[Healthcare IT News, June 30, 2017]
Allina Health announced this week that approximately half a million patients in the Minneapolis region can now read the notes physicians write about them. Allina said that its patients can now log into a portal to view not just those notes but also doctor’s instructions and next steps as well as prescriptions and orders.
June 30, 2017
[KARE11-TV, June 28, 2017]
An attentive Ramsey County Sheriff's Office deputy, who happened to read the original KARE 11.com article, located a stolen Courage Kenny ski equipment trailer Wednesday afternoon. Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute tells KARE 11 the trailer was found in Little Canada, about three miles north Lake Owasso in Roseville.
June 28, 2017
[Star Tribune, June 27, 2017]
The rise of the relaxation movement, some say, is a direct response to the ever-increasing stresses of modern life. “We’re overstimulated from our environment,” says Dr. Courtney Baechler , vice president of the Penny George Institute for Health and Healing in Minneapolis, where deep relaxation methods are routinely prescribed for a host of health issues.
June 27, 2017
[WCCO-TV, June 27, 2017]
The question of whether parents treat sons and daughters differently and how that may or may not affect the children later in life has been the subject of a number of scientific studies — and endless family debates. New research now adds to the conversation, not only shedding light on certain behavioral differences fathers show toward sons and daughters but also revealing clues to what's happening in their brains.
June 27, 2017
[Sun Focus, June 25, 2017]
Since the first anniversary of our nation’s founding, fireworks have been part of the celebration. And so have injuries.
June 25, 2017
[Star Tribune, June 25, 2017]
Terri Hopp, 63, of Litchfield, is one of the people who feels she has benefited. Earlier this month, Dr. Josser Delgado repaired Hopp’s non-ruptured aneurysm at Abbott Northwestern by placing four metal coils inside the 5-millimeter balloon of weakened tissue on the left side of Hopp’s internal carotid artery terminus, a major vessel in the brain.
June 25, 2017
[KARE11-TV, June 20, 2017]
Annoying news for fitness tracker wearers. You might not be getting accurate calorie counts.
June 20, 2017
[Star Tribune, June 20, 2017]
About 160 former Minneapolis employees of Arthur Andersen, who still gather for social and charitable events, quietly raised about $1.5 million of the $4.75 million capital campaign to build the new fitness and wellness center for folks with disabilities at the Golden Valley campus of the Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute , the merged Courage Center and Sister Kenny Institute. Read more at startribune.com .
June 20, 2017
[River Falls Journal, June 19, 2017]
The new Allina Health River Falls Clinic located at the corner of East Division Street and Highway 35 provides a hometown care setting with next-door access to a regional health system. The 17-exam-room clinic, which opened its doors Monday, June 19, will offer family medicine and women’s health services as well as acupuncture through the Penny George Institute for Health and Healing, while the adjacent River Falls Area Hospital provides specialty care such as a birth center, cancer care and rehabilitation services.
June 19, 2017
[Minnesota Public Radio, June 16, 2017]
Cardiologist Amin Rahmatullah , MD, who practices at Mercy Hospital , part of Allina Health, was featured on Minnesota Public Radio. He was part of a round-table discussion about physician-patient communication based on the book What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear .
June 16, 2017