Health and Wellness

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Workman named to AHA board

Douglas Workman, director of the Broadlawns Medical Center Primary Care Clinic, was elected as a regional physician delegate and member of the American Hospital Association (AHA) Regional Policy Board.

The Regional Policy Board meets three …

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Mandi elected to head Broadlawns staff

Dr. Denise Mandi, section chief of Broadlawns Medical Center Foot and Ankle Surgery Department, was elected president of the medical staff for 2011. She is the first female physician in the medical center’s history to …

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Educational Expo starts today

The Iowa Pharmacy Association’s 2011 Educational Expo will take place today through Sunday at the Des Moines Marriott Downtown, 700 Grand Ave. Saturday’s keynote speaker, Matthew Seamon, will discuss medical marijuana. On Sunday, Tama Sawyer’s …

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Web Health Awards sets entry deadline

The entry deadline for the Health Information Resource Center’s Web Health Awards is Feb. 18.

The entry fee is $58. Winners receive a one-year license to use the program’s winners’ logo for marketing and promotional …

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Healthcare overhaul repealed by House

The healthcare debate has been reopened, but a vote yesterday is unlikely to change anything.

The House of Representatives voted yesterday to repeal President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul.

For Republicans, it was an opportunity to …

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Repeal of health-care law harmful to Iowa, group says

Consumers and small businesses in Iowa would face significantly higher insurance premiums and could experience coverage denials and price discrimination if efforts to repeal the federal health care law prevail in Congress or in the …

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Iowa Lutheran begins using new cath lab


Cardiologists and vascular surgeons at Iowa Lutheran Hospital have begun using a new, state-of the-art cardiac catheterization laboratory that will enhance the detection and treatment of heart and vascular disease, Iowa Health – Des Moines …

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Broadlawns adds two emergency department physicians

Broadlawns Medical Center has hired two additional physicians to help staff its recently expanded emergency department. Dr. Ryan Bakke and Dr. Martin VanZee both received their medical degrees from Des Moines University and completed their …

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Mercy Clinics expanding


Two growing Greater Des Moines communities will each get a new medical clinic next year. In Ankeny, Mercy Clinics Inc. has begun construction of a 10,600-square-foot family practice clinic in the Prairie Trail development. In …

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Iowa among first to receive electronic medical record incentives

Iowa health-care providers will be among the first in the nation to begin receiving direct incentives next month for installing electronic medical records in their offices, according to the Iowa Department of Human Services.

Doctors, …