Allina News

[Coon Rapids Herald, March 31, 2011] Ken Boelter, a 15-year veteran firefighter, is in the fight of his life after a stroke paralyzed the left side of his body last October. Boelter, captain of Coon Rapids Fire Department’s Station 1, was out fighting a house fire early last October. Boelter suddenly felt his left leg [...]

[Minnesota Public Radio, March 31, 2011]  The Obama administration has filled in some of the blanks in a key part of the health care overhaul. The administration proposed rules Thursday to define Accountable Care Organizations, which are meant to save hundreds of millions of dollars in the Medicare program while improving quality for patients. ACOs [...]

[Coon Rapids Herald, March 31, 2011] Fighting fires means saving lives, protecting property, halting damage. For Ken Boelter, fighting fires served as prelude to one of the toughest fights of his life. The 15-year veteran firefighter is currently in the fight of his life after a stroke paralyzed the left side of his body last [...]

[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. U.S. News also ranked [...]

[Advance for Nurses, March 30, 2011] With 36 primary care locations certified by the Minnesota Department of Health as health care homes, Allina Medical Clinic is the largest clinic system in the state to receive the designation. Health care homes, also known as “medical homes,” offer a team approach to primary care, making it easier [...]

[Star Tribune, March 30, 2011] Mended Hearts volunteers know how precious life and a few well-meaning words of encouragement can be. For 20 years, these former heart patients have been visiting new heart patients and their families at Allina’ Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, offering living examples of what’s possible after surgery. Read the full [...]

[Bring Me the News, March 29, 2011]Allina Hospitals & Clinics had three top-ranked hospitals in the first-ever edition of the Best Hospitals metro area rankings of U.S. News & World Report, available online at www.usnews.com/hospitals Of the 12 hospitals listed, the Allina hospitals that received top rankings were: Abbott Northwestern, Minneapolis (#2); United, St. Paul [...]

[Star Tribune, March 25, 2011]  At Owatonna Hospital, some of the faces in the emergency room were becoming a little too familiar. The same patients kept coming back over and over again, often with vague complaints about pain or migraines. One patient returned, on average, once a week for a year. That’s when social worker [...]

[KSTP-TV, March 23, 2011] KSTP’s Bill Lunn talked with Dr. Aimee Klapach, an orthopaedic surgeon with Allina’s Sports and Orthopaedic Specialists, about why young women are more prone to sports-related injuries. They also talked about what parents can do to prevent injuries with their children. Watch the interview below.

[Anoka County Union, March 18, 2011] With no known cure for Parkinson’s disease, finding the right combination of treatments and therapy can have a huge impact on a patient’s quality of life. A new therapy for the neurological disease being offered in the north metro is seeing great results, with many Parkinson’s patients experiencing improved mobility [...]

[WCCO-TV, March 15, 2011] Four identical twins from Buffalo, Minnesota are now starring in a documentary-style reality show about their life.  They are one of 63 sets of identical quadruplets in the world. Clearly rare. But what are the odds of having a multiple birth? “Naturally quadruplet births occur only in 1 per 500,000 births, [...]

[Fox 9 News, March 15, 2011] With nuclear meltdown concerns in Japan, many are wondering what radiation exposure feels like and how it’s treated. FOX 9 News spoke with Dr. Richard Geise, a radiation physicist with Abbott Northwestern, to get the answer. Watch the video for more information.