Health Care

Multiple births costly in many ways, study indicates

Monday, November 18, 2013
A new UI study of costs associated with multiple births found that twins cost five times as much as single births, and higher multiples cost 19 times as much, in part because for both mother and newborns, multiple births mean more deaths and complications, and longer hospital stays.

High satisfaction with telemedicine in pediatric epilepsy

Friday, November 15, 2013
Joshi Charuta, director of pediatric epilepsy at UI Children's Hospital, reports high satisfaction with a telemedicine pilot program; most parents said they are able to talk about the same information during their telemedicine visit as an in-person visit and are not worried about privacy.

Achievements: UI faculty, staff, students, and alumni making news

Friday, November 15, 2013
University staff, faculty, students, and alumni are accomplishing great things every day. See who's making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.

A happy patient is well connected to a doctor

Friday, November 15, 2013
The happiest patients are those who have regular contact with their doctors. A University of Iowa study finds that VA patients who have established "continuity of care" with primary-care physician are most satisfied with their treatment. The study comes as the American health care system moves to a more team-based approach to care, known as patient-centered medical home. Results appear in the...
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UI professor helped draft new cholesterol guidelines

Friday, November 15, 2013
Jennifer Robinson, UI professor of epidemiology and cardiology, served as vice chair for the expert panel that this week announced new guidelines for use of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs focused less on targets for lowering bad LDL cholesterol levels and more on patient risk levels.
Kirk and Mary Ferentz in the University of Iowa Hall of Fame

Kirk and Mary Ferentz commit $500,000 to the Iowa Football Legacy Campaign

Friday, November 15, 2013
Kirk and Mary Ferentz have made a gift commitment of $500,000 to support the Iowa Football Legacy Campaign. To date, more than $34 million has been raised for the campaign, which has a fundraising goal of $35 million.

Robinson comments on new statin guidelines

Thursday, November 14, 2013
Dr. Jennifer Robinson, University of Iowa professor for medicine and epidemiology, says that a healthy lifestyle is the most important factor in avoiding heart attacks and strokes.

National Advanced Driving Simulator receives grant

Wednesday, November 13, 2013
The National Advanced Driving Simulator at the University of Iowa has been selected to receive a University Transportation Center grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Administration.

Typhoon Haiyan highlights disaster relief logistics

Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Typhoon Haiyan’s trail of destruction in the Philippines last weekend is drawing attention to the difficulty of providing relief services in a place where roads, ports, and airports are all but destroyed. A UI researcher works to find more efficient methods for governments, agencies, NGOs, and businesses to transport relief supplies to disaster areas.
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UI Hospitals and Clinics works to quell ATV injuries, accidents

Injuries and deaths from ATVs increased so much in recent years that the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics devotes resources to a program focused on safety and injury prevention.
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Moving forward

Monday, November 11, 2013
You might think it was Dan Gable who drew Travis Taylor to the University of Iowa. But it wasn't. The first-ever state wrestling champ in his hometown of Callendar, Iowa, became a Hawkeye after breaking his neck in a tragic accident, coming to the UI for health care expertise.

College of Public Health offers new undergrad-to-grad program

Monday, November 11, 2013
Students can earn both an undergraduate and a graduate degree in five years through a new combined degree program offered by the University of Iowa College of Public Health.