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New Clinic & Specialty Center video tour with Dr. David Hilden

September 8, 2017

Construction on the HCMC Clinic & Specialty Center is moving along at a rapid pace, and we’re on track to open March 26, 2018. The new six-story facility will bring together outpatient clinics and ancillary services that are currently located across nine buildings on our downtown campus. By locating all of these services in one facility, we’ll provide patients an experience that streamlines their care and offers enhanced collaboration by our clinical team to deliver the best medical care possible.

To provide a preview of the new building and an early look inside, we’ve enlisted the help of Dr. David Hilden to conduct a series of walking tours featuring many of the new clinics and services that will be offered in the Clinic & Specialty Center. The first video features an overview of the building, the central lobby area and the Orthopedic Clinic.

Look for future videos featuring different clinical areas and unique aspects of the building and more information by visiting our Clinic & Specialty Center website.

Serious car crash impacts family in more ways than one

August 23, 2017

Shannon Kerr was driving, with her two girls secured in the back seat. They were on their way to get a puppy. It was a beautiful sunny day but for a moment, the sunshine was so intense that Shannon couldn’t see the road and she missed a stop sign. Upon crossing the intersection her car was struck by a semi-truck.

From the moment of impact to 12 weeks later, Shannon was in critical condition from her injuries and in a deep coma. Her two girls were also hospitalized for a few weeks. (more…)

A natural, life-changing event supported by experts

July 31, 2017

Birth is an intimate and life-changing experience that is different for every mother. To learn how the Birth Center at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) respects and supports that experience with a comprehensive care team, we sat down with Dr.’s Tara Gustilo and Laura Nezworski to learn more about what makes The Birth Center a great place to give birth. (more…)

Are you at risk for sleep apnea?

July 21, 2017

Are you tired during the day? Is your energy low? Do you have trouble concentrating? Your daytime challenges could be due to nighttime troubles.

Most sleep disorders are easily diagnosed and treated. Yet today, up to 80 percent of individuals with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea don’t know it and aren’t getting help.

For them, daytime sleepiness, decreased energy and trouble concentrating could cause accidents, moodiness and poor productivity, but it’s a problem they just live with or blame on something else. (more…)

Ladies….. do you pee when you sneeze?

July 17, 20171

It’s hard being a woman, right? Going to your primary care provider you learn about which screenings you need and when, which vaccinations should be updated, breast health, cholesterol, etc. But unless you bring it up, you are not usually screened for the common condition of urinary incontinence. Do you have problems with urine leakage? About one in every three women over the age of 45 do. Discuss urinary incontinence with your provider. It is common and can be distressing, but it is treatable with more than just damage-control pads for protection. Don’t be embarrassed, seek help. (more…)

Same-day Surgery and Procedures designs space for optimal patient experience

June 29, 2017

It doesn’t happen every day – the opportunity to build a new surgery and procedure unit from scratch. As a critical component of HCMC’s new Clinic and Specialty Center, an internal team had the opportunity to re-imagine the entire process of same-day surgical procedures.

Using the 3P design approach – evaluating the process, product and people involved in the redesign – a clinical work group developed a single-flow patient-centered design to (more…)

Expanding surgical expertise with the da Vinci Xi HD robotic system

June 28, 2017

Urologist Kendall Feia, MD has performed hundreds of robot assisted minimally invasive surgeries, and with the latest generation da Vinci Xi HD Surgical System in place at HCMC, he, along with other surgeons, will be able to offer the advantages of this technology for HCMC patients.

The advanced, four-arm robotic system allows surgeons to (more…)

Redesigning the patient experience

June 9, 2017

Preparing to move to the new Clinic and Specialty Center next April is much more than packing boxes and moving the equipment to a new location. In reality, it represents a tremendous opportunity to rethink clinic flow, standardize the process and determine what it will take to deliver the best experience for our patients and the most efficient model for providers.

That’s why our orthopedic team started participating as a Model Cell, and evaluating every aspect of their operation almost two years in advance of their anticipated move. They are piloting tests of change to enhance our services, and the improvements will be imbedded in every clinical area that is moving to the new building. (more…)