Electronic health records: A hard pill to swallow for some doctors
Justine Mrosak entered the exam room, laptop in hand, and began interviewing her patient about his shoulder injury, systematically checking off questions and entering medical data on the computer. At...
View ArticleMinnesota’s mercury concerns bring new test for newborns
State health officials will start testing mercury levels in newborns at Twin Cities hospitals and clinics this summer as part of a $500,000 investigation to determine if elevated mercury levels among...
View ArticleResearch labs repair their own equipment to save money
When the gas chromatograph spectrophotometer broke late last summer, it was Grant Wallace’s job to fix it. The instrument, which the University of Minnesota graduate student is using to measure the...
View ArticlePrivacy activists decry bill to restore newborn blood sample storage
The Minnesota Department of Health would regain broad authority to test and store blood samples from newborn babies under legislation that has pitted medical privacy activists against advocates of...
View ArticleCheck-in calls improve health of patients at risk for heart disease
For people trying to eat right and get more exercise, some gentle nagging can go a long way. Just ask Pat Rolloff of New Ulm, Minn. After her mom died last May, Rolloff’s doctor recommended that she...
View ArticleNew care model could save Minn. nearly $1B in Alzheimer’s costs
Karen Ray has been caring for people her whole life — four children, 12 grandchildren, a husband — but when her mother was formally diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease two years ago, she needed some...
View ArticleU.S. minorities exposed to more toxic air, U finds
Minorities across the country are exposed to more of a dangerous air pollutant than whites, resulting in thousands of preventable deaths due to heart disease, according to a University of Minnesota...
View ArticleHealth officials confirm measles case in Hennepin County
State health officials have confirmed a case of measles in a 19-month-old Hennepin County child, prompting them to notify other Twin Cities families that they could be at risk amid an unusual measles...
View ArticleModerate flu season winds down
Minnesota has reached the tail end of a moderate flu season — welcome relief after 2012-13, one of the deadliest flu outbreaks in years. The state has recorded 1,484 hospitalizations from influenza so...
View ArticleMedical school bottleneck worries analysts, who foresee shortage of doctors
Kiera Berger has a major in genetics and cell biology, a solid GPA and a score on the Medical College Admission Test that’s about average for science undergraduates. She applied to 10 medical schools,...
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