Community Services
Community Services, a community outreach division of OSCEP, offers a number of ongoing programs and non-clinical services to Iowa communities and health care providers. For more than 25 years, University of Iowa relationships with community physicians and health care organizations have been enabled by the Community Services Division. This long-time effort has resulted in a high level of credibility and trust for OSCEP and for the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. Specific programs offered by the Community Services Division follow.
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The Rural Physician Support Program provides practice coverage, physician recruitment, placement, retention, and practice management consultation services to rural Iowa Communities under 30,000; specific services include temporary practice coverage by way of primary care resident preceptorships, physician recruitment and retention, practice feasibility studies, and practice management consultations.
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The Iowa Practice Opportunities Program assists residents and relocating physicians who are searching for practice opportunities and collaborates with Iowa communities who are seeking physicians and non-physician providers. Key in the program is the Iowa Practice Opportunities Directory, which the Community Services Division publishes annually from a comprehensive survey of all Iowa primary care employers.
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The Community Relations Program serves all physicians and communities across Iowa with specific technical services including practice management consultations, substantive reviews of health care provider contracts, assistance in the formation of new medical practices, and conflict mediations;
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Health Care Market Research Services are offered to community hospitals and medical groups provide area wide surveys and community studies in regions throughout Iowa. These surveys assist in assessing the feasibility of proposed services, ascertain local opinions of area health services, determine health care medical and hospital services used by area residents or provide data and direction of for marketing plans.
For further information on the programs of the Community Services Division of OSCEP, contact Community Services Division Staff at 319-335-8618.
Lynette A. Lancial
Division Director
