Park Nicollet Health Services, a large integrated health provider in the Twin Cities was one of the beta testers of a novel new service to track customer satisfaction in real time using a text messaging service. The pilot was meant to test the value of the service, called CareWire, that was developed by Healthy Heartland, […]
Minnesota nurses approved a new three year contract with Twin Cities hospitals, averting a costly strike that could have indefinitely forced thousands of patients to seek care elsewhere. The Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA), which represents about 12,000 nurses throughout the metro area, said members “overwhelmingly” ratified the contract, which grants nurses a three percent pay […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
In the not-too-distant-future, Dr. Jim Woodburn says, patients can reach their doctors on the phone. If that doesn’t sound too impressive, consider this: The doctor can literally see the patient, access medical histories, listen to heartbeats and check the eyes, ears, nose and throat — all from the other side of the country. “Telemedicine is […]
Twin Cities hospitals late Tuesday offered a revised contract proposal to the nurses union, which promptly rejected it, setting the stage for a protracted strike set for next week. In an e-mail, spokeswoman Maureen Schriner said the hospitals, which include Allina, Children’s Hospital, Park Nicollet, Fairview, North Memorial and HealthEast, offered to drop cuts to […]
Second only to nurses claiming they will strike solely to save patients’ lives, the most repeated talking point in the Twin Cities these days is: Hospitals are besieged institutions that are at the mercy of a poor economy and uncertain healthcare reform laws. Well … not exactly. True, hospitals face a great deal of financial […]