Minnesota news and information

The Mayo Clinic's treasure trove of medical records is getting even bigger. Since 1966, Mayo has collected as many records as possible from Olmsted County, Minn., and used them to generate important studies that help save lives. The Rochester Epidemiology Project now holds close to 600,000 medical...
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President Barack Obama used his weekend radio address to push for including an assault weapons ban in gun legislation now before Congress.
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A Minnesota nurses union and the state's hospitals neared a deal Friday to study and publish more data about medical center staffing plans rather than put minimum requirements for inpatient care into law.
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Landmark health insurance legislation is on its way to the Minnesota Senate after the House approved a bill enacting a Minnesota health insurance exchange, a cornerstone of the federal Affordable Care Act healthcare law.
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Consolidating hospitals and slashing a hospital's bed count were considered unusual decades ago in the once-sleepy world of the hospital industry. But Donald Wegmiller is one of the industry leaders who helped make such moves much more commonplace, and in the process helped to invent the integrated...
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Accretive Health, under fire for its allegedly aggressive hospital bill collection practices, is postponing the release of its financial results while it evaluates a change in how it recognizes revenue from its revenue-cycle management agreements.
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Hospitals participating in HHS' Partnership for Patients campaign have made significant progress in reducing patient harm, but much work still remains to be done, according to the leaders of the $1 billion patient-safety initiative.
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For those 65 and older, this season's flu shot is only 9% effective against the most common and dangerous flu bug, according to a startling new government report.
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Six states were awarded nearly $300 million by HHS to implement payment and delivery changes to their Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program plans.
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A union for Minnesota nurses wants a state law requiring hospitals to abide by staffing minimums.
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