Allina News

[MedCityNews, July 1, 2011] In 2003, Todd Stitt was able to deal with his depression. The 37-year-old computer programmer from Minneapolis worked as a contractor. “I was clear with my employer that I had depression. When I worked, I got paid. When I didn’t work, I didn’t get paid,” Stitt said. But then everything fell [...]

[MedCity News, Dec. 3, 2010] If Allina Hospitals & Clinics ever found itself at the center of multiple state investigations, lawsuits and economic free fall, the hospital chain will know where to seek advice. Allina this week named Allianz North America CEO Gary Bhojwani to its board of directors, adding a crisis-tested executive to its [...]

[MedCity News, March 31, 2010] Medtronic Inc. has received Food and Drug Administration approval for the company’s second generation diabetes management system that allows patients to better monitor blood sugar levels and adjust insulin therapies. Some experts say a closed loop system might benefit only the most serious diabetic patients, those with complete pancreas failure. [...]

[MedCity News, March 15, 2010] For years, the medical community has debated the merits of traditional surgery versus relatively new carotid stent therapy. American studies have favored the stent while European trials offered less favorable judgments on the technology. “It’s gone back and forth,” said Dr. David Tubman, director of interventional neuroradiology at Abbott Northwest [...]