Allina News

[Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, Nov. 30, 2009] Allina was among health care providers to whom UCare paid out nearly $2.5 million in its 2008 “pay for performance” campaign, the health plan announced Monday.
The payments were up 58 percent from 2007, according to Minneapolis-based UCare, meaning that participating clinics have improved their performance in the quality-of-health [...]

[Star Tribuune, Nov. 30, 2009] The Global Market is part of the huge reclamation project at the once-dilapidated, crime-pocked Chicago-Lake intersection. The market, along with Midtown Global Exchange neighbors Allina Hospitals & Clinics, a Sheraton hotel and adjacent new housing, generates about $2 million annually in property taxes and attracts thousands of visits weekly. Read [...]

[WCCO, KARE11, Pioneer Press, Dec. 1, 2009] A woman who suffered a brain aneurysm in her home got a chance to thank the strangers who saved her life including paramedics from Allina’s ALF Ambulance Service.
In Apple Valley Tuesday, Sandie Birdsall got a chance to hug the first responders who came to her aid exactly one [...]

[KARE-TV, Dec. 1, 2009] 37-year-old Michael Jennings of Minneapolis has been living with HIV for 15 years.  Recently he decided not to take his medications and suffered the consequences.  Jennings says, “I thought when I went into a nursing home, I thought I’d never make it back out.”
He did.  He’s back on his meds and [...]

[KMSP-TV, Dec. 1, 2009] For many this time of year can be festive and heart warming, but for some it can be downright lonely. According to a new study, loneliness spreads across time through behavior. It is like a person infecting you with their negative attitude or energy.
Allina Psychologist Alan Steed says the loneliness study [...]