Resident teams present ongoing QI work
Through the months of February and March, residents provided preliminary answers to some good questions at each Monday’s noon conference. Can we convince more Veterans…
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You Make a Difference in Internal Medicine
The University of Iowa Health Care Making a Difference program is designed to recognize individuals who have performed in an exemplary manner, consistent with the…
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Hoffman JAMA Viewpoint assesses new lung cancer screening guidelines
Randomized clinical trials, including the National Lung Screening Trial that enrolled patients at the University of Iowa, showed that lung cancer screening with low-dose computed…
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Protecting Iowa’s vulnerable farmworkers expands to include vaccinations
While COVID-19 vaccinations are well underway in Iowa, Claudia Corwin, MD, MPH, assistant professor in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine, and associate medical director…
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Phase I clinical trial group finds efficiencies, increases
Opening any clinical trial requires the satisfaction of many regulatory requirements for very good reasons. Scores of people review applications, confer in committees, weigh risks and benefits, all…
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February 2021 – Justin Smock
After four years of undergraduate study at Northwestern University, Justin Smock, MD, was all packed and ready to head north. He had plans to attend…
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Teamwork, Swiss cheese prove the difference in COVID-19 prevention
Frequent, universal COVID-19 testing has been one of the chief preventive methods used in long-term care facilities (LTCs). Although only 8% of COVID-19 cases occur in…
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MICU faculty win Culturally Responsive Health Care Award
First awarded in 2017, the Culturally Responsive Health Care Award was established by University of Iowa Health Care to recognize individuals and groups who practice…
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Campbell elected Secretary/Treasurer of National Society of Genetic Counselors
Requesting a genetic profile has become as common as ordering the latest mystery novel through the mail. But the plot of that novel may be…
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Goto receives K08 to develop a “smart antibiogram”
Bacterial infections that develop resistance to drugs affect at least 2.8 million Americans each year. Gram-negative rod (GNR) infections especially have high and emerging resistance…
