Allina News

[KSTP-TV, April 28, 2010] Four weeks to the day after Minneapolis Heart Institute cardiac surgeons at Allina’s Abbott Northwestern Hospital transplanted a new heart for her, Keilee Miller was on KSTP urging people to register to be organ donors. KSTP anchor Megan Newquist interviewed Miller and surgeon Nader Moazami, a member of Miller’s transplant team, [...]

[St. Paul Pioneer Press, April 30, 2010] “The great thing (with social media) is that we have a measurable way to gauge public opinion, support and feedback on negotiations,” said John Nemo, an MNA spokesman. “And we can also share that input with our members instantaneously.” Representing the majority of metro hospitals, the Allina, Children’s, [...]

[Newswise, April 26. 2010] Who: The Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Mayo Clinic, and University of Minnesota are convening The Women and Heart Disease Summit in Minneapolis. Minnesota First Lady Mary Pawlenty is the honorary chair person; and co-chair people are Elizabeth Zane Grey, M.D., Sharonne Hayes, M.D., and [...]

[Star Tribune, April 21, 2010] Medical assistants aid in and perform procedures in a clinic, under the supervision of a physician. Employers may require them to be certified in this field, which can help workers discern other health care careers they might want to pursue. Clinicals often lead to jobs, according to Karen Tennis, RN, [...]

[Finance and Commerce, April 23, 2010] Abbott Northwestern Center for Outpatient Care has hired St. Louis Park-based RJM Construction to take on a $1.5 million expansion and remodeling project for the medical facility. The construction project will include 16 new exam rooms as part of the Edina center’s 4,700-square-foot expansion and a 1,400-square-foot remodeling of [...]

[Medical News Today, April 24, 2010] A 3-year, retrospective study determined that 28.8% of patients with significant coronary artery disease (CAD) who did not undergo complete revascularization had a higher mortality rate than patients completely revascularized. The research team led by Timothy Henry, MD, reviewed angiographs and clinical data from 493 patients treated at the [...]

[Mankato Free Press, April 23, 2010] Your chance of dying from a heart attack, pneumonia or heart failure can be significantly different at hospitals just miles from each other. That’s the findings of the latest report from a federal agency that tracks what happens to the nation’s 44 million Medicare patients. Lori Wightman, president of [...]

[New Ulm Journal, April 24, 2010] Community garden plots are a great idea, and we are glad to see that idea taking root in New Ulm. Lonnie Luepke, with the help of his friend Bob Grussendorf, was plowing up plots on land owned by New Ulm Medical Center, near Oak Hills Living Center this week. [...]

[Allina Newsroom, April 23, 2010] Working as a character designer and concept artist, Chris Ayers, 35, has been involved in projects such as Men In Black II, Fantastic Four, and The Santa Clause 2. In addition, he has published two books, “The Daily Zoo: Keeping the Doctor at Bay with a Drawing a Day.” Ayers [...]

[The New Ulm Journal, April 22, 2010] A retired school teacher is creating a community garden on New Ulm Medical Center property. Administrator Lori Wightman said she was pleasantly surprised to get a letter in the mail recently from Lonnie Luepke, asking if the land could be used for a community garden. “The hospital board [...]

[Star Tribune, April 20, 2010] Two Minneapolis doctors who were the first to speak out about a potentially deadly defect in a popular model of heart defibrillator made by the Guidant division of Boston Scientific Corp. have asked a federal judge to reject a $296 million plea agreement that would settle the case. In an [...]

[Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, April 21, 2010] Four Minnesota hospitals, including Allina’s Buffalo Hospital, are among the best health-care facilities in the United States, according to a Thomson Reuters report. The “100 Top Hospitals: National Benchmarks” is an annual study released by Thomson Reuters which rates leading hospitals based on Thomson Reuters’ 100 Top Hospitals [...]