Posts Tagged Genesis Health System
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Free Colon Cancer Testing Kits Available During Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
By Genesis Health System Residents 50 years old or older, or anyone with factors associated with an increased risk of colon cancer, are encouraged to pick up and return a free colon cancer testing kit in the Quad Cities during National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. The kits are provided fre...
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Genesis Fights Flu With Protection, Prevention And Information
By Craig Cooper Genesis Health System In an average year, 20,000 or more Americans will die from complications related to seasonal influenza.There are several ways to avoid the flu and prevent spread, starting with an annual seasonal flu vaccination. Genesis will provide protection, prevent...
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Time To Change The Oil To Benefit Health of Quad Cities
By Genesis Health System It's time for an oil change for Quad Cities restaurants that want to help improve the health of patrons. The Genesis Heart Institute is asking restaurants to take a pledge to make their menu choices trans fat free. Restaurants that pledge to eliminate trans fat w...
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Genesis Health System Among Top 20 Percent For Patient Quality and Safety
Genesis Health System has been designated among the top 20 percent of health systems analyzed for quality of patient care and safety of patient care by Thomson Reuters. The Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals: Health System Benchmarks is an annual, quantitative study. With objective, independent r...
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Genesis Surgery Programs Recognized As “Blue Distinction Centers”
Information from Genesis Health System Genesis Medical Center, Davenport has been designated as a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement and for Spine Surgery by Wellmark BlueCross and BlueShield of Iowa. Blue Distinction Centers are a select group of programs across the country ...
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Genesis Health System Recognized For Performance Excellence
Genesis Health System has been selected as a silver award recipient of the 2009 Iowa Recognition for Performance Excellence Awards, Iowa's premier award recognizing higher performance management principles. Genesis improved one level after receiving a bronze award the past two years. Only four Iowa...
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Construction Underway For New Dialysis Center
By Genesis Health System For more than four hours at a time, three days a week, Lewis Bell sits in a chair while a machine does the work his kidneys can no longer do. He stays upbeat despite the 14 hours a week he spends at the Edwin A. Motto, M.D. Renal Dialysis Center undergoing hemodialysis, ...
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Genesis Fights Flu…
...With Protection, Prevention And Information Genesis will provide protection, prevention and information throughout the 2009-2010 flu season. Protection against seasonal influenza and pneumonia will be available at more than 40 public flu clinics in the region beginning Oct. 2. Protection agai...
