UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital is a 204-bed, not-for-profit community hospital serving the Cedar Valley. It is the busiest hospital in the Cedar Valley. Allen Hospital is an affiliate hospital of
UnityPoint Health
UnityPoint Health is a hospital network in the U.S. states of Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Prior to 2013, portions of the current network were known as the Iowa Health System.
History
The system began in 1993, when Iowa Lutheran Hospital a ...
, which cares for one of every three patients in Iowa.
Services
The hospital features a
cardiac care unit, which performs about 250
open heart procedures per year. The hospital features a Level II
neonatal nursery and delivers more than 1,000 babies a year. It has invested $1.4 million on the
Da Vinci Surgical System
The da Vinci Surgical System is a robotic surgical system that uses a minimally invasive surgical approach. The system is manufactured by the company Intuitive Surgical. The system is used for prostatectomies, increasingly for cardiac valve ...
in order to reduce costs and surgical wait times.
References
External links
Official websiteFoundation website
UnityPoint Health
Hospitals in Iowa
Buildings and structures in Waterloo, Iowa
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