UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Hospital - Cedar Rapids
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About Us
At St. Luke's Hospital, our top priority is you — you are the center of everything we do. We understand who you turn to for healthcare is a choice, so we thank you for choosing us. Through our shared mission, vision and values, we show the people and communities we serve how much they matter.
Our personal mission is to give the healthcare we'd like our loved ones to receive. We do this by combining the best technology, innovation and personal expertise, all while putting you first. We are proud of our many accomplishments and to be part of the amazing community of Cedar Rapids, which was recognized nationally for providing high-quality healthcare at a low cost.
St. Luke's has been a committed and involved member of the Cedar Rapids community since its founding more than 140 years ago. Part of that commitment is providing financial assistance to the underinsured and uninsured. We also offer a number of services to help our community live thriving, healthy lives.
Hours & Location Details
Hours of Operation
- Monday: Open 24 hours
- Tuesday: Open 24 hours
- Wednesday: Open 24 hours
- Thursday: Open 24 hours
- Friday: Open 24 hours
- Saturday: Open 24 hours
- Sunday: Open 24 hours
Services Offered at St. Luke's Hospital
Featured Services & Treatments
Department Information
As a nationally recognized leader in heart care and the area's only Accredited Chest Pain Center, St. Luke's is Cedar Rapids' Heart Hospital. We offer a full range of cardiovascular services, from prevention through treatment, performing more advanced heart procedures and treating more heart patients than any other hospital in Cedar Rapids.
Learn more about St. Luke's heart and vascular care services:
- Open heart surgery
- Advanced structural and interventional heart procedures
- Vascular treatments
- Specialty programs (Heart Failure Clinic, Valve Clinic, Vein Clinic and more)
St. Luke's Heart Clinics
St. Luke's has the largest and most specialized team of cardiologists in the area. This allows us to travel to more communities in eastern Iowa than any other area hospital, to bring heart care consultation and cardiac diagnostic services to you, so there's no need to travel. Meet St. Luke's Cardiology team and find a heart clinic near you.
For more information, call St. Luke's Heart Care Clinic at (319) 364-7101.
DEPARTMENT INFORMATION
You deserve the very best for you and your baby. Our comprehensive OB/GYN services provide individualized care, support and education throughout pregnancy, delivery, recovery and the many stages of life. Our trusted team of professionals includes family practice physicians, obstetricians, nurses and support staff. We respect your individual needs and goals, promote family-centered care and offer the resources you need to prepare for your growing family.
Pre-register Your Delivery
There's no need for added stress at the hospital. Pre-register online and take care of the paperwork before the contractions start by providing your contact, mailing and insurance information.
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DEPARTMENT INFORMATION
When you have a medical emergency, every minute counts. Call 911 and tell first responders to take you to St. Luke's. Our Emergency Room is open 24/7. We offer the most experienced hospital ER team in Cedar Rapids, who are specially trained to respond rapidly, appropriately and efficiently to any health care emergency.
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DEPARTMENT INFORMATION
At St. Luke's, our imaging technologies include magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computerized tomography (CT), interventional/vascular lab, mammography, nuclear medicine, ultrasound and X-ray. These tools play a critical role in patient diagnosis. Medical imaging is also used extensively for post-treatment assessment.
St. Luke's medical imaging team is the only facility in the state of Iowa to achieve the American College of Radiology's Diagnostic Imaging Center of Excellence (DICOE) designation and provides patients with the highest levels of imaging quality, safety and care.
Find an outpatient imaging services site.
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DEPARTMENT INFORMATION
You can schedule your appointment at MedLabs in one of three ways:
- Text "Schedule" to your preferred location listed below
- Call (319) 368-5650
- Schedule online at one of our four locations:
- Downtown *Recommended location for transplant and immunocompromised patients.
- Hiawatha
- Marion
- Westdale
Once your appointment is made, you will receive a confirmation via text. Upon arrival, text the word "Arrived" to the phone number of your location, and when the lab is ready for you, you'll receive a text or phone call with screening questions and an invitation to come into the lab.
To reach MedLabs customer service, call (319) 368-5650, Monday-Friday, 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Accreditations
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) recently recognized St. Luke's for its demonstrated expertise and commitment in treating patients receiving transcatheter aortic valve repair and replacement (TAVR) procedures. This is the second time St. Luke's has received ACC's TAVR Certification, and St. Luke's Heart Care is the only program in Iowa to have achieved the designation. St. Luke's received its first designation in 2021 and was the first hospital in Cedar Rapids to perform the TAVR procedure in 2016.
Awards & Recognition
Hospital Quality Awards
St. Luke's Hospital is among the nation's Best Regional Hospitals, according to U.S. News and World Report. St. Luke's is ranked fourth best hospital in Iowa in the U.S. News & World Report 2023-24 edition. For more than 30 years, the annual U.S. News Best Hospitals rankings recognize hospitals that excel in treating the most challenging patients.
St. Luke's was ranked "high performing" (the highest rank possible) in seven adult procedures and conditions: heart attack, heart bypass surgery, stroke, hip and knee replacement, prostate cancer surgery, and pneumonia.
In 2021 and 2023, St. Luke's Hospital has received the highest rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS). CMS Hospital Compare recently updated its overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings and St. Luke's was one of only eight hospitals in Iowa to receive five stars. CMS uses metrics from the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program and Hospital Outpatient Quality Report (OQR) Program to determine star ratings for more than 4,500 hospitals nationwide.
The Blue Distinction Centers for Maternity Care program plays a key role in the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association’s (BCBSA) National Health Equity Strategy aimed at reducing racial health disparities across the care spectrum and improving patient outcomes for all Americans. To align with this strategy, the Blue Distinction Centers for Maternity Care program enhanced its quality and measurement standards to recognize higher-quality facilities that have taken action to respond effectively to obstetric emergencies, reduce racial disparities and improve maternal health outcomes.
Based on data from the current designation cycle, facilities designated under the Blue Distinction Centers for Maternity Care program demonstrate higher-quality care compared to non-Blue Distinction Center facilities, with overall average rates of 26 percent lower episiotomies, 60 percent fewer elective deliveries and 17 percent lower cesarean births — all of which point to healthier outcomes for patients. BDC+ designated facilities also exhibited an average savings of 21 percent for maternity care.
1884
Cornerstone laid.
1892
Nursing school founded.
1914
Cedar Rapids' first caesarean delivery.
1924
• Medical staff organized
• St. Luke's recognized as a "standardized" hospital by the American College of Surgeons
1925
Cornerstone laid for west wing
1944
School of X-ray Technology started
1948
Women's Auxiliary organized
1951
St. Luke's main hospital expansion completed
1960
• Intensive Care Unit opened
• East wing completed
1966
St. Luke's Cardiac Care Unit began operation
1972
• St Luke's established Iowa's only emergency medicine residency program with University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics
• Family Practice Residency program initiated
• First total joint replacement performed at a Cedar Rapids hospital
1977
Newborn Intensive Care Unit opened
1978
First open-heart surgery performed at a Cedar Rapids hospital
1981
Lifeguard air ambulance program arrived
1983
• SurgiCare for outpatient surgery opened
• Birth Care Center established
• First cardiac rehabilitation facility in eastern Iowa opened
1994
St. Luke's joined UnityPoint Health
1995
First Cedar Rapids hospital to put in cardiac stents
1998
1998: Surgery Center Cedar Rapids opened
2000
Nassif Heart Center opened
2001
• Helen G. Nassif Center for Women's & Children's Health opened
• St. Luke's recognized as a Top 100 Stroke Hospital
2004
• St. Luke's named a Top 100 Hospital
• Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospital
2005
• St. Luke's performed first robot-assisted surgery in Cedar Rapids
• Top 100 Hospital (2nd consecutive year)
2006
• First hospital in Iowa to receive the CARF Inpatient Stroke Specialty Program accreditation
• Performed 10,000th open-heart surgery
• Established first hospitalist program in Cedar Rapids
2007
• First in Iowa to install SOMATOM Definition CT scanner
• New Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation unit opened
• Press Ganey Success Story Award Winner for patient satisfaction
• Truven Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospital (2nd time)
2008
• Helen G. Nassif Pavilion opened
• First pediatric hospitalist program in Cedar Rapids began at St. Luke's
• St. Luke's Children's Campus in Hiawatha opened
• Truven Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospital (3rd time)
2009
• New Emergency Department opened
• Marion Campus opened
• Awarded Magnet status from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), signifying successful implementation of the national Magnet standards for nursing excellence
• Top 100 Hospital (3rd time)
2010
• Designated a Blue Distinction Center for knee and hip replacement
• Chest Pain Center Accreditation from the Society of Chest Pain Centers
• Received Get With The Guidelines - Heart Failure Gold Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association and Get With the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Performance Achievement Award from the American Stroke Association
• Press Ganey Top Improver Award for patient satisfaction
• St. Luke's Cancer Care earns Commission on Cancer designation
• IRPE Gold Award - First hospital in state to achieve gold level
2011
• Helen G. Nassif Community Cancer Center opened
• U.S. News and World Report names St. Luke's a high-performing hospital
2012
• Top 100 Hospital (4th time)
• Truven Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospital (4th time)
2013
Named a Top 100 hospital for the fifth time
2014
Magnet recognition (2nd time)
2015
• Truven Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospital (5th time)
• Member of the American Joint Replacement Registry
• Top 100 Hospital (6th time)
2016
• Truven Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospital (6th time)
• First Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) performed in Cedar Rapids
2017
• Top 100 hospital (7th time)
• First Watchman device implanted in Cedar Rapids
2018
Magnet designation (3rd time)
2019
• American College of Cardiology Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI and Resuscitation Accreditation
• CMS 5-star rating
• Top 100 Hospital (8th time)
2020
Pediatric Cardiology earns Pediatric Echocardiography Accreditation by IAC
2021
• American College of Cardiology’s National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) Chest Pain - MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award
• Named to first US News & World Report “Best Hospitals for Maternity” list
• First MitraClip procedure performed in Cedar Rapids
• LifeGuard Air Ambulance receives accreditation from the Commission on the Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS)
• Joint Commission Gold Seal for Hip and Joint Replacement
• Shockwave procedure introduced to Cedar Rapids
• Awarded area’s only Transcatheter Valve Certification from the American College of Cardiology
• Tower Terrace Family and Pediatrics Clinic opens in Marion • Lindale Express walk-in clinic opens
2022
• $25 million Heart & Vascular Center expansion begins
• St. Luke’s surgeons offer Mako SmartRobotics™ for joint replacement surgery
• First to offer robotic-assisted lung biopsy option using the Ion Endoluminal Robotic Bronchoscopy System
• American College of Cardiology NCDR Chest Pain – MI Platinum Performance Achievement Award (only hospital in Cedar Rapids)
• American Heart and Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines® Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll Award
2023
• Magnet designation (4th time)
• Top 100 Hospital (9th time)
• American College of Cardiology NCDR Chest Pain – MI Platinum Performance Achievement Award (only hospital in Cedar Rapids)
• Advanced Hip and Knee Replacement Certification from DNV
• Awarded Iowa's only Transcatheter Valve (TAVR) Certification from the American College of Cardiology (2nd time)
• Marion ER project begins
• Named to Becker’s Hospital Review “Great Hospital’s in America,” “100 Hospitals with Great Heart Programs” and “Top Rehab Hospital in Iowa” lists
• American Heart and Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines® Gold Plus Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll
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