MINNEAPOLIS, July 10, 2008—HealthPartners Health Plan is instituting an Innovations Award program for transformations in healthcare delivery.

MINNEAPOLIS, July 9, 2008—Lakewood Health System, of Staples, Minn., has been named the number one winner nationally in the small hospital category of the 2008 Top Leadership Teams in Healthcare awards program.

The program recognizes the best leadership teamwork in hospitals, health plans, and medical group practices.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 30, 2008 - Clinics with electronic health records provided better diabetes care in 2007 than those relying on paper records, according to MN Community Measurement.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 27, 2008 - If you don’t have an electronic health record system, you better get one.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 23, 2008—CMS is issuing a call to all physicians who wish to review their 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) quality measures data.

MINNEAPOLIS June 19, 2008—A survey of more than 2,700 physicians nationwide shows that relatively few have made the switch to electronic health records, with the biggest barrier to switching being the high cost.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 18, 2008—The Joint Commission today announced the 2009 National Patient Safety Goals and related requirements for each of its accreditation programs and its Disease-Specific Care Certification Program.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 17, 2008—The World Health Organization (WHO) World Alliance for Patient Safety is undertaking a major new mission, “Safe Surgery Saves Lives.”

MINNEAPOLIS, June 12, 2008 - The MMA sent an Action Alert! to its members Tuesday urging them to contact Senators Norm Coleman and Amy Klobuchar and ask them  to stop the drastic cut that goes into effect July 1 by supporting the bill, S. 3101.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 9, 2008—The Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) has issued a new guideline on Primary Prevention of Chronic Disease Risk Factors.