Hennepin Healthcare System Inc

Programs: Hhs inc. (d/b/a hcmc) (hereafter hhs) is a nationally recognized level 1 adult and pediatric trauma center with the largest emergency department in minnesota. Hhs is also recognized nationally for leadership in medical education, emergency preparedness, research, and compassionate care in many medical specialties. As of december 31, 2016, hhs operated a hospital with licensed capacity of 894 beds and 65 bassinets, of which 486 beds and 62 bassinets were available, as well as 13 primary care clinics and 35 specialty care clinics, 6 pharmacy locations, and employed approximately 711 providers, 233 residents and 131 pharmacists.

hhs provides students and medical professionals with access to innovative and comprehensive resources that are unique to the organization, drawing over 20,000 providers each year for clinical training. Hhs also trains providers across minnesota and the region through our outreach efforts. Hhs is the largest continuing medical education (cme) provider accredited by the minnesota medical association. Hhs is the largest teaching hospital for the university of minnesota school of medicine and operates 14 hhs-based residency and fellowship programs. There are multiple educational areas to enhance student and provider education such as the interdisciplinary simulation and education center, the center for learning integration, and the advanced practice provider professional center.

hhs is nationally recognized for its commitment to advancing the field of medicine through progressive medical research. Minneapolis medical research foundation (mmrf), 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 mmrf includes trauma, emergency medicine, and traumatic brain injury fields of study.

hennepin healthcare system, inc. (hereafter hhs) is governed by a 14-member board of directors. The board is responsible for oversight of policy and operating activities. Upon disintegration of the hospital system from the hennepin county network, the hennepin county of minnesota retains ownership of the hhs facilities. The hennepin county board of commissioners oversees certain governing rights and obligations, including oversight of the safety net mission and review and approval of hhs' board members, annual operating budget, health services plan and capital budget. During the year 2016, hhs maintained the course towards construction of a new $240m clinic and specialty building, which will consolidate hcmc's existing downtown clinics in one state of the art, six-story facility aimed at improving care, efficiencies, and the patient experience within the main campus community. The new specialty complex is expected to be operational in 2018. Hhs is an essential community provider as designated by the minnesota department of health. Hhs is committed 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 for 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. 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 is often the 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 achieve improved quality, safety and experience outcomes for all stakeholders. Hhs also operates the interdisciplinary simulation and education center (isec), a multidisciplinary 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 practice real-life medical situations and procedures via state-of-the-art simulation equipment. Hhs emphasizes training the future healthcare workforce in light of 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 continues to cooperate with metropolitan state university in providing 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 new healthcare role that applies and expands paramedic skills to preventative 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 and to keep their skills and knowledge sharp. 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. This focus distinguishes mmrf/hhs from other research institutions in the state, directly benefits patients, and creates strong links within the community. Mmrf-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 healthcare system regularly collaborate 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. Philanthropy for hhs and mmrf is coordinated and supported through hennepin health foundation (hhf). Hhf connects the generosity of the community to the mission of hhs to ensure access to outstanding care for everyone, while improving health and wellness through teaching, patient and community education and research. Hhf has facilitated the establishment of the rockswold kaplan endowed chair for tbi research and has assisted in the establishment of the delta dental oral health center at hcmc, opening in the new clinic and specialty care building.