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KCRG.com
Alleged memo leaves concerns hospital could share patient info with ICE
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - It’s unclear how much private information immigration authorities could get if they show up to a hospital without a warrant. A document circulating online claims UnityPoint St. Luke’s hospital workers could share names, addresses, and social security numbers if ICE asks. Escucha Mi...
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What Lies Behind Independence State Hospital, Independence, IA
May 1, 1873. The first patients walked through the door. The north wing was only half-built, and construction crews were still on the grounds. Iowa had appropriated $290,000 for this place already - a sandstone-faced building on a rise in Independence, four stories in the center, wings spreading more than 762 feet across the front.
Clayton County Register
VMH Postville Clinic Project hits goal thanks to community support
VMH Postville Clinic fundraising goal met through community support ... Generous donors from across the region have helped the Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation reach its $200,000 fundraising goal for the new Postville Clinic upgrade and expansion project - helping secure local healthcare services for years to come. Pictured above, from left to right, are Mason Kerian, Nurse Practitioner; Sandy Lopez, Medical Assistant; Selena Perez, Medical Assistant; and Alisha Henderson, RN of the Postville Clinic, displaying the arrow all filled-in showing fundraising goal met. Construction and renovation work is currently underway for the new Postville Clinic with a completion date projected for September. Submitted photo.
KLEM
New therapists join Floyd Valley Therapies staff
Floyd Valley Therapies has announced the addition of three new therapists: Alexis Harpenau, MA, CCC-SLP, Katelyn Kessenich, PT, DPT and Taylor Schiebout, PT, DPT. Harpenau brings excellent education and experience to Floyd Valley Speech Therapy. She completed her undergraduate degree in communication sciences and disorders and her Master of Art degree in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. Prior to moving back to northwest Iowa, she was employed in central Iowa working with pediatric patients.
cbs2iowa.com
Advocacy group asks hospital to change ICE policy; hospital says document is inaccurate
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — An Iowa advocacy group is urging UnityPoint Health–St. Luke’s Hospital to reverse what it describes as a policy allowing federal immigration authorities to access patient information without a warrant, a claim the hospital disputes. Escucha Mi Voz Iowa said a recently circulated internal...
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Four Iowa NuCara pharmacies shutter amid $22M lawsuit, possible OneroRX acquisition
TRAER – Traer’s only pharmacy was set to abruptly shutter this past Tuesday, March 31, following an announcement that four NuCara Pharmacy locations in Iowa are closing and the company is reportedly being acquired by OneroRX/Medicap. Alongside Traer, NuCara pharmacies in Conrad, Ackley, and Zearing are also slated for closure.
midwestmedicaledition.com
Iowa Hospital to Be Featured in National Public Television Documentary Series
Waverly Health Center (WHC) will be featured in an upcoming segment of “All Access with Andy Garcia” on Public Television (PTV) stations. The program is dedicated to highlighting innovation, compassion and organizations making a meaningful difference in their communities. WHC will appear as part of a series called...
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Fitzgerald Joining Regional Family Health Team
Regional Medical Center and Regional Family Health are welcoming a new team member next week. Samantha Fitzgerald, MD, will join the team starting next Wednesday, April 1st. Dr. Fitzgerald will serve patients at both the Manchester (Team II) and Hopkinton locations, specializing in Family Practice and Obstetrics. A native of...
beckershospitalreview.com
UnityPoint Health market chief medical officer to retire
Russell Adams, MD, chief medical officer of UnityPoint Health-Waterloo (Iowa), will retire April 6. “Dr. Adams’ impact on the hospital and our organization has been immeasurable,” Carolyn Barko, interim president for UnityPoint Health-Waterloo, said in a March 23 Facebook post. “His professionalism and dignity have been staples over the last 44 years, and he will be missed.”
Clayton County Register
New Behavioral Health Team members reflect on first few months in their roles
VMH Behavioral Health Team ... The Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) Behavioral Health Team has now expanded from one to three behavioral health providers to help meet the growing demand for mental health care in northeast Iowa. Consultations with, left to right, Angela Taylor, PMHNP; Tara Fink, PMHNP, or Janet Hunter, PMHNP, are available at both the Waukon and Postville Clinic locations with no referral needed. All ages are accepted. To make an appointment for behavioral health care in Postville call 563-864-7221 or in Waukon call 563-568-5530. Submitted photo.
cbs2iowa.com
Work begins on replacement senior community center
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Work has begun on a senior community center that will replace one lost in the Flood of 2008. On Friday, a ceremonial swinging of the sledgehammers marked the start of construction for Our Place: A Center for Older Adults. "This project represents more than a...
cbs2iowa.com
Cedar Rapids’ St. Luke’s becomes first in city to offer new EV-ICD heart implant
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — UnityPoint Health–St. Luke’s Hospital has become the first hospital in Cedar Rapids to offer a newly approved implantable device designed to protect patients at risk of sudden cardiac arrest. Dr. Talha Farid, a cardiac electrophysiologist at St. Luke’s, recently implanted the area’s first...
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LifeServe opening new blood donor center in Cedar Falls this month
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (KCRG) - LifeServe Blood Center is opening a new, year-round blood donor center in Cedar Falls this month. The Cedar Valley Donor Center opens to the public March 13 at 924 Viking Road, Suite 125 in Cedar Falls. The new center gives Cedar Valley residents year-round access...