Every year, the Office of the Patient Experience (OPE) highlights 12 units and clinics that excel in patient experience and teamwork, based on patient feedback from a nationwide survey. This data-driven approach identifies UI Health Care teams that patients commend for having the "best teamwork." “We are all so incredibly proud of the 12 team award winners this year," says Kipton Pedersen,…
UI Health Care Updates
UI Health Care Updates
Mission Cancer + Blood is now officially part of University of Iowa Health Care, paving the way for a statewide comprehensive cancer care network aimed at keeping high-quality cancer care local for Iowans.UI Health Care purchased Mission’s assets on Dec. 31, 2024, several months after the organizations first announced their intent to join forces to fight cancer in Iowa...
When Sarah Wellsandt, MSN, RN, first set foot in a hospital as a college volunteer, she was set on attending medical school. Her career path took a turn, however, after she witnessed the hands-on care and meaningful connections nurses built with their patients. Watching nursing staff work together as a seamless team sparked a realization: nursing wasn’t just a career; it was her calling. Now as…
University of Iowa Health Care’s new North Liberty campus will offer essential pharmacy services for patients and the community when it opens in spring 2025. The pharmacy will manage all the inpatient and outpatient medication needs of the new facility while also providing an accessible space—and a 24/7 drive-thru option—for community members to fill prescriptions and purchase over-the-counter…
Shayla Malone, BSN, RN, is a dedicated nurse manager who works at the downtown campus where she and her five children were born. Shayla Malone, BSN, RN, a nurse manager at our downtown campus, has spent nearly her entire career in labor and delivery departments. Now, she finds herself working in the hospital where she was born, and where she had all five of her own children...
UI Health Care will begin a national search for its next associate dean and associate hospital director for graduate medical education (GME). This role also serves as the designated institutional officer (DIO). This leadership position oversees the Office of GME and works to help create and manage the learning environments for 650 resident physicians and 230 fellow physicians while also ensuring…
In early October, it was announced that University of Iowa Health Care and Mission Cancer + Blood would join forces to fight cancer in Iowa. In the weeks following the announcement, a number of teams have been working to prepare the two organizations to come together by the end of the year.We asked Brad Haws, MBA, chief executive officer of the clinical enterprise and associate vice president of…
UI Health Care is in the process of expanding the Emergency Department (ED) at our university campus to shorten wait times and improve our ability to provide access to emergency care to Iowans. This is one of many ways we are working to increase access to high quality emergency care for the local community and beyond. With the completion of this project, the ED at our university campus will have…
UI Health Care will begin a national search for its next associate vice president for information systems and chief information officer. This leadership position leads the Health Care Information Systems team and oversees information technology services, including technical support, applications development, and clinical applications across the health care enterprise...
Newborn deliveries at University of Iowa Health Care have increased significantly in recent years. This includes the number of premature and high-risk babies in need of specialized neonatal care. Many of these babies are admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at UI Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital. To accommodate the state’s growing need for maternal care and specialized…