Recent headlines
HealthPartners has been making headlines in several local and national media outlets.
May
Fox 9 News: Downing diabetes damage
President and CEO Mary Brainard talked about how her personal experience with breast cancer helped move HealthPartners toward a systematic, team-based approach to care.
May 6, 2013
Pioneer Press: Stillwater kindergartners get down! And get fit.
Students in Stillwater attempt to beat the Guinness World Record while doing the Cha Cha slide at Lakeview Health’s PowerUp the valley kickoff event.
May 1,2013
April
Fox 9 News: Solar-powered tune-up stations for cyclists debut in metro
HealthPartners and PedalMN partner to offer free bicycle tune-up stations throughout the Twin Cities this summer.
April 30,2013
Wall Street Journal: To motivate patients to change, doctors stop scolding
Nico Pronk, HealthPartners vice president of health management, discusses how employer incentives can help motivate individuals to make healthy lifestyle changes.
April 29,2013
March
MSP Business Journal: Q&A- Regions Hospital’s Brock Nelson
President and CEO of Regions Hospital, Brock Nelson, discusses hospital news with reporter Katharine Grayson.
March 29, 2013
Star Tribune: Minnesota dentist returns to Ugandan roots
HealthPartners pediatric dentist, Paul Musherure, has travelled to Uganda for ten years to help HIV-infected children with their dental health.
March 29, 2013
WCCO-TV: Test may help runners sidestep injury this spring
Regions Hospital physical therapist, Dawn Alstatt, discusses Regions Hospital’s Running Injury-Free program.
March 27, 2013
Hudsonpatch.com: Minnesota Viking Chad Greenway gets warm reception in Packer country
Chad Greenway visited Hudson Hospital to launch his “Chad’s Locker” program which provides computers, video games and iPads to patients and families.
March 21, 2013
MSP Business Journal: Want workers to eat more veggies? Slash salad bar prices, HealthPartners finds
When HealthPartners discounted salad bar prices at their Bloomington building for one month, employees increased their consumption of leafy greens by 366 percent.
March 11, 2013
MSP Business Journal: Regions Hospital plans $4.2M expansion of cancer care center
HealthPartners will spend $4.2 million to remodel and expand its cancer care center at Regions Hospital. The new center will feature six additional infusion chairs, mostly in private areas.
March 11, 2013
Star Tribune: Mayo Clinic tests do-it-yourself prenatal care
Mayo Clinic is experimenting with a new form of prenatal care, one that utilizes technology and smart phone apps to connect patients and their doctors.
March 9, 2013
Hudson Star Observer: St. Croix EMS, a pacesetter in heart attack response
Patients get to the hospital sooner with St. Croix EMS’s Advanced Life Support service. EMS personnel diagnose heart attacks with this program, which allows the ambulance to go straight to the hospital.
March 8, 2013
February
Pioneer Press: HealthPartners physicians rescue victim inside burning building
R.J. Frascone, MD, and Bjorn Peterson, MD, were honored by the St. Paul Fire Department for their selfless action and medical direction which helped save the life of a 17-year-old girl.
February 26, 2013
Twin Cities Live: Be Well with TCL — pet therapy
Patients at Regions Hospital are healing with the help of man’s best friend. Chili, a pet therapy dog at Regions Hospital, visits his friend and patient, Ashlea.
February 25, 2013
The New York Times: Visiting the Doctor, Virtually
The New York Times reports on the low costs and high levels of patient satisfaction with virtuwell, according to a recent case study.
February 13, 2013
Star Tribune: Clinic planned at Stillwater High could mean big savings for the district
HealthPartners will help manage the new clinic inside Stillwater High School which aims to battle increased insurance rates and create a convenient way to receive routine care.
February 8, 2013
WCCO: Vonn’s injury an example of women’s increased risk of ACL issues
Jonathan Cooper, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at HealthPartners, says women have an eight to ten times increased chance of tearing their ACL.
February 5, 2013
January
WSBT-TV: Hey Michigan! Virtuwell is in the building
WSBT-TV’s Kristin Bien discusses how virtuwell can help patients in Michigan.
January 25, 2013
Minnesota Medicine: Have geriatric patients stay put
Minnesota Medicine discusses with HealthPartners' geriatrics division co-directors how keeping patients at their geriatric facilities for check-ups is the right thing to do.
January 2013
Detroit Free Press: New online medical service might save Michiganders time, money
Officials of Minnesota-based www.virtuwell.com say their online clinic can save time and money — not to mention a trip to a germy, crowded waiting room.
January 21, 2013
KSTP-TV: Students return to dorm life and flu risks
Dr. Ian Kenning from HealthPartners says dorm rooms are ideal for transmission of the flu virus.
January 21, 2013
Star Tribune: Sneeze, cough and consult Dr. Google
Dr. Pat Courneya, medical director of Health Partners Health Plan, talks about how virtuwell was developed to meet online demand.
January 21, 2013
WCCO: Frostbite and hypothermia risk high as temperatures dip
Dr. Aaron Burnett, an emergency physician at HealthPartners, states how most people can detect the painful sensations associated with frostbite.
January 20, 2013
WCCO: Flu spreads when sick people go to work
Dr. Beth Averbeck, who practices internal medicine at HealthPartners, discusses how going to work while contagious is one of the major reasons why influenza spreads so fast.
January 11, 2013
KARE 11: Flu season on track to be highest since H1N1 outbreak
Judy Kuczenski, a family practice nurse practitioner with HealthPartners says in recent weeks nearly half of the people she treats had symptoms of the flu.
January 2, 2013
WCCO Good Question: What are the most popular diets?
Dr. Tom Kottke, a cardiologist with HealthPartners, helped answer Jason DeRusha’s question about the most popular fad diets.
January 2, 2013
FOX9: Doc discusses BMI report
Dr. Tom Kottke, a cardiologist with HealthPartners, talks about a report claiming extra weight may not be unhealthy.
January 2, 2013