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CARMEL, Ind., July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With temperatures continuing to bake much of the United States, MISO successfully managed its highest demand ever for electricity in the grid operator's 12-state market area, with demand peaking at 103,975 megawatts (MWs), surpassing the last record of 103,246 MWs set on July 31, 2006. Today's record comes on the heels of successive days of surging demand for power across the region. On Tuesday, the regional transmission system operator, which...
Boyer & Associates Helps YMCA of St. Paul and Minneapolis Improves Financial Reporting and Operational Efficiency with Microsoft Dynamics GP Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) July 12, 2011 Boyer & Associates(Boyer), a leading provider of business management solutions for mid-sized businesses, announces the completion of an ERP financial management project for the YMCA of Greater St. Paul and Metropolitan Minneapolis, a membership-based non-profit organization committed to meeting local...
Adverse health event prevention awards program reaches three years old ST. PAUL, Minn., June 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nineteen Minnesota hospitals won a total of 21 awards in the three-year-old Minnesota Hospital Association Patient Safety Excellence Awards program. The initiative recognizes organizations' efforts to prevent pressure ulcers, or bedsores; falls; wrong-site surgical or other invasive procedures; and foreign objects unintentionally left behind during labor and...
MINNEAPOLIS, June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The General Boards of the YMCA of Greater Saint Paul and the YMCA of Metropolitan Minneapolis announced today that the two organizations intend to fully integrate and form one new YMCA to serve the greater Twin Cities region and western Wisconsin communities. The new YMCA--the YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities--is expected to be operating by January 1, 2012. This change will not affect Y memberships and no Y locations or camps will be closed. The...
ST. PAUL, Minn., June 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- GTT -- a worldwide leader in emergency vehicle preemption (EVP) and transit signal priority (TSP) systems -- today announced the appointment of Jim Oberstar, as Senior Strategic Advisor. During his 36-year tenure serving Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives, Jim championed a wide range of initiatives to improve transportation safety. His efforts culminated in his appointment as Chairman for the House Committee on Transportation and...
MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL, Minn., May 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- For the fifth year in a row, Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota has been named one of the top pediatric hospitals in the nation according to the 2011 U.S. News Media Group's Best Children's Hospitals rankings. This year Children's ranked in four categories - cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, neonatology and pulmonology. "We are pleased to once again be recognized by US News for the outstanding care we provide to...
MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL, Minn., April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- At a time when Minnesota is faced with the state's first measles outbreak in years, national and state vaccination experts came together on the St. Paul campus of Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota this morning to discuss how to improve vaccination rates and keep Minnesota children safe from vaccine-preventable disease. Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, in partnership with U.S. Congresswoman Betty...
ST. PAUL, Minn., April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Individuals with diabetes who adhere to their medication had lower risk of hospitalization by one-third when compared to patients who do not adhere to their medication, according to a new study. The results of the study by Prime Therapeutics (Prime), a thought leader in pharmacy benefit management, are being presented the last week in April at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy's 23rd Annual Meeting and Showcase in Minneapolis, Minn. More...
ST. PAUL, Minn., April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Patients with asthma or allergic rhinitis (nasal allergies), initially prescribed montelukast (Singulair®) instead of typical first-line therapy have low rates of persistence on montelukast and may ultimately discontinue therapy altogether, according to a new study presented at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy's 23rd Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, Minn. The study will be presented by Prime Therapeutics (Prime), a thought leader in...
ST. PAUL, Minn., April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study shows 90-day statin drug claims filled through a mail service pharmacy are associated with less waste than a 90-day supply from a retail pharmacy. The findings of the study by Prime Therapeutics (Prime), a thought leader in pharmacy benefit management, will be presented at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy's 23rd Annual Meeting and Showcase, taking place in Minneapolis, Minn. April 27-29. Waste occurs when patients stop taking...
