Health Care End-of-Life Care Improves for Iowans
The Gazette reports a study by Kiran Sood showing Medicare patient care in the last six months of life has improved for Iowa residents. The analysis notes better symptom management and care coordination across providers.
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Dartmouth Atlas finds end of life care improvements for chronic patients
The Dartmouth Atlas Project reports that Medicare spending and hospital days fell for chronically ill patients at the end of life in 2010 vs 2007, with more hospice use. Iowa officials note increased hospice but concern over subspecialist ICU time in final months.
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Dartmouth Institute For Health Policy & Clinical Practice
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Ann Broderick
University of Iowa
David Goodman
Dartmouth
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Cedar Rapids
MediRevo to Build Second Facility in Coralville
MediRevo plans a second 24 000 square foot building beside its 18 000 square foot unit at 2600 University Parkway in the University of Iowa Research Park. The project aims to start by late summer with completion in August 2014, creating 80 new full time jobs. The state awards 150 000 tax credits through High Quality Jobs Program and Coralville grants a 698 000 forgivable loan to support the 3 800 000 project.
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MediRevo
Iowa Economic Development Authority Board
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Brad Baldwin
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University of Iowa
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Bug Soother fuels a small business boom in Columbus Junction
Sojka and her husband market Bug Soother an all natural repellent for gnats mosquitoes and other pests Demand soars with spring rains and hundreds of retailers selling out For years the couple built Simply Soothing starting from a peppermint mice repellent idea and a kitchen formula The product is not patented but kept as a secret recipe and continues to expand across Iowa and neighboring states
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Freda
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Sourcemedia.net
Liz Martin
the Gazette
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