Initially
formed in 1995, Iowa Health System is the state's first
and largest integrated health-care system, serving one of almost every three
patients in Iowa. Iowa Health System includes affiliate hospitals in seven large
Iowa communities and Rock Island, Ill., a system of hospitals in 14 rural
communities, and group practices of physicians and clinics in 71communities in
Iowa, Illinois and Nebraska. Iowa Health System is one of the largest employers
in the state with more than 19,000 employees and annual
revenues of almost $2 billion.