Allina starts neighborhood health effort in south Minneapolis - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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The Backyard Initiative is meant to encourage residentds and organizations inthe Phillips, Powderhorn Park, Centralk and Corcoran neighborhoods to improv their health and health “By participating, you will help create a legacy for the city of Minneapolias in improving health for many years to come,” Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybao told a gathering at the Midtown Exchange. Allina considers its “backyard” to be the roughlg 1-square-mile area surrounding Allinq Commons, Abbott Northwestern Hospital and the PhillipesEye Institute. The idea of the project is to combiner wellness and disease prevention with traditionalk hospital andclinic care.
The Backyard Initiative is part of the Centere forHealthcare Innovation, which Allina launchedc this past summer to pursue clinical and populatio n health research. It’s putting $50 million into the which will seekanother $50 million from otherd sources.