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Doing the work: Learning through Vulnerability and Perseverance at the First Health Equity Summit

Hennepin Healthcare Health Equity Department held its first two-day Health Equity Summit Learning through Vulnerability and Perseverance.

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Hennepin Healthcare Annual Meeting shares progress on care delivery, trauma care, and equity

At the Hennepin Healthcare annual meeting, more than 170 team and community members heard updates on how we are advancing our mission.

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Patient shares experience navigating cancer diagnosis with support of Cancer Center team and MyChart

“I had had a cold which turned into a cough, and I was feeling pretty rundown – I was afraid maybe I had a touch of pneumonia,” says Jim.

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The Next Step Harriet Initiative: Empowering through trauma recovery

“I have so much anxiety allowing my son to go outside,” said a mother whose son was a survivor of gun violence.

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Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan attends American Indian Youth with Stethoscopes event

American Indian youth spent the day learning about healthcare professions, trying hands-on activities with real medical equipment.

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Youth dive into medical knowledge at Youth with Stethoscopes summits

Our Talent Garden wrapped up the year with Latine Youth with Stethoscopes and Black Men with Stethoscopes.

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Happy Twin Cities Pride!

Come out to support the LQBTQ+ community this weekend in Loring Park to celebrate the Twin Cities Pride Festival!

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Black Women with Stethoscopes Youth Summits inspire youth

Over 150 young women visited our campus to learn about healthcare careers during our Black Women with Stethoscopes Youth Summits.

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Kidney donor and grateful transplant recipient join Donate Life ceremonies

As we celebrate Donate Life month in April, we annually raise the Donate Life flag in a celebration on our campus.

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Walk with a Doc

The Integrative Health team has joined the international non-profit organization Walk with a Doc to promote healthy movement.

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Donate Life

In the case of someone having a traumatic life-ending event, are you ready to donate your organs to save someone’s life?

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Go red for women or just wear red day, which is it?

Remember when the first Friday of February was designated as Go Red for Women and they had the little red dress pin?

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Celebrating World Children’s Day: Our commitment

November 20, 2020, is the 61st anniversary of the World’s Children’s Day, which commemorates the Declaration of the Rights of the Child.

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May is stroke awareness month

Although sometimes it seems the world has stopped and everything is focused on the world of COVID-19, strokes don’t care. They still happen.

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Nurses Week 2020: Honoring the light of our nurses and frontline staff as we find our “flo”

Florence became known as the “Lady with the Lamp” as she rounded on wounded soldiers at night during the Crimean War.

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Melanoma Monday is still a thing!

The first Monday of May we have always promoted ‘Melanoma Monday’ – a conscious reminder to take care of our skin and prevent melanoma.

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See snapshots spanning 14 decades of care at Hennepin Healthcare

Hennepin Healthcare has been around for over 130 years! View a timeline that showcases some of the key accomplishments and historical events.

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Local artist illustrates a day in the life at Hennepin Healthcare in 160 moments over 24 hours

Over the course of a year and a half, local artist Anita White captured moments that spanned every hour of the day – all 24 hours of it.

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Soothe your soles and save your toes

Lutzke received treatment for her diabetic osteomyelitis abscess at Hennepin Healthcare’s Center for Wound Healing and Limb Preservation.

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Brooklyn Park Clinic expansion brings more health care services and specialists to the NW suburbs

Hennepin Healthcare completed an expansion in Brooklyn Park with more specialists, a physical therapy gym and pharmacy.

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