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Clinic & Specialty Center – Rehabilitation Department Video Tour

December 4, 2017

Join Dr. David Hilden on a video walking tour of the Rehabilitation Department within our beautiful new Clinic & Specialty Center. When the building opens on March 26, 2018, the rehabilitation spaces will offer patients an amazing healing environment, new equipment and enhanced capabilities. When you see the space, you’ll know why the rehabilitation staff is counting down the days until they can treat patients in the new facility.

Stay tuned for additional video walking tours with Dr. Hilden, and learn more about the Clinic & Specialty Center by visiting clinicbuilding.org.

He has dyslexia?

November 28, 20173

Guest post by Richfield Clinic doctor Dana Rae Barr, MD, FAAFP

When your child is not making the expected academic progress or having “behavior” problems in school, he may have an undiagnosed learning disability. I did not fully appreciate all of the possible diagnoses that can contribute to academic struggles. Until recently… (more…)

The Birth Center at HCMC – Patient Experience Interview with Kyrsten

November 14, 2017

We had the pleasure of interviewing Kyrsten and her family to learn more about their experience with our Birth Center’s Certified Nurse Midwives during Kyrsten’s birth of her first child. Now, because of her outstanding experience, she is returning to the Birth Center to give birth to her second child.

Learn what has inspired Kyrsten and her family to return to the Birth Center and what they liked most about their experience.

Visit hcmc.org/birthcenter to learn more about the Birth Center at Hennepin County Medical Center.

How to talk to your kids about mass violence

November 10, 2017

Orlando. Las Vegas. Manhattan. A Texas church. It’s global. It’s horrific. Senseless.

This subject is a tough one to talk about with your children. It’s all over – on tv and social media. But the first thing parents must do is process their own emotions and control their own reactions. If you become frantic or lose your cool, your child may do so as well.

“Follow your child’s lead,” advises child psychologist Dr. Lidan Gu. (more…)

Read Chris’s story

November 9, 2017

Chris Leatherdale has been through a lot, but you’d never know it if you met him. Chris was taken to HCMC after suffering burns while saving his horses that were trapped in a barn fire. After spending weeks in our burn unit, he became a patient at our Miland E. Knapp Rehabilitation Center, where patients take time recovering from trauma and begin the long process of rehabilitation. (more…)

Separation anxiety and your preschooler – what can parents do?

October 26, 2017

Fall often brings changes in school routines – and for little ones going to preschool or daycare, these transitions can be filled with tearful goodbyes. Pediatric neuropsychologist Dr. Kristen Wiik has some perspective and helpful hints for parents who might be dealing with separation anxiety. “If you’re concerned about separation anxiety, you’re doing the right thing by seeking solutions,” she explains. “Many parents hear from teachers and daycare providers that their child’s anxiety resolves soon after they leave their child. Unfortunately, this does little to reduce the emotional departures parents are experiencing – but be encouraged that these tough transitions often pass quickly. Sometimes these experiences may actually be more traumatic for the parents than they are for their kids.”

According to Dr. Wiik, most children experience an increase in separation anxiety around age 12-18 months. This is indeed a normal pattern in children with healthy attachments to their caregiver(s). This anxiety often passes as a child gets older, and reactions to separation anxiety can also change with age. (more…)

Pharmacy services designed to enhance care in the Clinic & Specialty Center

October 20, 2017

As we continue to introduce areas of the new Clinic & Specialty Center, we take you to one of the busiest and most important areas that many patients will visit during their time in the building – the pharmacy.

The Clinic & Specialty Center will actually have two pharmacies, one retail pharmacy – for patients, and one internal pharmacy that supplies medications solely for the medication needs of clinics within the building. We had the privilege of sitting down with Mike Pitzl, Pharmacy Director and visionary behind the design of the Clinic & Specialty Center pharmacies, to learn more about some of the new features and enhancements to the patient experience.
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The best for healthy Latino youth

October 9, 2017

As it is National Hispanic Heritage Month there is no better time than now to celebrate the amazing Aqui Para Ti (APT) program at the Whittier Clinic.

Serving Latino youth ages 10-24, the program is now 15 years old and a shining example of HCMC’s commitment to our Minnesota Latino population, receiving awards and recognition from many sources and agencies. The clinic provides medical care, coaching, health education and referrals for Latino youth and their families. Created and lead by Dr. Maria Veronica Svetaz, the program has served over 1,500 youth and their families in Minnesota. (more…)

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