Allina News

[Allina Newsroom, Dec. 23, 2009] Allina Hospitals & Clinic’s Virginia Piper Cancer Institute (VPCI) Radiation Oncology Clinic at Abbott Northwestern Hospital has completed installation of the Trilogy Linear Accelerator with RapidArc™, a fast, precise form of radiation therapy treatment using advanced technology. This will be the second Trilogy Linear Accelerator at VPCI’s Abbott Northwestern Hospital [...]

[Northfield News, Dec. 22, 2009] Local health care providers are opening their H1N1 vaccine supplies to the general population following new recommendations from the state. Northfield’s Allina Medical Clinic will offer the vaccine to the public, Clinic Manager Barb Barlau said, as will the Northfield Hospital and Clinics, said spokesman Scott Richardson on Tuesday. Read [...]

[St. Paul Legal Ledger Capitol Report, Dec. 22,2009] Woodbury has chosen Allina Hospitals & Clinics to provide medical direction for its police, fire and emergency services divisions. The city chose Woodbury from among three area hospital organizations that submitted bids. “When staff compared the costs of each vendor for the services we deem necessary, Allina [...]

[KARE-TV & KSTP-TV, Dec. 18, 2009] The holiday message spread to folks in St. Paul on Friday, where United Hospital staffers brought the holiday spirit to patients who may have to spend it here. They took part in the annual Lab-Bi-Dazzle, a Christmas parade through United’s hallways. See the story at kare11.com or watch below.

[Allina Newsroom, Dec. 19, 2009] Ophthalmologists at Allina’s Phillips Eye Institute are using a new minimally invasive alternative to traditional glaucoma therapies called Trabectome®. Phillips Eye Institute, part of Allina Hospitals & Clinics, is the first Trabectome Center in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. Read the full story at the Allina Newsroom.

[Northfield News, Dec. 18, 2009] Local health officials said a recalled batch of H1N1 vaccinations for children was not distributed in Northfield. The 800,000 pediatric immunization doses recalled by manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur were found through testing to lose potency in storage, but were not distributed to the Northfield Hospital and Clinics or Allina Medical Clinic [...]

[Pierce County Herald, Dec. 17, 2009] The River Falls Area Hospital Foundation will launch a new fundraising campaign to purchase a LUCAS Chest Compression System, the latest in life-saving cardiac technology, for the hospital’s emergency department. Read the full story on piercecountyherald.com.

[KEYC-TV, Dec. 16, 2009] Center for Disease Control says, heart disease is the number one cause of death for Americans. But Minnesota sees totally different numbers. Allina’s Heart of New Ulm project is working to lower that number more. New Ulm Medical Center Family Practitioner Dr. Charles Stephens says, “what we are trying to do [...]

[Allina Newsroom, Dec. 17, 2009] The City of Woodbury has selected Allina Hospitals & Clinics to provide medical direction and training for the city’s police, fire and EMS divisions. Woodbury chose Allina from among three area hospital organizations that submitted responses to the city’s request for quotes.

[Allina Newsroom, Dec. 17, 2009] Allina clinics, including Aspen Medical Group, Quello Clinic and Allina Medical Clinic, are now making H1N1 flu vaccine available to all its patients provided that individual clinics have adequate supply of H1N1 vaccine on hand.

[Star Tribune, Dec. 16, 2009] Kathie Shemon, RNC, is a Care Navigator Nurse with Allina Home & Community Services. She talks about her job and how she helps patients find the help they need in the Allina system in an interview on the StarTribune.com Jobs: Healthcare web site. Read the whole Q & A on [...]

[KARE11, Dec. 16, 2009] The number of H1N1 cases in Minnesota may continue to drop, but experts still recommend people exercise caution over the holidays. “If you have respiratory symptoms — cough, sore throat, a temperature of over 101 – you ought to be distancing yourself from everyone, particularly people who are vulnerable,” said Dr. Frank [...]