Watching old episodes of the ER TV show sparked Aida Almanza’s interest in becoming a doctor someday. Volunteering at UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown only fueled that fire. When the COVID-19 pandemic forced volunteers to stay away from the hospital, it ended four years of service by Almanza. However, she’s headed...
The UnityPoint Health® – Marshalltown Wound Healing Center has been recognized with a President’s Circle Award for clinical excellence by Healogics, the nation’s largest provider of advanced wound care services. The Wound Healing Center in Marshalltown achieved outstanding clinical outcomes, including patient satisfaction higher than 92 percent and a wound...
According to rankings just released by the Lown Institute, UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown ranks fifth in the state of Iowa based on a combination of civic leadership, value of care and quality of care. The rankings are part of a bigger study by the Lown Institute, which assessed nearly 3,330...
Parenting is tough business. Now, consider what that would be like if you were socially distancing from your wife and kids. Through a pandemic. Such was life for Dr. Jake Flinkman, who works in the emergency department at UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown. When COVID-19 started to surge, he did what...
UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown has eased its visitor policy to allow patients one visitor who is a significant other or caregiver. All visitors will be screened for illness upon entry, must wear a mask and must stay in the patient’s room for the duration of their visit. Exceptions to this...
Phil DeRuiter doesn’t remember much after being rushed into the emergency room at UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown. Really, it's just a series of images and brief instances. A room full of providers and nurses. A lot of activity. Reassuring words. And pain – severe pain. "At one point, I recall...
As UnityPoint Health continues to look to the future in Marshalltown, including a newly consolidated and expanded hospital at the South Medical Park, several promotions of local leadership are being announced. Effective June 7, 2020, Shari King, Regional Director of Operations, has been promoted to Hospital Administrator at UnityPoint Health...
Fred Ohrt had COVID-19, and there were a few nights where the shortness of breath seemed to be getting the best of him. Sensing the worst one evening, he told his wife, Jackie, he didn't think he was going to make it. Fortunately, Fred's story has a happy ending. After...
These days, it isn't just patients who are getting healthier and stronger at UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown. The EMS service is on quite a roll, as well. When UnityPoint Health took over the bankrupt Marshalltown hospital in 2017, they inherited four notably depreciated ambulances. Fast forward to today, when the...
TOLEDO – UnityPoint Health has resumed normal operations at its family medicine clinic in Tama County. UnityPoint Clinic Family Medicine – Tama/Toledo, located at 1307 S. Broadway Street in Toledo, partially served as a designated respiratory illness clinic starting April 20. The clinic has now returned to exclusively providing family...
