Allina News

[Allina Newsroom, August 16, 2010] Allina Medical Clinic – Northfield now offers new ways to interact online with your doctor. Instead of taking time out of your busy schdule to go to the clinic, you can log onto MyChart for e-visits and medical messaging. Read the full story on allina.com.

[Allina Newsroom, Aug 9, 2010] Anneliese Barnes of Albertville, Minnesota, gave birth to the first baby on opening day at Buffalo Hospital’s new Birth Center. Baby boy Pierre Barnes was born August 2 at 4:32 p.m. Labor and delivery went smoothly for mom and baby who weighed eight pounds and four ounces, said Birth Center [...]

[Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, August 3, 2010] The George Family Foundation, the foundation launched by former Medtronic CEO Bill George and his wife, has donated $556,000 to the University of Minnesota to provide nurses with integrative-medicine training. The dollars will go to the university’s Center for Spirituality & Healing and the School of Nursing. The [...]

[Allina Newsroom, May 7, 2010] Allina’s Mercy, Unity and United Hospitals have set special events throughout May for the public to learn about stroke, stroke prevention and receive special low-cost stroke screenings. “Stroke is, essentially, a brain attack, cutting off vital blood flow and oxygen to the brain,” says Penny Wheeler, MD, Allina Hospitals & [...]

[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 [...]

[Allina News, April 16, 2010] A celebration featuring artists and 350 works of art will open the International Art Show by Artists with Disabilities Thursday, April 22, from 5 to 8 p.m. The event is public and free and will be held at Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, 800 East 28th Street in Minneapolis. The Art [...]

[Allina Newsroom, March 29, 2010] Allina’s Buffalo Hospital today was named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® by Thomson Reuters, a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of health care. In addition, Buffalo Hospital is one of 23 hospitals among the 100 winners to be recognized as an [...]

[Allina Newsroom, Feb. 25, 2010] N. Marcus Thygeson, M.D., has been named President of the Center for Health Care Innovation at Allina Hospitals & Clinics. Launched in June, 2008, the Center for Health Care Innovation at Allina supports the organization’s research activities by incubating new ideas and accelerating the adoption of evidence-based practices that support [...]

[Allina Newsroom, Feb. 10, 2010] Allina Hospitals & Clinics’ United Hospital has once again earned the Gold Seal of Approval™ for health care quality. The Joint Commission, a national hospital accreditation agency, awarded United Hospital the Certification of Distinction for its Inpatient Diabetes care Inpatient Diabetes, one of only two hospitals in Minnesota to win [...]

[Allina Newsroom, Feb. 9, 2010] First lady Michelle Obama today launched “Let’s Move,” aimed at conquering childhood obesity within a generation. Allina Medical Clinic-Ramsey pediatrician Dr. Eric Barth was interviewed this afternoon by KMSP Fox 9 for a report on childhood obesity set to air tonight during the 9 p.m. newscast. If you miss the [...]

[Allina Newsroom, Jan. 27, 2010] The City of Apple Valley is now officially a Heart Safe Community. The designation was marked at a celebration on January 20, 2010. The City of Apple Valley is only the second Minnesota community to receive this recognition. The award was presented by Allina Hospitals and Clinics to city officials. [...]

[Allina Newsroom, Jan. 27,2010] Six Allina Hospitals & Clinics hospitals have been designated as Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) Blue Distinction Centers. Blue Distinction recognizes medical facilities that have demonstrated expertise in delivering quality healthcare in the areas of bariatric surgery, cardiac care, complex and rare cancers, knee and hip replacement, spine surgery [...]

[Allina Newsroom, Jan. 1, 2010] Metro Twin Cities 2010 first baby honors go to Allina’s Unity Hospital and parents Danielle Miley and Scott Carpentier. Danielle gave birth to daughter MaKenzie (7 pounds, 20.5 inches) at 12:12 Friday morning. Unity Birth Center staff say this is the first time in its 42 year history that Unity Hospital has [...]

[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 [...]

[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.

[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.

[Allina Newsroom, Dec. 16, 2009] City and county officials joined Fridley medical community leaders for groundbreaking ceremonies today on Allina Hospitals & Clinics’ Unity Hospital campus. The event marked the start of construction on the $14 million Fridley Medical Center. The two-story, 60,000-square-foot medical office building will provide expanded facilities for Multicare Associates’ primary care [...]

[Allina Newsroom, Dec. 10, 2009] The River Falls Area Hospital Foundation is launching a fundraising campaign to purchase a LUCAS™ Chest Compression System—the latest in life-saving cardiac technology—for the hospital’s emergency department. LUCAS™ is a cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) machine that does chest compression better than a human. Part plunger, part suction cup, the LUCAS [...]

[Allina Newsroom, Dec. 10, 2009] Pilot Glenn Martig, of the Experimental Aircraft Association, delivered toys to Mercy Hospital’s Family Care Unit this week. This is the 19th year that Martig has brought holiday toys to the hospital from the EAA’s Tree of Hope program. Read the whole story in the Allina Newsroom.

[Allina Newsroom, Dec. 1, 2009] Rickie Ressler, Unity Hospital president, has announced that she will retire in early 2010. Ressler has been with Allina Hospitals & Clinics for more than 40 years as a caregiver and administrator. Prior to her role as Unity’s president, she led the combined leadership teams of both Mercy and Unity [...]

[Allina Newsroom, Nov. 18, 2009] Dr. Timothy Sielaff, president of Allina Hospitals & Clinics’ Virginia Piper Cancer Institute, released the following statement on the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommendation on routine screening mammography in women aged 40 to 49 years. The USPSTF is one of several different groups offering screening mammography recommendations. Other [...]

[Allina Newsroom, Nov. 9, 2009] Allina Hospitals & Clinics will award the City of New Brighton the Heart Safe Community designation at this evening’s city council meeting at 6:30 p.m. New Brighton is the first Minnesota city to earn this designation. It recognizes the city’s efforts to prepare its staff and citizens to recognize when [...]

[Allina Newsroom, Oct. 17, 2009] Allina Hospitals & Clinics has placed limits on visitation to its hospital birth centers and pediatrics units due the H1N1 virus. Effective immediately, these new limitations have been placed on visitation to Allina hospital birth centers and pediatrics units: •    Visiting hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. •    Visitors [...]

[Allina Newsroom, Oct. 16, 2009] Allina Hospitals & Clinics has created a Twitter account specifically to share H1N1 news and information with links to the sources. The account is @AllinaH1N1. Allina will post its own H1N1 information regarding care and immunization programs, as well as H1N1 information from the Minnesota Department of Health and the [...]