UnityPoint Health Reviews

They micromanaged, had no idea what they were doing, and caused high turn over rates. They would often turn other employees against each other promising false raises and promotions. The rules were made up as they felt benefited them. They were total yes people to there superiors with out asking there actual I.T. staff if certain "things" were possible, making the I.T. groups look inept and poor at there jobs. I could go on for hours of how badly and over worked the I.T. staff was treated in Des Moines, Iowa aswell as low pay for the large volume of tickets and travel to various clinics ran there people ragged.

Constant direct management turn overs. Huge corporation getting bigger by the minute. No longer feels like a small, family environment as everything must be system-wide whether or not appropriate for your particular hospital/community. Too much time spent having us enforce "the brand." Constantly changing things--what someone at a desk in marketing comes up with--and obviously have no bedside experience and no actual idea what we do. Like most hospitals they run it like a bank and not a place to actually care for people. Frequently short staffed (but that's healthcare for you), however short staffed to the point of often doesn't feel safe and many nurses feel license is at risk. Can't live the mission statement (see above) when don't have time to actually be with and care for patients because so busy and short staffed. No time for the basics such as giving a bath or a back rub and barely enough time to actually do a nursing assessment much less any kind of ADPIE. Very focused on getting patients out the door whether or not they are ready--the PCI doctors want their stats to look good, then blame when re-admissions happen. Biggest complaint is the corporate feel that lacks empathy for the patients and the staff. Upper management gets richer and everyone else has to suck it up. While there are benefits to being corporate, making things so uniform that you lose touch with your community and employees is not a pro. Finally, for being a healthcare system our health insurance is atrocious. That's what happens when one of the cost saving techniques is to get into the insurance business and self insure.