Archive for 'Clinical quality'
Allina’s Abbott Northwestern on Top Hospitals’ list
[Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal, July 16, 2010] Five Minnesota facilities received rankings in U.S. News & World Report’s 2010-11 Best Hospitals rankings. Mayo Clinic in Rochester was the only Minnesota health provider to make it onto the 14-hospital “honor roll”; Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis ranked No. 38 in neurology and neurosurgery, No. 39 [...]
Posted: July 16th, 2010, 4:33 pm under Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Clinical quality, Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.
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Allina’s Buffalo Hospital ranked among nation’s best
[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 [...]
Posted: April 21st, 2010, 9:48 am under Buffalo Hospital, Clinical quality, Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, newspapers, _.
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Choice of hospital can put odds against you
[Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 21, 2010] Since 2007, the federal agency that runs Medicare has compiled data to grade hospitals. Using its vast database (Medicare covers more than 44 million people) and controlling for the fact that some hospitals see more severe cases than others, it has tracked patients with three common conditions: heart attacks, [...]
Posted: April 21st, 2010, 9:39 am under Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Allina System, Clinical quality, Mercy Hospital, newspapers, St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Star Tribune, Unity Hospital, _.
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