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A major debt collector for hospitals has been harshly criticized for its practices, which may be hindering patients from seeking care and violating their privacy rights, reported the Minneapolis Star
The Minnesota Board of Medical Practice has done the worst job of disciplining doctors in the nation, according to Public Citizen's 2011 ranking of state medical boards. But not much has changed, as
The cost of providing hospital care to low-income people in Minnesota rose by more than 27 percent in 2010, reported the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. According to data from the Minnesota Hospital
MEDecision is pushing the electronic health record all the way out into clinician's hands with a new app for its InFrame product. The new app, available March 30 through Apple's iTunes store, will
Doctors and hospitals in Minnesota have a reputation for being thrifty, but apparently that tendency doesn't extend to treatments for low-back pain, according to the Pioneer Press. Low-back pain
The Minneapolis-St. Paul area is home to many well-established medical device companies. Now, the Twin Cities are seeing a new wave of innovation in iPhone apps and accessories for healthcare. Marie
HealthPartners, a Bloomington, MN-based integrated delivery network and health plan, says it has saved $430,000 in the past year by integrating digital X-rays, MRIs, CT scans and radiology reports
A Minnesota appellate court ruled recently that HIPAA does not preempt contradictory state laws allowing patients to sue for wrongful disclosure of patient records. A woman who visited Fairview Cedar
Though nobody likes doing such things, Minnesota officials are planning cuts to public health programs. Luckily, it seems stimulus funding will help offset these cuts, by boosting the strength of the
A nonprofit group in Minnesota is joining with a connectivity vendor to develop a network of interoperable electronic health records across 18 counties in the northeastern part of the state. The
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