To Our Patients and Communities at UnityPoint Health, In June 2019, we announced a potential partnership with Sanford Health, a health system based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. After months of serious consideration, UnityPoint Health and Sanford Health have decided not to move forward with a formal partnership at this...
On December 4, Dr. Milt VanGundy is retiring from a lifetime of services to the Marshalltown medical community. He takes with him a legacy of pioneering change and mentoring future doctors. Dr. VanGundy has been a part of Marshalltown’s medical landscape for the past 45 years. In that time, he’s...
This year’s theme and key message set forth by the International Diabetes Federation is Diabetes: Protect Your Family. Detecting, preventing and managing diabetes does involve everyone in the family. Did you know? One in every two people with diabetes is undiagnosed? Early diagnosis and treatment are key to helping prevent...
Have you thanked a nurse lately? Well, here’s your opportunity because this is ER Nurses Week, and UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown is celebrating all the wonderful people who provide care in the most urgent circumstances. The neatest thank you gift RN Megan Heise ever received didn’t cost a thing. It...
UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown welcomes Elvis Sabic, ARNP, to the IMPACT team that began servicing the Iowa Veterans Home’s 500-plus bed facility in September. Sabic, a graduate of the Allen College in Waterloo, is board-certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and has clinical experience in family practice, urgent...
We all realize calcium is important for bone health. Most of us know that Vitamin D is needed, as well. However, your skeletal health is also affected by several other vitamins and minerals in your diet, many that you probably don’t even think about. With October 13-20 being the global...
Photo (credit Jay Carollo): A 1970 photo of the International Harvester ambulance purchased by the Marshalltown Area Community Hospital ambulance service that was managed by Darwin Prochaska (shown at the rear of the vehicle). It’s been nearly 50 years since the ambulance service at UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown started caring...
To better serve surrounding communities, UnityPoint Health® – Marshalltown hospital is asking residents of Marshall, Tama and Grundy counties to identify community health needs with a new online survey. Non-profit hospitals nationwide conduct and publish health needs surveys every three years, and these surveys help hospitals assess and prioritize clinical...
The UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown Auxiliary is having its annual Chicken Pot Pie sale, and orders may be placed at the main entrance of the hospital downtown or by calling (641) 753-2706. The cost is $10 for a 10-inch pot pie or $27 for three pies. They can be picked...
With all the conflicting nutrition information available, making healthy choices can be confusing. One topic all experts agree on is trans fats – they have no known health benefits and should be limited in our diet as much as possible. According to the American Heart Association, there are small amounts...
