Allina Health Explained

Allina Health
Type:	Nonprofit
Location:	Midtown Exchange Minneapolis, Minnesota
Founded:	1983
Key People:	Lisa Shannon President & Chief Executive Officer Lawrence Cho Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer Hsieng Su, MD Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Executive Dr. D'Andre Carpenter Senior Vice President, System Chief Nursing Executive Dave Slowinske Senior Vice President, Allina Health Operations Elizabeth Truesdell Smith Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary to the Allina Health Board of Directors Christine Moore Executive Vice President, System Human Resources and Administrative Officer Ric Magnuson Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Dominica Tallarico Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer Susan Long Vice President/Chief of EMS
Num Employees:	29,000+
Industry:	Health Care
Footnotes:	Lisa Shannon assumes role of CEO: https://www.allinahealth.org/about-us/newsroom/2022/allina-healths-lisa-shannon-assumes-role-of-ceo

Allina Health ^[1] is a nonprofit health care system based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It owns or operates 12 hospitals and more than 90 clinics throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Its subsidiary, Allina Medical Transportation, is accredited by both the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services (CAAS), as well as the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch. Allina Medical Transportation covers eight regions and over 80 communities providing medical dispatch, 911 pre-arrival instructions, and emergency and non-emergency ambulance service. Allina’s 911 Communications Center provides 911 pre-arrival instructions and medical dispatch services to CentraCare Health EMS, Lakes Region EMS, and HealthPartners Lakeview EMS.

History

In February 2012, Allina Hospitals and Clinics announced it was changing its name to Allina Health, to emphasize its new focus on disease prevention and personal vitality.

Allina Health had 29,382 employees in 2018.

On February 9, 2021, a mass shooting and bombing occurred at an Allina Health clinic in Buffalo, Minnesota, leaving one person dead and four critically injured.^[2]

On June 1, 2023, The New York Times released an investigative report alleging that Allina refuses non-emergency care for some patients with medical debt.^[3]

Hospitals

• Abbott Northwestern Hospital, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Buffalo Hospital, located in Buffalo, Minnesota
• Cambridge Medical Center, located in Cambridge, Minnesota
• Faribault Medical Center (Formerly District One Hospital), located in Faribault, Minnesota
• Mercy Hospital – Mercy Campus, located in Coon Rapids, Minnesota
• Mercy Hospital – Unity Campus, located in Fridley, Minnesota
• New Ulm Medical Center, located in New Ulm, Minnesota
• Owatonna Hospital, located in Owatonna, Minnesota
• Phillips Eye Institute, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota
• River Falls Area Hospital, located in River Falls, Wisconsin
• St. Francis Regional Medical Center, located in Shakopee, Minnesota
• United Hospital, located in St. Paul, Minnesota
• United Hospital – Hastings Regina Campus, located in Hastings, Minnesota

See also

• List of hospitals in Minnesota
• Midtown Exchange
• Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute
• Penny George Institute for Health and Healing

External links

• Official site of Allina Health
• Official site of the Penny George Institute for Health and Healing

Notes and References

1. Web site: Minnesota Pronunciation Guide . . July 4, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722194213/http://www.ap.org/minnesota/prono.html . July 22, 2011 .
2. Web site: Police: 67-year-old shooting suspect had 'multiple contacts' with police, likely intended to target Buffalo clinic. Star Tribune.
3. News: Kliff . Sarah . Silver-Greenberg . Jessica . 2023-06-01 . This Nonprofit Health System Cuts Off Patients With Medical Debt . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-06-02 . 0362-4331.