University of Iowa Health Management & Policy

By: Evelyn Perry Greetings everyone! I have been interning at Skiff Medical Center in Newton, Iowa this summer. Skiff is a 48 bed municipal hospital serving Jasper County. I have been living in the old hospice wing for the duration of my internship. My preceptor, Steve Long, is an alumnus of our program.  Throughout my time here at Skiff, I have been able to attend board meetings, interact with patients directly, and shadow in nearly every department. These departments have included: health information management, radiology, plant operations, finance, and the emergency department. It has been very insightful to learn about these departments and how they interact to make the hospital function efficiently and effectively. During my time here, Skiff announced to its employees and the community they will begin pursuing an affiliation. It has been a great opportunity to learn about communication to key stakeholders as well as observing the beginning of this process.  ...

By: Josh Viggers It’s been said that all roads lead to Rome, but in healthcare, they all leads to New Ulm. Every aspect of healthcare can be found at NUMC. It’s the perfect mix of acute and primary care, public health initiatives, industry innovations, critical access challenges, systemic contact, and hope for the future. NUMC is a 25 bed critical access hospital with an attached 115 room clinic which supports a city of 15,000, and a service area including 40,000+ people. As part of Allina Health, NUMC has the unique ability to fit a large system into a quaint German town, with all of the benefits of both worlds. Additionally, New Ulm is half way through a 10 year public health study called the Heart of New Ulm (HONU). Its foundational goal was to reduce the occurrence of heart attacks, but it has affected many areas of health which has brought the entire community into national focus and brilliant innovation. Speaking of innovation, NUMC has taken to front lines of chang...

By: Zach Weiderspon            Greetings Everyone! I am currently completing my summer internship at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mercy Medical Center is a licensed and fully accredited 445-bed regional hospital that primarily serves the communities of Eastern Iowa. Mercy Medical Center is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mercycare Services Corporation, which encompasses more than 2,100 employees, over 40 physician clinics and the Medical Center. Founded by the Sister’s of Mercy in 1900, Mercy has been caring for Eastern Iowa for 114 years. For the past three months, I have had the blessing of being the administrative intern at Mercy Medical Center. Under the tutelage of my preceptor, the Senior Director of Strategic Planning and Business Development, Annie Pollock (’09), I have had the luxury of being able to work on multiple projects and shadow various departments of the organization. This experience has helped ...