Allina News

[New Ulm Journal, Feb. 18, 2010] Brown county received a mix of good and bad news Wednesday when a health rankings study was released by the University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Each county was ranked within its state on how healthy people are and how long they live. [...]

[Minnesota Public Radio-Midday, Jan. 18, 2010] On Minnesota Public Radio’s Midday program, U.S. Senator Al Franken fielded questions on a wide range topics including several on health care. During the program he cited Allina’s Heart of New Ulm program as an example of preventive health care that will improve health and save money. Listen to [...]

[KNUJ-AM, Jan. 9, 2010] The New Ulm Medical Center hosted Congressman Tim Walz at the medical campus on Friday, January 8, to thank him for his work on behalf of the Heart of New Ulm project. Congressman Tim Walz helped secure a recent $250,000 congressional appropriation toward the Heart of New Ulm project. Hear the [...]

[Fox 12 News, Mankato, Jan. 8, 2010] The Heart of New Ulm, along with Congressman Tim Walz, celebrated a $250,000 federal appropriation that will be used to support local lifestyle programs. News 12′s Sara Miles tells us how the year-old program has already changed people’s lives. See the story at keyc.tv.

[The Journal, Jan. 9, 2010] The Heart of New Ulm project is planning on stepping up its efforts this year to bring New Ulm to a new level of health. Friday, the Heart of New Ulm, a ten-year initiative of Allina, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation and New Ulm Medical Center to eliminate heart attack deaths [...]

[New Ulm Journal, Jan. 2, 2010] The Heart of New Ulm, a project of Allina Hospitals & Clinics and New Ulm Medical Center to stamp out heart attack deaths in New Ulm over the next 10 years, and the $3.5 million surgical center expansion and remodeling at New Ulm Medical Center were voted two of [...]

[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 [...]

[Mankato Free Press, Dec. 14, 2009] The Mankato area will receive a bit less than $2 million in direct appropriations from a massive federal funding bill if President Obama signs it into law. Included in the bill is $250,000 for the Heart of New Ulm project, an experiment in identifying residents who are at risk [...]

[New Ulm Journal & KEYC-TV, Dec. 13, 2009] More than 600 runners and walkers competed in The Heart of New Ulm’s Jingle Bell Jam Saturday. The four-mile run/walk began and ended at Allina’s New Ulm Medical Center. Read the full story at www.nujournal.com and see pictures of the participants at cu.nujournal.com. You can also watch [...]

[New Ulm Journal, Nov. 14, 2009] As evidenced by the Heart of New Ulm Project Summit report provided to the public last weekend, the project definitely is off to a fast start, allowing those involved in the project to get more specific in 2010, the second year of a 10-year initiative to greatly reduce the [...]

[New Ulm Journal, Nov. 8, 2009] NBC’s “Biggest Loser” health and motivational expert, Bob Harper came close to packing the former Middle School’s auditorium Saturday night. Of course, that was what organizers of the Heart of New Ulm program were hoping to do by bringing Harper in as the “clean-up” hitter for the first annual [...]

[KARE-TV, Nov. 7, 2009] There’s a revolutionary new health project taking place right here in Minnesota that’s changing the pulse of an entire community. Today The Heart of New Ulm celebrates a first anniversary tonight and 40-year-old Cindy Wall will be there. Wall says, “My dad had quadruple bypass surgery and so I thought we’ll, [...]

[Pioneer Press, Nov. 7, 2009] A 10-year experiment to determine whether one community can cut or even eliminate heart attacks has shown early progress, according to Allina Hospitals & Clinics. After one year, Allina’s Heart of New Ulm project has identified thousands of people with heart problems or metabolic conditions that put them at risk [...]

[New Ulm Journal, Nov. 5, 2009] Bob Harper, known as one of the trainers on the NBC show “The Biggest Loser,” is coming to New Ulm on Saturday to participate in the Heart of New Ulm’s Second Annual Heart Summit. The summit runs form 7-9 p.m. Saturday at the District 88 Administrative Center Auditorium, 15 [...]

[KEYC-TV, Nov. 4, 2009] Minnesota Senator Al Franken praised the Heart of New Ulm project while speaking to lawmakers on the Senate Floor about health care costs. New Ulm has teamed up with Allina Hospitals and Clinics and has made a commitment to reduce heart attacks over the next ten years. Senator Franken says initiatives [...]

[New Ulm Journal, Nov. 4, 2009] Minnesota U.S. Senator Al Franken delivered his second speech on the Senate floor Tuesday on the issue of Health Care, and New Ulm figured prominently in his remarks. As the Senate prepares to bring a health care reform bill to the floor, Franken invoked Minnesota’s leadership on the issue, [...]

[The New Ulm Journal, Oct. 27, 2009]  Bob Harper, health and motivational expert on NBC’s the Biggest Loser is the keynote speaker for the Second Annual Heart of New Ulm Summit on Saturday, Nov. 7 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the District Administrative Center Auditorium, 15 N. State St. The summit’s theme will be “Diagnosing [...]

[Allina News, Aug. 19, 2009] U.S. Sen. Al Franken made a brief stop at a Heart of New Ulm (HONU) project screening Wednesday, Aug. 19. Franken expressed an interest in learning more about the project from a preventive health care and best practice aspect, in light of the debate taking place nationwide about health care [...]

[New Ulm Journal] The Heart of New Ulm project is in full swing with more than 1,100 community residents having been screened already in the first month of screenings. The project aims to reduce and eventually eliminate heart attacks in New Ulm, Minnesota. Read the full story on nujournal.com…

[KARE11, Oct. 31, 2008] New Ulm was recently chosen to take part in a first-of-its-kind health project that could have worldwide implications. It’s called the “Heart of New Ulm,” and its goal is to reduce the number of heart attacks from 85 in 2007 to zero by 2018. Allina and the Minneapolis Heart Institute are [...]