Awards
As a leading heart care provider the Minneapolis Heart Institute® has been recognized by a number of organizations. Below is a partial list of these acknowledgments:
2010:
Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital ranks number one on Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal's Top 25 list of Cardiac Care Centers (5/2010)
Abbott Northwestern Hospital named Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care by Blue Cross Blue Shield
10 Minneapolis Heart Institute doctors named by Mpls St. Paul Magazine as Best Doctors of 2010 in Cardiology and Vascular specialties (6 of the 10 have been named top doctors in at least 75% of Mpls St Paul top Dr ratings)
3 Minneapolis Heart Institute doctors named by Minnesota Monthly (5/2010) as 2010 Best Doctors for Women in Cardiovascular Disease and Vascular Surgery
2009:
Abbott Northwestern Hospital named one of "America's Best Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report
#38 - heart & heart surgery
Abbott Northwestern Hospital is a top performer in national heart study (Journal of American College of Cardiology/Cardiology Interventions 4/09)
Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital ranks number one on Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal's Top 25 list of Cardiac Care Centers
Abbott Northwestern Hospital achieves Magnet Recognition Program® status
Abbott Northwestern Hospital ranks among the nation's Top 100 Hospitals to Work for in 2009
2008:
Abbott Northwestern Hospital named among the nation's 100 Top Hospitals® for cardiovascular care by Thomson Healthcare
Abbott Northwestern Hospital named one of "America's Best Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report
#27 - heart & heart surgery
Abbott Northwestern Hospital first in Minnesota to be designated as an Accredited Chest Pain Center by Society of Chest Pain Centers
3 Minneapolis Heart Institute doctors named by Minnesota Monthly (3/2008) as 2008 Best Doctors for Women in Cardiology
Thirteen Allina Medical Clinic locations honored by Minnesota Bridges to Excellence for meeting criteria for excellence in optimal care of patients with diabetes and/or cardiovascular disease
American College of Cardiology named Barry Maron, MD, director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Distinguished Scientist for Clinical Research
2007:
Abbott Northwestern Hospital named among the nation's 100 Top Hospitals® for cardiovascular care by Thomson Healthcare
Abbott Northwestern Hospital named one of America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report
#28 - heart & heart surgery
Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital rated #1 in state in top 0.04% nationally by CMS in 30 day MI survival (top 17 of 4,500 hospitals)
Abbott Northwestern rated among the best in the country for treatment of heart attacks by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
3 Minneapolis Heart Institute doctors named by Minnesota Monthly (5/2007) as 2007 Best Doctors for Women in Cardiovascular Disease
2006:
Abbott Northwestern Hospital named among the nation's 100 Top Hospitals® for cardiovascular care by Thomson Healthcare (formerly Solucient).
Abbott Northwestern Hospital named in U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Hospitals 2006
#40 - heart & heart surgery
Two cardiologists with the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation at Abbott Northwestern Hospital were recently recognized for their outstanding contributions to the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease by the American College of Cardiology (ACC), Minnesota Chapter.
- Timothy Henry, MD, received the Innovator Award for his work on Abbott Northwestern's Level One Heart Attack Program, a first-of-its-kind national model for making angioplasty available to patients from across Minnesota.
- Robert Hauser, MD, received a Champions of Minnesota Cardiology Award for his leadership in the area of medical devices.
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