UnityPoint Health - Des Moines

11/20/2025

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11/19/2025

We're proud to announce a new collaboration with Mayo Clinic Platform, a strategic initiative of Mayo Clinic that enables data-driven innovation and healthcare transformation across the globe. Through this collaboration, UnityPoint Health is the first health care organization to join Mayo Clinic Platform’s newest program called Mayo Clinic Platform_Insights, which provides our care teams with access to Mayo Clinic’s digital expertise, data-driven insights and clinical knowledge.

Learn more: https://uph.link/814e2d

11/19/2025

🎶 It's tiiiiiiiiime......for Festival of Trees & Lights!

Our Child Life team is decking the halls with holiday cheer in preparation for the best time of the year! Join Blank Children's Hospital November 28-30 for a weekend filled with festive fun. 🎅 🎄 ✨ Proceeds help this amazing team provide comfort and care to children in the hospital. 💙

🎟️ Learn more and buy tickets now: festivaloftrees.com

11/19/2025

How is palliative care different from hospice? Find out. https://uph.link/si5

Whether you're facing a new diagnosis, living with a chronic illness or coping with the advanced stages of a progressive condition, our UnityPoint Health palliative care team brings together a team focused on your wellbeing.

11/18/2025

Watch for the Iowa Women of Achievement Bridge glowing green tonight as our Trauma Services team recognizes National Injury Prevention Day. The green lights symbolize hope and safety and highlight the impact of preventable injuries across the country. Preventable injuries are the number one cause of death for Americans ages 1 to 44, with a preventable injury-related death occurring every two minutes. With simple precautions like wearing helmets, using seat belts and securing household hazards, we can help protect one another and build healthier futures. 💚

11/18/2025

Congratulations to our DAISY Award winner Saylor S., RN, from Pediatric ED at Blank Children’s Hospital who was recognized by a patient’s parent for compassionate care.

The nomination read, “When our son was rushed to Blank Children’s Hospital in severe pain and distress, we were overwhelmed and heartbroken watching him struggle. Nurse Saylor walked into the room, and in that instant, everything changed. With warmth, patience and calm confidence, she immediately recognized his fear and trauma from a recent hospitalization and knew exactly how to meet his needs. She brought in Child Life, advocated fiercely for interventions to ease both his pain and anxiety and gave him something he desperately needed in that moment—control. Her presence was steady, her smile genuine and her compassion unwavering. Because of Saylor, our son felt safe, heard and respected in one of his scariest moments and we felt seen and supported as parents. Saylor embodies everything that extraordinary nursing should be. We are profoundly grateful for Saylor’s care and for the difference she made in our son’s life.”

Amazing work, Saylor! 🌻

11/17/2025

This morning, local leaders and EMS partners gathered to announce Iowa’s first Prehospital Blood Transfusion Pilot Program. Des Moines Fire Department and West Des Moines Emergency Medical Services will now carry lifesaving blood products on select response vehicles, giving trauma patients a stronger chance of survival before they reach the hospital.

Iowa Clinic and UnityPoint Health Trauma Surgeon Dr. Rick Sidwell spoke to emphasize the significance of this milestone for communities across the state. “By starting this program in Des Moines, we are building the model for the rest of Iowa. What we learn here will guide future programs. Everyone will benefit, but people injured in rural areas stand to gain the most. Early blood can change the outcome for a farmer injured in the field or a family in a crash on a rural highway. ”

We are grateful to our partners including the Des Moines Fire Department, West Des Moines EMS, MercyOne, LifeServe Blood Center for bringing this program to life along with Des Moines Mayor Connie Boesen and West Des Moines Mayor Russ Trimble. The event also included demonstrations of the Blood Transfusion Pilot Program in action through Simulation in Motion-Iowa.

This initiative would not be possible without the community’s support of blood donation through LifeServe Blood Center. Donors play a direct role in helping save the lives of trauma patients across Iowa. Donate today to support this new program and help provide lifesaving care in our community.

11/16/2025

Meet Misty Everman - nursing supervisor for Younker 4E Rehabilitation Services - this week’s UnityPoint Health – Des Moines featured team member. If you are looking for a career opportunity with us, visit http://ms.spr.ly/6187lpoxd

11/15/2025

Start your holiday shopping at the Not New Shop! 🎄 ✨

Deck the halls with festive decor and find presents that spark joy this season. 💕 Feel extra good about your purchases knowing proceeds support patients and families at our hospitals. Happy shopping! 🛒 💙

11/15/2025

Team members were excited to participate at this year’s event as both speakers and attendees. Such an amazing day of collaboration and education. Together we can make a difference for our community!

11/14/2025

This holiday season, Abigail’s story reminds us how quickly everything can change, and how your generosity helps turn tragedy into hope. 💕

After a severe car crash, Abigail was airlifted to Iowa Methodist Medical Center and placed in a medically induced coma. It was unclear if she would survive; but she did, thanks to the expert care of her medical team. Months of recovery followed as Abigail relearned how to do everything, from walking to reading. Today, she is thriving as a Para Educator, continuing her journey to become a teacher.

“I’m told I’m a miracle,” Abigail says. “I wouldn’t be here without the facilities and village it took to save me.” 💙

When you give, patients like Abigail receive lifesaving care when it matters most: bit.ly/UPHholidayhope

11/14/2025

We are proud to have many military veterans working at UnityPoint Health – Des Moines. This morning they were recognized at a breakfast with our leadership team. Each veteran received a certificate that said in part, "we celebrate your strength and honor your service."