June 5, 2024
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Center for Health Equity, which was created in 2013 to advance health equity, has been elevated to a division within MDH, and will now be known as the Division of Health Equity Strategy and Innovation (or the Health Equity Division for short).
While the core values of the Center for Health Equity remain, this structural change will better position it to partner with programs and divisions across MDHon innovative, systems-level approaches that will support true transformation.
Learn more about the teams and staff in the Health Equity Division on the Health Equity Staff and Contact Information page.
The Health Equity Division is now one of many areas at MDH dedicated to advancing equity within MDH and across Minnesota. The Health Equity Division sits within the larger Health Equity Bureau, created in 2022 to bring an overt and expanded health equity focus to the agency's work.
October 9, 2025
The MMA is partnering with Hennepin Healthcare to offer an in-person session on “Supporting Patients, Families, and Professionals in the Aftermath of Crisis” on October 21 from 6 to 8 pm in Room RL110 at the HCMC Red Building, 730 South 8th Street, in Minneapolis.
October 9, 2025
The MMA, in partnership with the Wisconsin Medical Society, will lead a panel discussion titled "The Role of Medical and Professional Societies in Supporting Clinicians and Community Health" at the Transforming Community and Rural Healthcare 2025: Bold Innovation and Partnerships symposium, to be held on October 27-28, at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester.
October 2, 2025
The federal government shutdown will affect the Minnesota healthcare system in several important ways.