UnityPoint Health - Cedar Rapids

Congratulations to our CSO Team, recipients of the Team Spirit Award! Through their expertise, teamwork, and dedication, they support scheduling and payroll for hundreds of team members while helping leaders ensure seamless patient care. Their outstanding collaboration during the UKG scheduling system implementation, combined with their resilience and professionalism during organizational changes, exemplifies the true spirit of this award.

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Your career should support your life, both at work and beyond. At UnityPoint Health, we offer benefits and resources designed to help support your financial well-being so you can focus on what matters most.

Check out our job openings at uph.link/JoinOurTeam to find a career that matters, at an organization that cares!

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When Lindsey' daughter, Vera, needed a multi-day EEG study, Lindsey saw an opportunity to make the experience a little less intimidating. Partnering with the generate team, she created a play EEG machine that allows children to become familiar with the equipment through play before or during their study.

The project helps make a medical procedure feel less scary by giving children a hands-on way to understand what to expect. Inspired by Vera's experience, the team is now working to develop instructions that other families can use to create their own play EEG machines at home. Lindsey's creativity, combined with the support of the generate team, is helping turn a challenging experience into one that is more comforting and child-friendly for patients and families.

UnityPoint Health – Cedar Rapids partners with MakerHealth, a Boston-based company, to power generate @ UnityPoint Health – Cedar Rapids, an open-access medical technology and learning lab. At generate, hospital and clinic team members, patients and community partners are empowered through access to cutting-edge tools and materials. These resources enable them to seamlessly translate their ideas into functional prototypes.

Image Description: A child sits in a hospital bed wearing an EEG monitoring cap with attached wires and holds a doll fitted with a matching play EEG cap connected to a toy EEG machine. The play EEG equipment, created in the generate Lab, helps children become familiar with EEG testing through play before or during their study.

After starting as an intern nurse in the Operating Room in 2023, Joel Kelsey gained experience at another local hospital and with Care Initiatives Hospice before returning to UnityPoint Health – Cedar Rapids as a PACU nurse.

What brought him back? The people. Joel credits the supportive culture, strong teamwork and collaboration among nurses, physicians and techs for making UnityPoint Health – Cedar Rapids feel like home. He's excited to continue growing his career in an environment where team members genuinely support one another every day.

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Feel like you have to p*e every 5 minutes? Here's what could be going on. https://uph.link/rgn

What Causes Frequent Urination and When to Worry Are you p*eing more than normal or wondering if you have an overactive bladder? A UnityPoint Health urologist explains common causes of frequent urination, related conditions and when to see a doctor.

Congratulations to Guardian Angel recipients Dr. Claire Cundiff, Dr. Rachel Cogdill, Dr. Ginger Massey, Kenzie, Sydney, Amanda, Claudia, Cindy, Madi and Melissa. from the Birth Care Center!

Their nominator shared, “Thank you for taking care of me, my baby and giving my family a birth experience that I will carry on forever. I cannot think of a group of doctors and nurses more deserving of recognition. Thank you, Guardian Angels."

The Guardian Angel program gives patients and families the opportunity to donate in appreciation of a physician, team member, volunteer or department that made a difference in their healthcare experience. A recognition ceremony is held for every Guardian Angel gift, honoring those who go above and beyond. With the help of St. Luke’s Foundation, these gifts support programs and equipment that enhance the quality of care at St. Luke’s. Learn more at bit.ly/GuardianAngel-CR

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