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Community contacts and regions

Community Benefit and Engagement Department

This five-minute video shows how Allina Health reaches outside of clinic and hospital settings to improve community members' health, even before they become our patients.

Allina Health in the community

Our annual report highlights the programs, partnerships and investments made to improve the health of our communities.

Our staff members coordinate and measure how Allina Health identifies and responds to the health needs of our communities.

Community engagement areas

Allina Health partners with communities in five overlapping areas:

  • community benefit
  • community health improvement
  • employee volunteerism
  • public affairs
  • charitable contributions.

Community engagement leads

For information about health improvement where you live, contact your region's Allina Health community engagement lead.

Greater Minnesota

Western Wisconsin

Twin Cities metro

Community engagement regions

Allina Health is involved in communities in nine regions of Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

Twin Cities metro

  • The Northwest Metro Region includes both Mercy Hospital and Unity Hospital. It primarily serves communities within Anoka County and includes areas within Sherburne and Hennepin counties.
  • The South Metro Region includes St. Francis Regional Medical Center. It primarily serves Scott and Carver counties. It also includes communities in Sibley, Le Sueur, Dakota and Hennepin counties.
  • The West Metro Region includes Abbott Northwestern Hospital and Phillips Eye Institute. It serves communities within Hennepin County, with Minneapolis being the largest city in the region.
  • The East Metro Region includes United Hospital. It serves Ramsey, Washington and Dakota counties. This region spans the eastern edge of Minnesota into the metro area surrounding the city of St. Paul.

Greater Minnesota

  • The North Region includes Cambridge Medical Center. It serves small and rural communities within Isanti, Chisago, Kanabec and Pine counties north of the metropolitan area of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
  • The Northwest Region includes Buffalo Hospital. It is located west of the metropolitan area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. This region primarily serves Wright County, but also serves communities within Stearns, Meeker and Hennepin counties.
  • The Southwest Region is located in south central Minnesota and includes New Ulm Medical Center. The region serves communities and rural areas in and around Brown County and communities within Sibley and Nicollet counties.
  • The South Region is located south of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. It includes Owatonna Hospital and serves small and rural communities in and around Steele, Rice, Waseca, Dodge and Goodhue counties.

Western Wisconsin

This region is served by River Falls Area Hospital. It includes small and rural communities within Pierce and St. Croix counties.