Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa Rank 1,2, 3 in Patient Safety

Iowa hospitals and those in other upper Midwest states were ranked among the best for patient safety by Health Grades, the Colorado-based company that sells hospital information to the public and offers marketing to hospitals using its quality and patient safety data.  The study was based on 13 patient safety indicators developed by the Agency [...]

Iowa Mumps Epidemic

From MedPage:
The number of mumps cases in Iowa has climbed to 365 cases, but schools and daycare centers have been spared, state health officials reported today.
Moreover, epidemiologist Meghan Harris, M.P.H., said the laboratory tests “confirm that we are still finding mumps virus, so this outbreak is still very active.” Two hundred and ninety-six of [...]