![]() ![]() They provide acute-care options for minor illnesses and injuries “and typically have shorter wait times than a busy emergency room,” according to a UIHC announcement of the Cedar Rapids opening. You will begin to receive our Daily News updates. Add your contacts. UIHC officials said the new Cedar Rapids clinics - expanding on existing pediatrics and OB-GYN clinics in the city - offer Cedar Rapids-based patients a more convenient option for continuity of care. “Our primary and secondary care clinics focus on teaching, growing to train more residents and medical students each year.” “Expansion of tertiary care services at UIHC does not threaten community hospitals,” according to an August UIHC presentation to the State Health Facilities Council, which approved the North Liberty project. ![]() UIHC executives responded by asserting the North Liberty project aims to expand the university’s ability to care for the sickest and most acute patients across the state. Luke’s - in its application to build a new $395 million, 469,000-square-foot hospital and clinics site in North Liberty, along Forevergreen Road off Interstate 380.Ĭommunity hospitals voiced concern UIHC was veering out of its lane by trying to compete for primary care patients in the corridor - which the local providers said they have capacity to serve. UIHC recently faced pushback from Cedar Rapids-area providers - including Mercy and St. The goal, according to UI Community Clinics Director of Clinical Services Rachel Kirchner, is to “expand convenient care options for people in Cedar Rapids, as well as provide better continuity of care for the thousands of existing UI Health Care patients and employees that live in the Cedar Rapids area.”
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