UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown has plans in place to resume elective surgeries and procedures beginning Monday, May 18. These services will be reintroduced gradually with sensitivity to how the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve and ensuring guiding principles continues to be safely met. This follows the announcement from Governor Kim...
Applications are still being accepted for two $1,000 scholarships that UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown Auxiliary is offering to high school students. Eligible applicants must live in Marshall or Tama counties and intend to pursue a healthcare career with education at an Iowa college/university. Applications must be postmarked by June 1,...
For more information on Cornonavirus, please visit our COVID-19 information page. The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to be front page in the news. Community transmission has been reported in the United States. At UnityPoint Health, we are carefully monitoring the situation with the virus to stay prepared and keep...
Des Moines, IA – April 21, 2020 – Today, UnityPoint Health announced a temporary reduction in hours for certain team members, limited furloughs and salary reductions for executives. Like health systems across the nation, UnityPoint Health hospitals and clinics are facing unprecedented challenges and volume declines as a result of...
UnityPoint Health joins health systems across Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin in securing enough Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to meet the needs of health care providers, staff and patients during COVID-19. We are working tirelessly to obtain PPE from every channel – government, the private sector, new innovative companies and generous...
UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown launched a new texting platform that allows patients to easily communicate directly with their healthcare provider’s office while reducing person-to-person exposure during COVID-19. The WELL Rapid Release Program will allow UnityPoint Health and its area clinics to create a virtual waiting room. Patients can notify the...
UnityPoint Health joins health systems across Iowa in securing enough Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to meet the needs of health care providers, staff and patients during COVID-19. We are working tirelessly to obtain PPE from every channel – government, the private sector, new innovative companies and generous members of the...
It seems every parent has experienced that feeling of helplessness when their child is facing a medical emergency. For Andrea Terrones, a nurse practitioner in Des Moines, it happened shortly after her family returned from a trip. Her 14-year-old son, Joseph, was stung by a wasp. “I went back in...
Effective Thursday at 7 a.m., all elective surgeries, procedures and diagnostic testing at UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown will be postponed. Urgent and emergent surgical procedures will be reviewed and scheduled as needed. Taking this step will help us protect our most valuable resources, which are our healthcare workers and providers,...
In keeping with a commitment to patient safety, UnityPoint Health – Allen Hospital, as well as UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown, Grundy County Memorial Hospital and Community Memorial Hospital will limit patient visitations during the global outbreak of COVID-19 and continued widespread seasonal influenza activity. The following restrictions are effective immediately...
