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Rural health association partners with Drake’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

The Iowa Rural Health Association (IRHA) is partnering with Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences for enhanced management services. Under the collaboration, Drake’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences will assume the responsibility …

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Delta Dental of Iowa’s green room to discuss job trends, recruitment strategies

Delta Dental of Iowa will host its next virtual Green Room on “Help Wanted: Trends and Strategies for Iowa’s Workforce” at noon on Nov. 8. Ron Cox, owner of Midwest Workforce Strategies, and April Schmaltz, …

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Broadlawns hosts open house, ribbon-cutting for new pediatric clinic

Broadlawns Medical Center hosted an open house and ribbon-cutting last week at the newly renovated Broadlawns Variety Pediatric Clinic, located on the lower level of the Medical Office Building at 1801 Hickman Road in Des …

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UnityPoint names Kizer CEO, ends efforts to merge with Presbyterian Healthcare

UnityPoint Health announced its board of directors named Scott Kizer President and CEO and has ended negotiations with New Mexico-based Presbyterian Healthcare to merge the two health systems.

The West Des Moines-based UnityPoint said in …

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MercyOne receives more than $125,000 from Variety

Variety – the Children’s Charity awarded MercyOne Central Iowa over $125,000 to enhance the care and services to Iowa children at MercyOne Children’s Hospital and MercyOne House of Mercy. A $116,275 grant for the MercyOne …

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On With Life growing to support patients, families and futures

On With Life was the Business Record’s Best Kept Secret winner in 2017, but the nonprofit rehabilitation organization is a secret no more.

The need for rehabilitation services for people who have suffered brain injuries, …

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Roundtable discussion focuses on next steps in preventing, treating obesity

Less than a week after the “Obesity’s Impact on Iowa’s Economy and Labor Force” report by GlobalData PLC was released, the Iowa Healthiest State Initiative hosted a roundtable discussion, presented by Eli Lilly and Co., …

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Historical marker to be added to Center Street neighborhood

UnityPoint Health, the Polk County Housing Trust Fund and community partners will gather to celebrate the Center Street neighborhood by dedicating a historical marker at Iowa Methodist Medical Center on Thursday, Oct. 5. According to …

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Obesity presents significant economic challenges in Iowa, new report shows

Graphic by Patrick Herteen

Obesity is not only a chronic disease that 36.4% of Iowans currently live with but also a significant economic challenge that affects nearly everyone, according to findings from a new study …

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OpenLoop Health’s downtown headquarters renamed OpenLoop Tower

Left: The new OpenLoop Tower sign on the former Bank of America Building, located at the corner of Sixth and Locust streets in downtown Des Moines. Right: OpenLoop CEO Jon Lensing, center front, cuts the…
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