University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics recorded more than 673,000 clinic visits during fiscal year 2005-06, plus over 183,000 clinic visits to off-site clinical outreach and UI Family Care sites. Pediatric services are provided through University of Iowa Children's Hospital, an advanced pediatric facility at UI Hospitals and Clinics.

Staffed Beds

• Inpatient beds 680
  • Acute care 533
  • Intensive care 128
  • Minimal care 19
• Ambulatory patient specialty diagnostic clinics 281

Patient Services

• Total acute patient admissions 27,282
  • Adults and children 25,673
  • Newborns (births) 1,609
• Total acute patient days of care 175,748
  • Adults and children 172,966
  • Newborn nursery 2,782
• Clinic visits (UI Hospitals and Clinics, Outreach, UICMS) 856,848
• Emergency-Trauma Center visits 35,069
• Major surgical operations 21,008
• Cardiac operations 429
• Organ and tissue transplants 391
  • Bone marrow (96 adults, 13 children) 99
  • Cornea 179
  • Heart 6
  • Kidney 68
  • Liver 30
  • Pancreas 9
• Minor surgical procedures 73,959
• Digestive diseases procedures 10,068
• Cochlear implants 56
• In vitro fertilization/related procedures 629
• Fetal diagnosis and therapy procedures 570
• Cardiac catheterization procedures 9,022
  • Adult 6,563
  • Child 1,080
  • Cardiac electrophysiology studies 1,379
• Units of blood and blood products transfused 28,554
• Days of ventilator care 21,801
• Pulmonary diagnostic procedures 10,790
• Hyperbaric oxygen treatments 6,847
• Radiographic examinations and treatments 255,437
  • Diagnostic 184,002
  • PET scans 2,555
  • Head and whole body scans 45,334
  • Magnetic resonance 15,745
  • Nuclear medicine 7,801
• Radiation oncology treatments 42,531
• Electrocardiograms (EKG) 41,780
• Echocardiograms (ECHO) 33,417
• Electroencephalograms (EEG ) 5,140
• Electromyograms (EMG) 12,983
• Laboratory tests 3,160,458
• Pharmacy orders 1,582,000
• Social Service consultations 67,244
• Renal dialysis treatments 23,848
• Meals served 2,791,955
• Pounds of laundry processed 4,046,375
• Patients transported by:
  • Air and Mobile Critical Care services 1,211
  • Helicopter service 976
  • Mobile ground unit 235
  • Hospital transportation 5,854

Human Resources

• Staff physicians and dentists 761
• Resident physicians and dentists 484
• Fellow physicians 183
• Total physicians and dentists 1,428
• Professional nurses 1,567
• Other professional staff 1,601
• Other hospital staff 3,042
• Total staff 7,638
  
• Volunteers 1,366
• Volunteer Service hours 88,911

Educational Programs

• University health science college students in training at University Hospitals
  • Medical students 545
  • Dental students 77
  • Nursing students 380
  • Pharmacy students 96
  • Total 1,098
• Resident and Fellow physicians
• and dentists in training 687
• Other Iowa health professional
• students in training 610
• Total in health education at UI Hospitals and Clinics 2,395