IOWA CITY – Wayne Larson has a relatively short distance between his West Des Moines home and the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Health Care System, where he received a kidney and pancreas transplant last year. Patients have traveled from 43 states and as far as the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico for the hospital’s...
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From Iowa City VA Health Care System: IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Iowa City VA Medical Center is now the Iowa City VA Health Care System, effective immediately. The name change from VA Medical Center (VAMC) to VA Health Care System (VAHCS) more accurately reflects the overall integration of medical services provided at the...
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Vietnam veteran Arthur Heyderman of Bettendorf (right) talks with WWII veteran Enus Nohre of Grundy Center after giving him a Christmans gift at the VA Hospital Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010 in Iowa City. Nohre will be spending the holiday season in the hospital. Volunteers from multiple veteran’s groups passed out gifts to patients at...
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 A former National Teacher of the Year is the new Environmental and Public Health Ambassador for the State Hygienic Laboratory, the lab announced today. Hector Ibarra, a nationally recognized educator and former science teacher at West Branch Middle School, will collaborate with the Hygienic Laboratory as its ambassador to promote the study of science...
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The State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa announced today that it received a $50,000 award from The Abbott Fund to develop a national model for internships based on the laboratory’s current student program. “The Abbott Fund and the State Hygienic Lab share a commitment to increasing opportunities for students in laboratory science,”...
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The following is from Genova Technologies:  CEDAR RAPIDS — Genova Technologies, Inc. of Cedar Rapids has teamed with Noblis of Falls Church, Virginia, and the University of Iowa to assist the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to develop a strategic plan to maximize CMS’s data and resources for Comparative Effectiveness Research. The team was awarded...
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Emerging Infectious Disease fellows join State Hygienic Laboratory The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Association of Public Health Laboratories will fund two Emerging Infectious Disease (EID) fellows assigned to the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa for one year beginning this month. Amy Terry of Kalamazoo, Mich., and...
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IOWA CITY – The Veterans Affairs Medical Center is implementing recommendations following an investigation into a delayed cancer diagnosis and quality of care issues at the Iowa City hospital. The VA Office of Inspector General, Office of Healthcare Inspections, conducted the investigation after a veteran’s family members complained that doctors failed to order appropriate tests,...
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Published by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Inspector General on Sept. 14, 2010 VAOIG-Delay in Cancer Diagnosis Iowa City VA Medical Center
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