[KARE-TV, March 28, 2015]
Each year 1.6 million women have breast biopsies. For one in ten, the results are unclear - leading many of the women to have unnecessary breast cancer surgery or treatments.
March 30, 2015
[Pioneer Press, July 14, 2014]
A program to lower health costs through new payment contracts with doctors and hospitals generated about $10.5 million in savings during its first year, according to state officials. The new contracts let health care providers share in the savings when quality care is provided more efficiently.
July 17, 2014
[KARE-TV, March 18, 2014]
It's a question we all must answer--how can I live well as I get older? When it comes to late-in-life health decisions, sometimes the answer isn't what we'd like.
March 18, 2014
[KMSP Fox 9, February 21, 2013]
When it comes to health, many people feel like more is always better. If you can test for it, do it -- but a new report says too often doctors overuse tests that may sometimes do more harm than good.
February 21, 2013
[Star Tribune, December 09, 2012]
Minnesota's hospitals and clinics are on a hiring spree, and they're not just looking for the usual MDs and RNs.
Penny Wheeler, chief clinical officer for Allina Health , said this approach to health care, forming a team around a patient and giving them someone to make sure nothing is lost in the shuffle, means a few positions are in high demand. Primary care doctors, for one.
December 09, 2012
[Healthcare Informatics, August 20, 2012]
The Healthcare Informatics Innovator Awards Program reaped a cornucopia of outstanding submissions in 2012. One of the semi-finalist teams this year was the Patient Census Dashboard Team at the Minneapolis-based Allina Health.
August 27, 2012
[New York Times, August 21, 2012]
A cardiologist who studies the safety of heart devices said surgeons should stop using a component sold by St. Jude Medical until more is known about the long-term safety of the device. The cardiologist, Dr. Robert Hauser of Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, made his comments as a study he conducted was published online.
August 21, 2012
[North Metro TV, July 27, 2012]
Minnesota has long been known as an innovator and leader in healthcare. Recently, two local Anoka County hospitals received high praise for the care they provide to the community.
July 30, 2012
[HealthLeaders, January 01, 0001]
About three years ago two rival Minnesota health systems—HealthPartners and Allina Health—began exploring how they could combine their resources to accomplish together what they couldn't do alone. The two formed Northwest Metro Alliance to focus on achieving the triple-aim of healthcare—better care, better health, and lower cost—for 27,000 high-risk HealthPartners commercial members who live in the northwestern suburbs of Minneapolis and receive their medical care at Mercy Hospital, part of Allina Health, or at the nine local medical clinics operated by either HealthPartners or Allina.
May 18, 2012
[Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, July 16, 2010]
Five Minnesota facilities received rankings in U.S. News & World Report’s 2010-11 Best Hospitals rankings. Mayo Clinic in Rochester was the only Minnesota health provider to make it onto the 14-hospital “honor roll”; Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis ranked No. 38 in neurology and neurosurgery, No. 39 in heart and heart surgery and No. 44 in orthopedics; University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview received rankings in six areas: kidney disorder (18), pulmonology (23), gastroenterology (29), cancer (37), ear, nose and throat (44), and orthopedics (46); Hennepin County Medical Center ranked No. 34 in diabetes care and No. 47 in treatment of kidney disorders; St. Cloud Hospital was No. 49 in urology.
July 16, 2010