healthiest State Initiative has announced the winners of the 2021 Healthiest State Annual Awards. The winners were recognized for their efforts to improve the physical, social and emotional well-being of their students, employees and …

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10 Iowa hospitals penalized for hospital-acquired conditions

The federal government has penalized 774 hospitals across the country, including University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and nine other Iowa hospitals, for having the highest rates of patient infections or other potentially avoidable medical …

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Clive Behavioral Health opens — with limited initial capacity

Photos by Duane Tinkey

Central Iowans seeking inpatient or outpatient behavioral health care for themselves or a family member now have another option with the opening of Clive Behavioral Health.

The new 83,000-square-foot hospital, which …

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Count the Kicks and Wellmark to host millennial pregnancy webinar

Count the Kicks, an organization that aims to prevent stillbirths and infant deaths, and Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield are hosting a virtual webinar to educate expectant parents and the health care providers who care …

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Applications underway for health care education scholarships

The Iowa Hospital Association, through its subsidiary the Iowa Hospital Education and Research Foundation, will award 60 health care scholarships of up to $7,000 ($3,500 per year for up to two years) and $1,000 specific …

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Power Breakfast takeaways: What health care leaders see in the future

As health systems across the country have been battling the pandemic for the past year, the fabric of Iowa’s health systems has been stretched to the limit, but has proved resilient due to the tremendous…
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VIDEO: Power Breakfast – Disruptions in health care and what’s to come – First question

 

Our health care systems have been facing disruption for years from insurance changes to access challenges to digital innovations. Then came a global pandemic, which saw the industry take the brunt of the challenges, …

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ONDEMAND: Power Breakfast – Disruptions in health care and what’s to come

Our health care systems have been facing disruption for years from insurance changes to access challenges to digital innovations. Then came a global pandemic, which saw the industry take the brunt of the challenges, including …

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State halts University of Iowa plans for new hospital in North Liberty

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Given fervent opposition to a proposed $230 million University of Iowa Health Care hospital in North Liberty — including the economic threat posed to community providers like Mercy Iowa City — the State …