...member of the LHS District Board, took part in a voluntary hospital board member certification program through the Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA) at the MHA Trustee Winter Leadership Conference in January in Minneapolis.The training helps...
...particularly hit hard by the flu, with higher numbers than at the height of the H1N1 outbreak in 2009. More than a dozen Minnesota hospitals have imposed restrictions on visitors to protect patients and staff from the flu. Mayo Clinic Health System spokesman...
...The Mississippi driver who survived a highway crash that killed his wife and two young children is improving at a Minnesota hospital. Twenty-eight-year-old Jeremiah Statham, of Foxworth, Miss., is hospitalized in Duluth. Essentia Health...
...punishments for those that fall short of the standards. Hospitals have been building a resistance effort. The Minnesota Hospital Association argues that medical staffing decisions are best dealt with by professionals not lawmakers. The bill...
...to vaginal birth after Cesarean (VBAC) attempts.Lakewood is also part of a safety initiative created by the Minnesota Hospital Association, the Minnesota Department of Health and the March of Dimes to decrease the number of early elective deliveries...
...an "Excellence in Birth Registration" award from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH).Award recognizes Minnesota hospitals for accurate and timely registration of newborns through the state's electronic registration system.Last year...
...Riverwood, among health care professionals in this region, and in the local communities we serve."Hagen serves on Minnesota Hospital Association's Workforce Development Committee and Physician Leadership Council, Minnesota State Trauma Advisory...
...triumph.60 years ago (1952)Chester Dols, owner of Dols Paint Store in Brainerd, was taken to the University of Minnesota hospital suffering from polio. He was taken ill Thursday and diagnosed Saturday. 1952 will be a record year, locally and...
...hospitals on their infection and readmission rates, communications with patients and other indicators. Among the 36 Minnesota hospitals included in the report, Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd tied for the number two ranking...
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