Johnson County Public Health and hospitals respond to recent spike in COVID-19 cases
Sebastian Lechuga, News Reporter
July 8, 2020
Despite a sharp increase in positive coronavirus cases in Johnson County in the month of June, Iowa City hospitals say they are not experiencing challenges dealing with an increase in COVID-19 patients. Daily case counts have consistently increased in Johnson County since June 15. Many restaurants and retail s...
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics oncologist uses liquid biopsy to detect leftover cancer in patients
Lillian Poulsen, News Reporter
July 1, 2020
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Medical Oncologist Pashtoon Kasi is working with other researchers on campus and around the world to develop liquid biopsy and DNA tests that will detect leftover cancer cells in patients. The Signatera liquid biopsy test is a non-invasive procedure that ...
University of Iowa doctors monitor and help COVID-19 patients remotely
Cole Krutzfeild, News Reporter
June 29, 2020
A team of doctors at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics have created a program to monitor people with COVID-19 from the comfort and safety of the patients’ homes. The UI Health Care’s Home Treatment Team is co-run by Clinical Assistant Professors of Internal Medicine Andrew Bryant and B...
University of Iowa researchers develop mice model to study COVID-19 symptoms
Rachel Schilke, News Reporter
June 28, 2020
Researchers at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine say that using mice models for testing will bring labs across the country closer to developing a vaccine for COVID-19. Labs under the direction of UI Professors of Microbiology and Immunology Paul McCray and Stanley Perlman creat...
UI College of Engineering and nurse scientists collaborate with UW-Madison Health to study support of triage nurses amid COVID-19
Lillian Poulsen, News Reporter
June 25, 2020
Researchers in the University of Iowa College of Engineering and UI Hospitals and Clinics recently began studying triage nurses during the coronavirus pandemic. Their study, funded by the National Science Foundation RAPID grant, aims to better understand the complexities of this field and improve condi...
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics staff respond to the Black Lives Matter protest held near the hospital June 6
Lillian Poulsen, News Reporter
June 14, 2020
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics faculty and staff are showing their support for the Black Lives Matter movement, after protesters marched directly outside the emergency department and Colloton Pavilion on June 6. As previously reported by The Daily Iowan, the protest began ...
DeGowin Blood Center adapts to COVID-19 while running satellite drives
Natalie Dunlap, News Reporter
June 11, 2020
As healthcare professionals continue to respond to the global spread of the coronavirus, hospitals are voicing concerns about another medical issue stemming from the pandemic — a shortage in blood supply. University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is experiencing a shortage in blood, particularly Types...
Officials from UI Hospitals and Clinics discuss financial impact of COVID-19 for fiscal 2020, 2021 with regents
Katie Ann McCarver, News Editor
June 4, 2020
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics officials discussed a projected $100 million in costs due to COVID-19 in a virtual state Board of Regents meeting Thursday. As the UI healthcare system transitions out of crisis response and into the “new normal,” it anticipates an even larger financi...
UIHC expected to take unprecedented $100 million hit this fiscal year due to COVID-19 with more losses on the horizon
Kelsey Harrell and Katie Ann McCarver
May 29, 2020
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics leaders are expecting the response to the novel-coronavirus pandemic to take an unprecedented $100 million financial toll on the institution in the final four months of fiscal 2020, which ends in July. An even larger drop in revenue is anticipated for fiscal ...
UIHC begins phased approach to bringing employees back to work
Caleb McCullough, Summer Editor
May 19, 2020
University of Iowa Health Care will begin recalling employees back to work in the coming weeks, according to an email sent to UIHC staff from UIHC CEO Suresh Gunasekaran and UI Vice President for Medical Affairs Brooks Jackson The plan follows a phased approach, with a goal to return to a “new ...
Iowa City clinics seek to define essential practices
Rachel Schilke, News Reporter
May 13, 2020
Iowa City clinics that provide sexual and reproductive health services are advocating for certain surgeries to be defined as essential medical procedures as state guidelines limit elective surgeries to conserve Personal Protective Equipment for health-care workers. The University of Iowa LBGTQ...
Nurse liaisons provide human connection, technology support to patients
Rachel Schilke, News Reporter
May 12, 2020
As hospital patients are cut off from visitors, Iowa City nurses have become the sole connection between patients and their loved ones, using human and technological interaction to bring families together amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurses at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and Mercy...