BLOOMINGTON, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The boards of directors for HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research and Park Nicollet Institute have approved combining the two institutes to create a single education and research organization named HealthPartners Institute. The change takes effect Jan. 1, 2016 – three years after HealthPartners and Park Nicollet combined.
The new HealthPartners Institute will include:
- About 310 full-time employees
- 170 full-time residents
- 300+ clinical educators/faculty
- 200+ clinician and staff researchers
- 450+ active research studies
- 250 additional studies through the Metro Minnesota Community Oncology Research Consortium
“Combining our institutes takes us to the next level by fueling cutting-edge research and education,” said Steve Connelly, MD, President, HealthPartners Institute and Co-Executive Medical Director, HealthPartners. “Our nationally-recognized programs and the hundreds of studies our teams are working on are helping to transform health care for those we serve here in Minnesota and across the nation.”
Part of national research networks
HealthPartners Institute
collaborates with investigators across the nation. Combining two
successful research groups creates a center with areas of research
including neurosciences, critical care, dental and oral health, maternal
and child health, chronic disease, cancer, clinical research, health
economics, mental health, Struthers
Parkinson Center and Park
Nicollet International Diabetes Center. In addition, it participates
in nine national
research networks including the Health
Care Systems Research Network, the Vaccine
Safety Datalink , the Cancer
Research Network and the Mental
Health Research Network.
Medical education
HealthPartners Institute’s Office of
Health Professional Education supports the educational and
administrative activities of the residents, fellows, medical students,
nurse practitioners and physician assistant trainees who rotate through
Regions Hospital, Methodist Hospital and HealthPartners and Park
Nicollet clinics. Each year, more than 500 residents and 1200 students
receive training at Regions Hospital, while an additional 240 trainees
receive training at Methodist Hospital and Park Nicollet clinics.
This combination also brings the strengths of an accredited Continuing Medical Education program to health professionals across the regions while it provides an infrastructure to support HealthPartners clinical quality and patient experience goals.
