CEDAR RAPIDS – More patients and lower reimbursement for care are among the challenges facing Corridor hospitals as health care reform changes are implemented. “There will be fewer resources and more people coming into the system,” said Ron Reed, president and CEO of Mercy Iowa City, citing the predicted 32 million more Americans who...
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Eastern Iowa cancer patients might think competition is ramping up to woo their business, but hospital leaders say that’s not the case. “We don’t see it as a lucrative thing,” said Ted Townsend, CEO of St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids. “We see (cancer) as a growing thing.” The ongoing rivalry between St. Luke’s...
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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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Nearly 15,500 participants raise more than $315,000   CEDAR RAPIDS – Beautiful autumn weather greeted participants at the 20th annual Especially For You® Race Against Breast Cancer on Sunday, Oct. 10, at Mercy Medical Center.  This year’s race was the largest in the event’s history, with more than 15,470 people registered.  That compares to the previous...
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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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