[New Ulm Journal, February 16, 2018]
New Ulm Medical Center is expanding telehealth virtual visits for patients and providers. The new program connects patients with their doctor online.
February 16, 2018
[Twelve News, April 19, 2016]
Minneapolis resident Kaylee Arostegui is an active woman who works out five to six times a week. Next week, she'll have surgery on her foot.
April 19, 2016
[WCCO-AM, April 18, 2016]
The FDA approved a tiny pacemaker this week. It's so small, it fits inside the heart and doesn't require connecting wires.
April 18, 2016
[Star Tribune, February 06, 2016]
Device giants are also looking to dominate the market for fast-growing diseases like heart failure with a broad array of treatments. But such strategies have not stopped the overall slide.
February 06, 2016
[HealthLeaders Magazine, January 01, 0001]
When , the $3.7 billion health system headquartered in Minneapolis, signed a $100 million deal with Health Catalyst at the start of this year, the terms of the deal were unusual, to say the least. As part of the agreement, Health Catalyst—a Salt Lake City–based health IT vendor founded by former Intermountain Healthcare leaders that provides data warehousing, analytics, and outcomes improvement—took dozens of Allina employees onto its payroll, and Allina received a tantalizing potential upside.
January 01, 2016
[KSTP TV, June 29, 2015]
Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States suffers a stroke. Someone will die of a stroke every four minutes, making it one of the top five leading causes of death in the country.
June 29, 2015
[Twelve TV, May 26, 2015]
Visit any place that sells electronic gadgets or your phone's app store, and you're bound to find fitness trackers. They are aimed to help people reach their fitness goals.
May 26, 2015
[Star Tribune, February 16, 2014]
A Minneapolis vascular surgeon is one of the few doctors across the country to treat aortic aneurysms in the area between the navel and kidneys without surgery, providing a less invasive way to fix what can often be a silent killer. “What this has done is open the door to people who were denied surgery in the past, so they can have much better results,” said Dr. Jesse Manunga of Abbott Northwestern Hospital .
February 16, 2014
[Star Tribune, January 22, 2014]
The 23-year-old’s mind “went into a fog,” or so she’s been told, just before she went into sudden cardiac arrest. She survived to tell the story, thanks in large part to the quick thinking of passersby.
January 22, 2014
[Minnesota Public Radio, January 12, 2014]
New mini pacemakers from Medtronic and St. Jude Medical are expected to be more reliable and make the implant surgery less invasive. The smaller devices address the weak links of pacing technology, said Dr. William Katsiyiannis , a cardiologist at Abbott Northwestern Hospital , part of Allina Health .
January 13, 2014