Hennepin County Medical Center Receives $2.5 Million Grant from United Health Foundation to Help Build Healthier Community in...
April 29 2015 - 1:12PM
Business Wire
- Grant will help redesign care model
for people with complex socioeconomic and health issues including
at least one mental health diagnosis
Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) has been awarded a $2.5
million grant over three years by United Health Foundation to
support HCMC’s innovative programs that provide services for
patients with complex socioeconomic and health issues.
Celebrating the United Health Foundation
grant to Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) are, left to right:
Dr. William Walsh, Deputy Chief Innovation Officer, HCMC; Susan
Jepson, Vice President of the Center for Health Care Innovation;
Suzanne Begin, President of the Hennepin Health Foundation; Brett
Edelson of UnitedHealthcare; Dr. Chip Truwit, Chief Innovation
Officer, HCMC; Jon Pryor, HCMC CEO; and David Orbuch, J.D.,
Hennepin Health Foundation board member (Photo: Alex Carroll
Photography).
HCMC will use the grant to:
- assess its patient population through
interviews to determine the barriers they face in moving the
delivery of health care upstream, from the emergency room to the
clinic, and ultimately to the patient’s home;
- design innovative models of care that
address these barriers and shift the focus of care to health rather
than disease; and
- analyze and evaluate the utilization
rate and effectiveness of the new model(s).
The grant is part of the United Health Foundation “Helping Build
Healthier Communities” program that is providing critical resources
to nonprofit, community-based organizations across the country to
improve communities’ health and well-being.
“We are thrilled to receive United Health Foundation’s support
in helping us enhance and transform our community’s health and
well-being,” said HCMC CEO Jon Pryor, M.D., MBA. “We’ve worked hard
to address the challenges of caring for patients with complex
socioeconomic and health issues, but with United Health
Foundation’s resources and expertise, we will explore ways to
improve our already successful programs.”
The announcement was made during HCMC’s Annual Meeting that
brought together health experts, board members, community leaders
and patients to report what has been happening at HCMC in the past
year.
The funding comes at a critical time as Accountable Care
Organizations are focused on population health, patient
satisfaction and defining new approaches to delivering care.
“We are grateful to United Health Foundation for providing this
grant to HCMC that will help improve the lives of people who rely
on HCMC’s services and programs,” said Suzanne Begin, vice
president of Philanthropy and Community Relations, HCMC and
president, Hennepin Health Foundation. “This partnership will
enable HCMC to expand its reach into underserved communities and
focus on creative ways to improve health for people facing
physical, mental and socioeconomic challenges.”
“United Health Foundation is supporting Hennepin County Medical
Center’s efforts in bringing new, innovative approaches in care,”
said Brett Edelson of UnitedHealthcare. “HCMC’s work in the
community is showing significant results and helping improve
people’s health and quality of life, particularly in underserved
areas.”
Hennepin Health Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit whose sole
purpose is to inspire community generosity to support HCMC. HCMC is
a Level 1 Adult and Pediatric Trauma Center and an academic center
for numerous resident and other professional programs. Patients
from Minneapolis, Hennepin County, and the entire state of
Minnesota are seen at the downtown campus and 11 primary and
specialty care clinics in Hennepin County. In 2013, HCMC had 22,236
discharges, 127,047 patient days, and 537,467 clinic visits. Given
its academic culture and record of caring for a highly diverse
patient population, HCMC is a perfect learning laboratory for
innovations in healthcare.
About Hennepin County Medical
CenterHennepin County Medical Center is a nationally
recognized Level I Adult Trauma Center and Level 1 Pediatric Trauma
Center with the largest emergency department in Minnesota. The
comprehensive academic medical center and public teaching hospital
includes a 462-bed acute care hospital with primary care and
specialty clinics located in downtown Minneapolis and throughout
the Twin Cities area.
The mission of Hennepin County Medical Center is to “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.”
About United Health
FoundationThrough collaboration with community partners,
grants and outreach efforts, United Health Foundation works to
improve our health system, build a diverse and dynamic health
workforce and enhance the well-being of local communities. United
Health Foundation was established by UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH)
in 1999 as a not-for-profit, private foundation dedicated to
improving health and health care. To date, United Health Foundation
has committed more than $285 million to programs and communities
around the world. We invite you to learn more at
www.unitedhealthfoundation.org.
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United Health FoundationLauren Mihajlov,
952-936-3068Lauren_Mihajlov@uhg.comorHennepin County Medical
CenterChristine Hill, 612-873-5719Christine.hill@hcmed.org
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