[Twin Cities Business, April 19, 2011]
Allina Hospitals & Clinics has started work on a project that has been on its radar for about 10 years—a consolidated central medical laboratory. Construction began in March on the new $29 million lab for Allina Medical Laboratories , which will house 400 employees who are currently spread out among 12 labs located in five different buildings on the Abbott Northwestern Hospital campus.
April 19, 2011
[Scientific American, April 03, 2011]
The town of New Ulm, Minn., some 90 miles outside of Minneapolis, is small. With a population of about 15,000, the self-proclaimed polka capital of the U.S. might not seem like the most obvious locale to roll out an aggressive, unconventional attack on heart disease.
April 04, 2011
[Twin Cities Business, March 31, 2011]
The annual Thomson Reuters study of the “100 Top Hospitals” honored two Minnesota medical centers including Allina's Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, recognized in the medium community hospitals category. Reuters evaluated 2,914 hospitals across the country on measures of overall organization performance including patient care.
March 31, 2011
[Modern Healthcare, December 14, 2010]
Allina Hospitals & Clinics is among a group of large hospital systems that has sent a letter to the Medical Device Manufacturers Association (PDF) disputing the findings of a recent study put out by the organization. The study, released this past October, concluded that group purchasing organizations' contracting practices drive up the cost of medical products and, ultimately, the costs of care to consumers and payers.
December 16, 2010
[Oncology Nurse Advisor, September 01, 2010]
Advance care planning (ACP) discussions are not sufficiently incorporated into the care of oncology patients. Studies have consistently found that patients with late-stage cancer have a low rate of completing advance directives (ADs).
September 08, 2010
[Twin Cities Business Magazine, May 26, 2010]
Ken Paulus, CEO of Minneapolis-based Allina Hospitals and Clinics, has voluntarily chosen to work without compensation until the hospital settles current negotiations with its nurses. In an e-mail sent to all Allina employees on Thursday, Paulus said that he had "plenty of worries" about the hospital's negotiations with local nurses and the nurses' recent vote to authorize a strike.
May 27, 2010
[Minnesota Monthly, January 01, 0001]
Integrative medicine is starting to transform the Western world. And here in Minnesota, it’s blooming like crazy.
April 15, 2010
[Massage Magazine, March 25, 2010]
A new study shows complementary therapies—including massage therapy—relieve pain as much as 50 percent among a wide range of hospitalized patients. The study shows that an inpatient integrative medicine program—one that includes complementary and alternative medicine alongside traditional Western medical approaches—can significantly address pain.
March 26, 2010
[Chicago Business, September 28, 2009]
During a medical consultation with an 81-year-old lung cancer patient last spring, Deon Cox-Hayley came face-to-face with Chicago's medical-spending problem.
September 27, 2009
[WomenInc. Magazine, January 01, 0001]
At seven years old, Lilly Stiernagle maintains a busy schedule of school, dance lessons, skiing, sports and traveling. Before she was born, a level 2 ultrasound at Abbott Northwestern Hospital showed she was missing the femur bone in both legs.
June 01, 2009