St. Joseph’s Named Top Heart Hospital
Modern Healthcare has named St. Joseph's Hospial one of the "100 Top Hospitals for Cardiac Care" for 2008. Of the nearly 1,000 hospitals evaulated, these 100 hospitals did significantly better than their peers on measures of mortality and complications in heart care. Read the article at ModernHealthcare.com.
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Courage Girl
For Barbara Ladd McNamara, Sunday, July 29, 2007, started out as a typical summer day. But that evening, during dinner, she had what she describes as a "lightning bolt" in her head. When she collapsed, her son insisted on calling 911.
Though she doesn’t remember much after that, Barb will never forget the encouragement from one Paramedic as she felt herself slipping away. "You're not going there tonight, you're staying here. I'm right here, and you're staying with me," he told her.
The Warrior
At first, Charles Dillingham thought he had pulled a muscle. Working on his car in the garage at his condominium complex, Charles felt a sudden, tight pull in his chest. Within minutes, the pain was so intense he couldn't stand.
After crawling nearly a block from the garage to his condo, Charles lay on his bed and tried to stretch out the muscle pain. When he began sweating and shaking, he became truly frightened for the first time. Charles was having a heart attack.
Ceil's Story
Ceil Hall's idea of being a grandmother included holding her grandkids as much as possible. Finding out her daughter was pregnant, she decided to schedule carpal tunnel surgery, so holding the newborn wouldn't be an issue.
As part of the preparation for surgery, Ceil had a routine chest x-ray. The radiologist found something terribly unexpected. Ceil had lung cancer. She planned on surgery and chemotherapy. Then, her doctor suggested CyberKnife.
Watch Ceil's Story, the movie.
A Great Place to Work
The results are in! HealthEast is a great company to work for. For the fourth year running, we've been named one of the "Best Places to Work" by The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.
Modern Heathcare has also named HealthEast one of the Top 100 "Best Places to Work in Healthcare" in the nation. HealthEast is one of just two health care organizations in the Twin Cities to receive this honor.
Find out about careers at St. Joseph's and HealthEast.