Allina News

[Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, April 6, 2010] Four Minnesota hospitals, including  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 Balanced [...]

[Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, March 5, 2010] Hospital food has a well-deserved bad reputation. It’s often mass produced and delivered according to caregivers’ schedules instead of the patients’ desires. United Hospital, part of Minneapolis-based Allina Hospitals & Clinics, wanted to do better, so it switched its food vendor to one that would operate on a [...]

[Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, Jan. 6, 2010] Allina Hospitals & Clinics is searching for a replacement for Rickie Ressler, the president of Unity Hospital in Fridley. Ressler is retiring early next year. She’s spent more than 40 years as a caregiver and administrator for Allina, which is Unity’s hospital system. Read the full story at [...]

[Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, Dec. 15, 2009] Crews will break ground Wednesday on the $14 million Fridley Medical Center on the campus of Allina Hospitals & Clinics’ Unity Hospital. The two-story, 60,000-square-foot medical office building will provide expanded facilities for Multicare Associates’ primary care and specialty clinic, presently housed in a 43-year-old building adjacent to [...]

[Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, Dec. 14, 2009] Allina Hospitals & Clinics is searching for a replacement for Rickie Ressler, the president of Unity Hospital in Fridley. Ressler is retiring early next year. She’s spent more than 40 years as a caregiver and administrator for Allina, which is Unity’s hospital system. Read the full story at [...]

[Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, Nov. 30, 2009] Allina was among health care providers to whom UCare paid out nearly $2.5 million in its 2008 “pay for performance” campaign, the health plan announced Monday. The payments were up 58 percent from 2007, according to Minneapolis-based UCare, meaning that participating clinics have improved their performance in the [...]

[Minneapolis St. Paul City Business, Oct. 9, 2009]  Allina Hospitals & Clinics plans to attract more patients, and save money, by expanding its best programs across the system. Allina will soon expand its respected Virginia Piper Cancer Institute from its sole location at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis to Unity Hospital in Fridley. Allina will construct [...]

[Star Tribune, Sept. 7, 2009] Dr.William Katsiyiannis of the Minneapolis Heart Institute was featured today in a story about atrial fibrillation. “AFib” is a common heart condition that is experiencing more understanding and better treatment options. See it here in the Star Tribune

[Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, Aug. 21, 2009] An Iowa hospital system administrator is coming to Minnesota to become CFO of one of the largest hospitals and clinics systems around the Twin Cities. Allina Hospitals & Clinics on Friday named Duncan Gallagher as its new executive vice president and chief financial officer. Read the whole article [...]

[Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, July 27, 2009] The Virginia Piper Cancer Institute’s Vision Campaign has raised $37.4 million from more than 12,000 donors since it was launched in 2005. The funding has helped pay for opening a central cancer clinic site at Allina’s Abbott Northwestern Hospital. It’s also funded more nurse coordinators, better equipment, increased [...]