HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC
701 PARK AVE P-1, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55415 www.hennepinhealthcare.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM'S (HHS) MISSION IS "WE PARTNER WITH OUR COMMUNITY, OUR PATIENTS, AND THEIR FAMILIES TO ENSURE ACCESS TO OUTSTANDING CARE FOR EVERYONE, WHILE IMPROVING HEALTH AND WELLNESS THROUGH TEACHING, PATIENT AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH." HHS STRIVES TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE TO EVERY PATIENT; TO SEARCH FOR NEW WAYS TO IMPROVE THE CARE THAT WILL BE PROVIDED TOMORROW; TO EDUCATE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS FOR THE FUTURE; AND TO ENSURE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE FOR ALL.

WE PARTNER WITH OUR COMMUNITY, OUR PATIENTS, AND THEIR FAMILIES TO ENSURE OUTSTANDING CARE FOR EVERYONE, WHILE IMPROVING HEALTH AND WELLNESS THROUGH TEACHING, PATIENT AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH.

PATIENT CARE:HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC. (HEREAFTER HHS) IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED HEALTHCARE SYSTEM THAT INCLUDES A COMPREHENSIVE CLINIC SYSTEM, LEVEL 1 ADULT AND PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER AND MEDICAL CENTER WITH THE LARGEST EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IN MINNESOTA, EMS SERVICE, NURSE HOME VISITING PROGRAM AND HOSPICE. HHS IS ALSO RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY FOR LEADERSHIP IN MEDICAL EDUCATION, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, RESEARCH, AND COMPASSIONATE CARE IN MANY MEDICAL SPECIALTIES.HHS OPERATED A HOSPITAL WITH LICENSED CAPACITY OF 894 BEDS AND 65 BASSINETS, 452 BEDS AND 65 BASSINETS OF WHICH WERE AVAILABLE, AS WELL AS 10 PRIMARY CARE CLINICS AND 32 SPECIALTY CARE CLINICS, AND EMPLOYED APPROXIMATELY 888 PROVIDERS, 246 RESIDENTS, AND 158 PHARMACISTS IN 12 PHARMACY LOCATIONS. THE $220.8M CLINIC AND SPECIALTY CENTER (CSC) OPENED IN 2018 AND REAFFIRMS HHS' COMMITMENT TO PARTNERING WITH ITS COMMUNITY, PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO ENSURE ACCESS TO OUTSTANDING CARE FOR EVERYONE, WHILE IMPROVING HEALTH AND WELLNESS THROUGH TEACHING, PATIENT AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH. HHS CONTINUES TO PROVIDE UNPARALLELED CARE OF ALL, INCLUDING LOW-INCOME, THE UNINSURED, THE INDIGENT AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WHILE BEING A MAJOR EMPLOYER AND ECONOMIC ENGINE IN HENNEPIN COUNTY OF MINNESOTA. AS A LEADER IN EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA CARE, HHS PROVIDES STATE-OF-THE-ART TRAUMA CARE SERVICES TO ALL ITS PATIENTS.

EDUCATION & TRAINING:EDUCATION CENTER, THE CENTER FOR LEARNING INTEGRATION, AND THE ADVANCED PRACTICE PROVIDER PROFESSIONAL CENTER.HHS PRIDES ITSELF IN BEING A CENTER FOR INNOVATIVE AND TECHNICALLY-SOPHISTICATED SERVICES. THIS IS ESSENTIAL NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE TRAINING PROVIDED TO PHYSICIANS, NURSES, AND OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT SEEKS TO BE A SITE FROM WHICH NEW THERAPIES, SURGERIES, AND TECHNOLOGIES TO TREAT AND CURE PATIENTS EMERGE.THE CENTER FOR LEARNING INTEGRATION (CLI) CREATED IN 2015, EXCELS IN COORDINATING, DESIGNING AND INTEGRATING EXCELLENT LEARNING THROUGHOUT THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM WITH THE PRIORITY GOAL TO IMPROVE QUALITY, SAFETY AND EXPERIENCE OUTCOMES FOR ALL STAKEHOLDERS. HHS ALSO OPERATES THE INTERDISCIPLINARY SIMULATION AND EDUCATION CENTER (ISEC), A TRAINING CENTER THAT HOSTS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR NURSES, PHYSICIANS, PRE-HOSPITAL PROVIDERS, AND OTHER ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS FROM HHS AND ACROSS THE REGION. IT IS A GUIDED, SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS TO SIMULATE PRACTICE OF REAL-LIFE MEDICAL SITUATIONS AND PROCEDURES VIA STATE-OF-THE-ART SIMULATION EQUIPMENT.HHS EMPHASIZES TRAINING THE FUTURE HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE TO MEET COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS. THE ADVANCED PRACTICE PROVIDER PROFESSIONAL CENTER, ESTABLISHED IN 2013, CONTINUES TO PROVIDE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE IN LIGHT OF THE INCREASING ROLE OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS AT HHS. HHS COOPERATES WITH METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY TO PROVIDE THE DENTAL THERAPIST PROGRAM WHICH FOCUSES ON ADVANCED DENTAL THERAPY TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES IN GENERAL AND PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY AS WELL AS ORAL SURGERY. ADDITIONALLY, HHS' EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PARTNERS WITH HENNEPIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE'S COMMUNITY PARAMEDIC CERTIFICATION TRAINING PROGRAM TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH RELEVANT CLINICAL EXPERIENCE. COMMUNITY PARAMEDICS IS A HEALTHCARE ROLE THAT APPLIES AND EXPANDS PARAMEDIC SKILLS TO PREVENTIVE AND PRIMARY CARE MEDICINE, CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN EMERGENCY CARE AND PRIMARY CARE NEEDS BY PROVIDING COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS AND OTHER PRACTITIONERS FROM ACROSS MINNESOTA COME TO HHS FOR CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION TRAINING COURSES. HHS ALSO CONDUCTS ON-SITE TRAINING AT THE REQUEST OF RURAL HOSPITALS AND CLINICS AND HAS ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER DESIGNATED TRAUMA CENTERS AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS IN GREATER MINNESOTA. THE HHS EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT MAINTAINS A FREE ONLINE DATABASE OF DIVERSE TEACHING MATERIALS INCLUDING INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS, LECTURES, CRITICAL CARE CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND VIDEOS, MEDICAL BLOGS, AND EDUCATIONAL LINKS, ALL UTILIZED BY PRACTITIONERS AROUND THE WORLD.

RESEARCH:HHS IS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO ADVANCING THE FIELD OF MEDICINE THROUGH PROGRESSIVE MEDICAL RESEARCH. HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (HHRI), THE THIRD LARGEST MEDICAL RESEARCH NON-PROFIT IN MINNESOTA, HAS A DELIBERATE AND DISTINGUISHING EMPHASIS ON THE HEALTH CARE PROBLEMS AND NEEDS PREVALENT IN THE HHS PATIENT POPULATION AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. RESEARCH CONDUCTED AT HHS AND THROUGH HHRI INCLUDES TRAUMA, EMERGENCY MEDICINE, AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY FIELDS OF STUDY. THIS FOCUS DISTINGUISHES HHRI/HHS FROM OTHER RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS IN THE STATE, DIRECTLY BENEFITS PATIENTS, AND CREATES STRONG LINKS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. HHRI-COORDINATED RESEARCH FOCUS INCLUDES ADDICTION MEDICINE AND TOBACCO DEPENDENCE TREATMENT, BONE INFECTIONS AND HEALING, CANCER BIOLOGY, CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASES, COGNITIVE ISSUES IN AGING, DIABETES AND OBESITY, DISPARITIES IN HEALTH CARE DELIVERY AND OUTCOMES, EMERGENCY MEDICINE, HEART FAILURE, HIV/AIDS, LIVER DISEASE, PEDIATRIC DISEASE PREVENTION, FOOD SECURITY, TRANSPLANT AVAILABILITY AND OUTCOMES, AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.RESEARCHERS AT HHS, THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, AND ABBOTT ARE COLLABORATING ON AN INNOVATIVE, COMPREHENSIVE STUDY TO BETTER IDENTIFY THE RANGE OF BRAIN INJURIES AMONG PATIENTS. LED BY DR. UZMA SAMADANI, AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED NEUROSURGEON AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY RESEARCHER, IT IS HOPED THAT BY USING MULTIPLE EVALUATION TOOLS, INCLUDING EYE TRACKING, BLOOD-BASED BIOMARKERS, IMAGING AND COGNITIVE MEASURES, MEDICAL RESEARCHERS WILL DEVELOP A NEW STANDARD APPROACH TO HELP CLASSIFY BRAIN INJURIES, INCLUDING CONCUSSIONS, AND PROVIDE THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO GUIDE DOCTORS' TREATMENT DECISIONS. THE HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION CONNECTS THE GENEROSITY OF THE COMMUNITY TO THE MISSION OF HHS.

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