Allina News

[Star Tribune, Jan. 30, 2012] As physicians, nurses and technicians looked on, Dr. Benjamin Crandall and Dr. Josser Delgado gingerly inserted a catheter into an artery in the leg of a 55-year-old woman. To guide them, the neuroradiologists watched their progress on several screens showing multiple images of the blood vessels in her brain. It [...]

[WCCO-AM, Jan. 24, 2012] Tuesday is Jack Jablonski’s first full day at his new rehabilitation center. The 16-year-old Benilde-St. Margaret’s sophomore left the Hennepin County Medical Center Monday to begin rehab at Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. Doctors couldn’t give us any specific details on what challenges Jablonski would be facing directly, [...]

[Star Tribune, Jan. 13, 2012] Allina Hospitals & Clinics said it is adding an emergency department to its WestHealth facility in Plymouth — a project expected to cost between $5 million and $8 million. The new department will be staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with emergency room doctors affiliated with Abbott [...]

[Star Tribune, Jan. 3, 2012] Twins Beckett and Freya Humenny will grow up together, but they will never share a birthday — or even a birth year. Beckett was born at 6:40 p.m. on New Year’s Eve 2011. His sister, Freya, was born six hours later, at 12:26 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2012. Allina Medical [...]

[Star Tribune, December 25, 2011] Imagine a robot that can check on recovering stroke patients, remind them to do exercises — even update therapists about their progress. Meet SKOTEE. The robot is one of the latest inventions being developed at the Sister Kenny Research Center in Minneapolis, a division of the Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute. [...]

[Star Tribune, Nov. 30, 2011] Anoka High students are getting an update on their health thanks to a collaborative program sponsored by the district and Allina. Participants — mostly sophomores — were greeted in health classes Tuesday by Allina Hospitals & Clinics staff, who ushered them through a series of stations, where they were weighed, [...]

[Star Tribune, November 12, 2011] Free Bikes 4 Kidz, a nonprofit started by cycling enthusiasts who struck a partnership with Allina Hospitals & Clinics and others, is headed toward a record 5,000 bikes that will be donated, restored and provided to needy families this holiday season — up from 1,500 last year. “Many of our [...]

[Star Tribune, Nov. 10, 2011] The number of new mothers who recieve maternity benefits has climbed to a majority for the first time according to the U.S. Census bureau.  Reporter Jeremy Olson talked to one new mother at Mercy Hospital to see if she is included in that statistic.  Read the article.

[Star Tribune, Nov. 3, 2011] An unusual partnership in the northwestern suburbs of the Twin Cities is claiming early progress toward the Holy Grail of health care reform: better treatments, lower costs and more satisfied patients. In its first year, the joint effort between rival health systems Allina Hospitals & Clinics and HealthPartners was able [...]

[Star Tribune, Oct. 30, 2011] Three years ago, fewer than 10 percent of the nation’s doctors used electronic prescriptions. Today, about 52 percent have tossed aside their prescription pads and are reaching for the computer keyboard instead. Nearly all of these e-prescriptions are transmitted from doctor to pharmacy across a secure network that is fueled [...]

[Star Tribune, Sept. 20, 2011] A drill at Abbott Northwestern and Mercy Hospitals provided a test of how well hospitals are prepared to respond to natural disasters and other emergencies.  Read the article.

[Star Tribune, Sept. 13, 2011] The Muslim Experience in Minnesota project aims to capture and convey the Muslim experience in Minnesota.  This entry features Amin Rahmatullah, MD. a Pakistani-American cardiologist who has worked at Mercy Hospital and Unity Hospital for ten years.  Read the interview.