[New Ulm Journal, May 23, 2014]
The New Ulm Medical Center celebrated its new partnership with the Penny George Institute for Health and Healing on Thursday, with Penny George assisting Mayor Robert Beussman in cutting a ribbon in the hospital lobby. The Penny George Institute for Health and Healing was founded in 2003 and is a part of Allina Health .
May 23, 2014
[KSTP TV, May 20, 2014]
Electronic cigarettes can help smokers quit, according to a new study out of University College London. The study is one of the largest of its kind and will be published Wednesday in the Journal, Addiction.
May 20, 2014
[Aitkin Independent Age, May 20, 2014]
“All God’s timing.”
That’s how Kathleen Buckholtz described the good fortune that led to the implantation of her new nickel-sized pacemaker. She wasn’t talking about the steady beat, beat, beat that keeps her blood flowing freely through her veins but, if you asked her, she’d certainly say, “That too.”
Buckholtz’s surgery on May 1 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital , part of Allina Health , in Minneapolis was all that and more – good timing, heart-pounding, ground-breaking and life-saving.
May 20, 2014
[COON RAPIDS HERALD, May 16, 2014]
Representatives of Allina Health and Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota ceremonially broke ground on The Mother Baby Center at Mercy May 14. When the facility opens next summer, specialized care and birthing options will be available close to home for local families and their newborns.
May 20, 2014
[Star Tribune, May 15, 2014]
Ground has been broken for the new $30 million Mother Baby Center at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids. The new center will be part of Allina Heath and Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota's network and is slated to open by mid-2015.
May 15, 2014
[Business Journal, May 14, 2014]
Allina Health and Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota broke ground Wednesday on a $30 million, 62,000-square-foot addition to Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids. The project marks an expansion of the health systems’ Mother Baby Center concept, which kicked off last year with the opening of a $50 million birth center in Minneapolis.
May 14, 2014
[Echo Press, May 09, 2014]
Douglas County Hospital (DCH) has taken preliminary steps to provide cardiology services locally. DCH announced Wednesday it has signed a letter of intent to partner with Minneapolis Heart Institute to offer cardiac care services.
May 09, 2014
[Access Press, May 09, 2014]
“The Final Four” isn’t the only national basketball championship worth celebrating. Minnesotans claimed a basketball championship in Louisville, Ky., April 5 when the Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute ’s Junior Rolling Timberwolves Varsity wheelchair basketball team won the national title.
May 09, 2014
[KSTP TV, May 08, 2014]
If kids can't see what the teacher is showing them or read the board at the front of the class, they have trouble learning. That's why the Phillips Eye Institute , part of Allina Health , provides vision screening for elementary school students.
May 08, 2014
[KSTP TV, May 07, 2014]
Allergy season is upon us. We're told tree pollen and ragweed levels are high right now and hitting later than normal.
May 07, 2014