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Brooklyn Park Clinic certified as a Silver-Level Adolescent Centered Environment

We are proud to announce that our Brooklyn Park Clinic was certified as a Silver-Level Adolescent Centered Environment by the Michigan Adolescent Health Initiative (AHI). This was an 18-month process that involved the collaboration of the clinic, the Between Us program and an AHI coach. The clinic went through the Adolescent -Centered Environment Assessment Process…

Voices of Hennepin Healthcare: Aida Strom

Aida Strom, Hennepin Healthcare’s health equity community engagement program manager, envisions a collaborative healthcare model built with the histories and hopes of those it serves. “I so strongly believe that every single human deserves good healthcare and respect within the healthcare system,” expresses Aida Strom, a member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota Oyate. As the…

Hennepin EMS Paramedics reunite with a grateful patient

When Jerry Martin got on his bike for his usual morning ride from Victoria to Shorewood this past June, it seemed like another routine bike ride to the South Shore Senior Center for a morning filled with coffee and laughter with his friends. But it soon became clear to the retired Marine Lieutenant Colonel and…

50 years later and 14 midwives strong, our first-of-its-kind Nurse Midwife Service continues to empower expectant mothers

In 1971, Margaret used her knowledge as a Certified Nurse Midwife to develop the first hospital nurse midwife practice in Minnesota at HCMC.

Young, healthy – and at risk for a heart attack?

John Grudnowski is a 44-year-old marketing executive who works out 3-4 times a week. He had no apparent risk factors for a heart attack, but on May 22, 2021, that’s exactly what he experienced while living for a short time in Costa Rica. “I had just completed one of my workouts with a personal trainer…

The closest to being cared for, is to care for someone else

November is National Home Health Care Month, a time to celebrate the practice of home care and all of the individuals who make it possible, from the patients who inspire us to the caregivers who serve them. Once such caregiver is Pam Ruis. Pam provides health care to our patients wherever they call home. Home health…

Parents, let’s unite and talk to our kids about bullying

It can be easy to think that bullying is an issue of the past. In many ways kids are much more accepting these days than in previous generations. Unfortunately however, one in five kids is the victim of bullying. October is National Bullying Prevention Month, and I want to encourage you to talk with your kids…

50 years ago today by Don Bania

Patient stories are one of the great things we get out of working at Hennepin Healthcare. This story came in the other day and touched our hearts, as we are sure it will touch yours. Greetings, HCMC Doctors and Colleagues, Yesterday, August 19th, 2020 marked the 50th Anniversary of my motorcycle accident. Attached is a…

Pediatric Vaccine Mobile serves children in the community during the pandemic

Hennepin Healthcare staff delivers exceptional care without exception, and this has remained true even during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A white midwife’s letter to tonight’s Black baby

Dear new baby, Today will be your birthday. Our city, our country, the world– is grieving the murder of George Floyd and too many others gone too soon. Your new life would be a different kind of hard if you were born an ocean away. Your life would look different if you were born on the…

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