Allina News

[KSTP.com, July 20, 2011] The Allina Hospitals & Clinics system has four top-ranking hospitals in the Twin Cities metro and two hospitals with specialty rankings on the national top 50 list. This is according to the U.S. News and World Report’s Best Hospitals. Read the article.

[Fox 9 News, July 7, 2011] Adult obesity rates did not decline in any U.S. state in the last year, and it increased in 16 states according to F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2011. Minnesota ranks 38th in adult obesity and 48th in child obesity, according to the latest report from the [...]

[KSTP-TV, May 10, 2011] It was a problem for a St. Paul hospital easily solved…what do you do with medical equipment from an old emergency room? United Hospital donated their surplus medical equipment to the Minnetonka-based charity, Hope for the City. In turn, the nonprofit will send it to the largest hospital in east Africa—a [...]

[Pioneer Press, April 20, 2011] As a new generation of emergency rooms opens across the east metro, patients are finding amenities that might remind them more of hotels than hospitals. At United Hospital, there’s a fireplace in the lobby, art on the walls and a commitment to publish waiting times on a website — sort [...]

[WCCO & KMSP, April 15, 2011] Allina’s United Hospital celebrated its new $25 million Peter J. King Emergency Care Center with an open house. An ambulance parade, flyover by a LifeLink ambulance helicopter and tours of the new facility marked the occassion. Watch the stories below.

[Allina Newsroom, April 11, 2011] Allina’s United Hospital will celebrate its new emergency department, the Peter J. King Emergency Care Center, on Friday, April 15, with an open house. The public event is free and open to the public. It starts at 2 p.m. at 333 North Smith Avenue, St. Paul. The event will feature [...]

[Twin Cities Business, March 31, 2011] The annual Thomson Reuters study of the “100 Top Hospitals” honored two Minnesota medical centers including Allina’s Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, recognized in the medium community hospitals category. Reuters evaluated 2,914 hospitals across the country on measures of overall organization performance  including patient care. U.S. News also ranked [...]

[Bring Me the News, March 29, 2011]Allina Hospitals & Clinics had three top-ranked hospitals in the first-ever edition of the Best Hospitals metro area rankings of U.S. News & World Report, available online at www.usnews.com/hospitals Of the 12 hospitals listed, the Allina hospitals that received top rankings were: Abbott Northwestern, Minneapolis (#2); United, St. Paul [...]

[KMSP Fox 9 News, Feb. 16, 2011] The warm weather is bringing a dangerous twist — slick patches of sidewalk that are sending people to the doctor’s office. The unseasonably warm weather has brought welcome relief from the bitter chill of winter, but it’s also putting walkers at risk for falls. So far, Allina’s Abbott [...]

[KSTP-TV, Feb. 9, 2011] Do you know the symptoms of heart disease and how to treat it? And is it different for men and women? KSTP’s Megan Newquist talked about this topic with Dr. Margaret Beahrs, a cardiologist at Allina’s United Heart and Vascular Clinic. Watch the full interview below.

[Farmington Independent, Jan. 24, 2011] The quilting group has been around at Highview Christiania Church for as long as any of its current members can remember, but for much of its existence it was a small operation. It met a couple times a year. Then, about three years ago, things changed. It was a request [...]

[KSTP-TV, Jan. 26, 2010] Undetected, abdominal aortic aneursyms, commonly known as a triple-A, can be deadly, but relatively new and quickly improving  minimally-invasive surgical procedures that treat the condition are helping more people live longer and productive lives. With new devices, these procedures can be done on patients instead of open chest surgery. Dr. Brian [...]