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HealthEast Clinics & HealthEast Same-Day Surgery Centers Earn National Honors

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information:
Jodi Ritacca, HealthEast
651-232-6410
jritacca@healtheast.org

(St. Paul, MN – Nov. 8, 2010) – HealthEast Clinics, a Twin Cities leader in delivering quality patient care, is excited to announce that the clinics are a winner of HealthPartners, Partners in Excellence (PIE) 2009-2010 Award. The award was given to HealthEast Clinics for:

  • Evidence-based cervical cancer screening
  • Patient experience - talking about choices for treatment
  • Patient experience - being informed about patients needs

HealthEast Clinics also just received a 2010 Excellence in Patient Care Award from the Studer Group, as did the HealthEast Same-Day Surgery Centers at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Midway Surgery Center and Woodwinds Health Campus. They were among 49 organizations to receive this national honor which recognizes organizations demonstrating outstanding performance in patient care.  

John Piatkowski, MD, VP, HealthEast Clinics Executive Medical Director, Mike McMahan, St. Joseph's Hospital Operations Executive and Stephanie Brown, HealthEast Customer Service Training Manager, accepted the awards on behalf of HealthEast.

"Nothing matters more than providing outstanding patient care. Whatever changes may reshape our industry in the future, it's the one factor that will hold constant. All the award winners have demonstrated their deep commitment to the well-being of their patients. I am proud to work with organizations that are making such a difference," said Quint Studer, CEO and Founder, Studer Group.

HealthEast Clinics, with 14 locations in neighborhoods throughout the Twin Cities' East Metro, are dedicated to providing high-quality, compassionate health care. In addition to family medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics, HealthEast Clinics offer a variety of specialties.

Get information about HealthEast Clinics.

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