Abbott Northwestern gets $5M grant to expand study

[Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal, February 08, 2010] Abbott Northwestern Hospital has received a $4.75 million grant from The Robina Foundation to expand a study on the use of “relatively inexpensive” employees, called care guides, to help manage chronic diseases.

Minneapolis-based Abbott Northwestern has been conducting the study on 332 patients who have diabetes, hypertension or heart failure.

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