Bladder and bowel dysfunction (difficulty with urination and/or having a bowel movement) in children can be very distressing to families and especially the child. It is not uncommon, but is often dismissed as a stage or incurable problem. (more…)
Safe to Sleep® Recommendations Explained
Many people remember the “Back to Sleep” campaign that was initiated in the 1990s. Back to sleep recommends babies should always be put to sleep on their back for safety. Since the 1990s, the rate of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), initially declined and now has plateaued for several years. This prompted the National Institutes of Health to recommend the slogan “Safe to Sleep®” in order to improve upon the initial recommendations and better educate families and communities on more comprehensive safe sleep recommendations. (more…)
On Saturday, October 6th, almost 200 Hennepin Healthcare breast cancer patients, their friends and families and volunteers from the Comprehensive Cancer Center came together for the 10th annual Breast Cancer Survivors Celebration. Every year our clinic staff recognize women and men for their strength and commitment to fight and heal from breast cancer. We held the event in our new Clinic & Specialty Center‘s Stillman Education Room and spilled out into the atrium. Children and guests decorated pumpkins and won prizes at the fish pond. Patients and family visited information tables from our community supporters, including the African American Breast Cancer Alliance, Firefly Sisterhood, Livestrong, the American Cancer Society and Open Arms of Minnesota, just to name a few. Lunch was served and we had a raffle – all patients won a gift! This year’s celebration has been our biggest yet and we can’t wait for next year. (more…)
When I set out on my path to medical school, I knew I would work in an aspect of medicine in which I would have the opportunity to work with patients long term and be able to help focus on various aspects of the whole patient. These goals are what have driven me to be a primary care doctor here at Hennepin Healthcare. As a primary care doctor, my goal is always to treat patients as people first. I also aim to work with patients to be their healthiest selves in all aspects: physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially. To me, one of the most fundamental parts of my primary care practice is not just to treat illness, but to work to prevent diseases before they happen. I love discussing vaccines and cancer prevention strategies as these are ways we can work together to help them not get sick in the first place. This is why I am passionate about colon cancer screening. (more…)
Our new Clinic & Specialty Center opens on March 26th, and the new facility is spectacular!
The opening of the Clinic & Specialty Center launches a new era of healthcare in Minneapolis, as we combine primary and specialty care, outpatient surgical and procedural care, rehabilitation, radiology and a variety of other services in a state-of-the-art facility designed as a healing environment to meet the needs of our patients.
You’re invited to join us for our Community Open House and see this beautiful facility and learn more about what we will offer our patients and the community.
The Open House will be held Saturday, March 17th from 10 am – 2 pm.
The Clinic & Specialty Center is located at 715 South 8th Street, Minneapolis, Minn.
Parking is available in our parking garage below the building (entrance on Park Avenue between South 8th Street and South 9th Street)
To learn more, visit hennepinhealthcare.org/openhouse
Get a sneak-peak at the building by watching the video below.
Last year marked 130 years of HCMC serving the community! There’s plenty to look forward to in 2018, including the grand opening of our new Clinic & Specialty Center, as well as our new brand and website launch. Thank you for contributing to our history and strengthening our relationship with the community. As we reflect back on 2017, we remember these top achievements: (more…)
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.
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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