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HealthPartners Best Care
HealthPartners is working to improve the health of our members, patients and the community by providing the best care and best experience at a more affordable cost. Here’s how we’re doing it:
Improving care
We’re improving care for patients across our clinics and hospitals.
Engaging patients
We’re working to keep members and patients healthy.
Measuring results
We’re measuring and sharing results to help innovation spread.
Partnering with the community
We’re partnering with the community to improve health.
Supporting healthy lifestyles
We’re supporting healthy lifestyles outside the doctor’s office.
Improving care
We’re improving care for patients across our clinics and hospitals.
Helping patients breathe on their own sooner after surgery
A program at Regions Hospital to remove patients from a ventilator within six hours after heart surgery leads to faster recovery and lower costs.
New mental health facility leads to more compassionate care
Regions Hospital opened a new mental health building in December 2012 that is designed to provide more dignified and effective care for patients.
DIAMOND program receives innovation award
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation will provide funding to expand this collaborative care model for patients with depression.
Regions program helps prevent deadly infections
Regions Hospital has one of the lowest mortality rates for sepsis in the nation, and a new hospital-wide program is reducing the number of deaths even further.
Engaging patients
We’re working to keep members and patients healthy.
Same-day mammograms are saving lives
In the four years since the same-day mammography program at HealthPartners clinics began, thousands of eligible women have been screened for breast cancer.
Nurse, wife, mother finds healing for depression
After struggling with depression for many years, Lisa Smith finally got the help she needed at Regions Hospital.
Learning to live healthy with heart disease
Regions Hospital’s Cardiac Rehabilitation program changed Paul Peciluna’s life. Now he is encouraging others to follow his example.
Program helps patients consider all options for back surgery
HealthPartners is implementing a new program to help patients considering back surgery understand all of their treatment options before committing to surgery.
Measuring results
We’re measuring and sharing results to help innovation spread.
HealthPartners endorses a better way to pay for care
At the request of leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives, HealthPartners Medical Director Pat Courneya, MD, testified in favor of a new, bi-partisan approach to Medicare’s physician payment policy.
New book highlights leading health care innovators
Pursuing the Triple Aim, by Maureen Bisognano and Charles Kenney, chronicles innovations that improve quality and control costs.
HealthPartners, Regions partner to prevent readmissions
Programs and collaboration were key to preventing more than 380 readmissions in 2012 and saving more than $3.6 million in avoidable medical costs.
Cost and resource use measures get NQF endorsement
A set of HealthPartners-designed measures for identifying healthcare cost drivers and opportunities to address them are the first of their kind to be endorsed by the National Quality Forum.
Partnering with the community
We’re partnering with the community to improve health.
1 year in, anti-stigma work is making a difference
A community campaign to reduce stigma is spreading a powerful message about how we talk about mental illnesses.
Employees link housing and health at Habitat build
Access to affordable housing has a direct impact on the health of the community, which is why we partner with Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity.
Midway Clinic makes a promise to the neighborhood
Health care happens outside the doctor’s office. Our Midway Clinic in St. Paul is part of a community-wide effort to help children succeed in school and life.
Improving care for diverse communities
More than one-third of people in the U.S. identify themselves as racial and ethnic minorities. As the population evolves—so must the delivery of health care.
Supporting healthy lifestyles
We’re supporting healthy lifestyles in and out of the doctor’s office.
yumPower School Challenge makes a 16 ton difference
HealthPartners yumPower encourages kids to eat healthier by tracking the number of fruits and veggies they eat each week.
HealthPartners sponsors biking campaign
HealthPartners and PedalMN are teaming up to make Minnesota the best state for biking.
Running: learn to put your best foot forward
Are you a runner or thinking about starting? Check out the Run Injury-Free Seminar for tips and tricks to keep your running strong and injury-free.
Tackling childhood obesity before it takes hold
Early childhood is a critical age to foster healthy eating and exercise habits, which is where Nancy Sherwood's childhood obesity prevention studies come in.