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Wishing
you a happy Thanksgiving
The board and staff of MHA wish you and yours a very happy
Thanksgiving. Special thanks to hospital staff who sacrifice time away from
their families to provide high-quality care to patients 24 hours a day, seven
days a week, 365 days a year. We are thankful for you! return to top
Community
partners: Improving mental health in rural Minnesota
One in five Minnesotans will experience a mental illness this
year, but fewer than half will receive treatment. Minnesota’s hospitals and
health systems are stepping up to address this public health issue by creating
community-based solutions throughout the state.
In northwestern Minnesota, challenges to receiving mental health care can
include long waits to secure an appointment with a mental health professional
and long drives to see a specialist. To enhance community access to mental
health care, LifeCare Medical Center in Roseau created the “roving therapist”
program. The roving therapist is a behavioral health specialist who responds to
potential mental health crises wherever they arise – the hospital’s emergency
department, local school, church, jail or elsewhere in the community. People
experiencing mental health crises are immediately evaluated by the roving
therapist and connected with the care that’s right for them.
Minnesota’s hospitals and health systems believe every Minnesotan deserves
access to safe, effective and affordable mental health care. Watch the video to find out how Minnesota’s hospitals are fostering community
partnerships to improve mental health care throughout the state.
To see more examples of how Minnesota hospitals and health systems are
making a difference in their own communities, visit the Minnesota's
Hospitals: Strengthening Healthy Communities website and Facebook page. return to top
MHA
honors hospitals and health systems for superior performance on HEN 2.0
More than 100 hospitals across Minnesota participated in the
Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Network 2.0 (HEN 2.0) focusing on
improving 10 hospital-acquired conditions. The goals of the campaign were to:
- Decrease preventable
hospital-acquired conditions by 40 percent
- Decrease hospital readmissions
by 20 percent
MHA recognizes HEN participants for their superior performance
in patient safety when they achieve and sustain a 40 percent reduction on at
least six hospital-acquired conditions and meet three or more patient and
family engagement (PFE) criteria.
Congratulations to the following hospitals that were recognized by MHA for
superior performance in patient safety as part of HEN 2.0:
- Appleton Area Health Services*
- Buffalo Hospital*
- CentraCare Health – Melrose
- CentraCare Health – Monticello*
- CentraCare Health – Paynesville
- CHI St. Joseph's Health, Park
Rapids*
- Essentia Health-Fosston
- FirstLight Health System, Mora
- Glencoe Regional Health
Services
- Granite Falls Municipal
Hospital & Manor*
- Hutchinson Health
- Lake Region Healthcare, Fergus
Falls
- LifeCare Medical Center,
Roseau*
- Maple Grove Hospital*
- Meeker Memorial Hospital,
Litchfield*
- Mercy Hospital, Moose Lake
- Mille Lacs Health System,
Onamia
- Minnesota Valley Health Center,
Le Sueur
- Northfield Hospital
- Olmsted Medical Center,
Rochester*
- Perham Health
- Rainy Lake Medical Center,
International Falls*
- RC Hospital & Clinics,
Olivia
- Redwood Area Hospital, Redwood
Falls
- Riverwood Healthcare Center,
Aitkin*
- Sanford Luverne Medical Center
- Sanford Tracy Medical Center
- Sanford Wheaton Medical Center
- Sleepy Eye Medical Center
- Tri-County Health Care, Wadena*
- United Hospital District, Blue
Earth
- Windom Area Hospital*
*Hospitals that received banner recognition
during both HEN and HEN 2.0.
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