Woodwinds Health Campus
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Woodwinds Health Campus is a member of the HealthEast Care System
and is recognized as innovative for successfully blending integrative health services with traditional medicine. Woodwinds is a full-service 86-bed hospital, located on 30-acres of wetlands. It was one of three hospitals nationally recognized by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ), for its evidence-based healing environment and hospital design. It is a collaboration between HealthEast Care System
and Children’s Hospitals and Clinics.
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Woodwinds Health Campus includes The Natural Care Center by Northwestern Health Sciences University
and offers non-traditional treatments such as chiropractic and acupuncture
. It also has a community resource center open to community members, patients, visitors and staff.
It’s one of the first hospitals in the nation to have acupuncturists on staff who make daily rounds and provide acupuncture to patients to reduce pain, nausea and anxiety, whether they having a baby, undergoing surgery or emergency care.
Woodwinds includes a Level 3 Trauma Center, Certified Stroke Care Center, and Heart & Lung Care. Its Maternity Care Unit has had the highest patient satisfaction in the nation according to Press Ganey.
Woodwinds nurses have achieved the highest employee engagement
scores ever recorded by Gallup.
HealthGrades
rates Woodwinds’ orthopaedic program as the best in the state and named Woodwinds an Outstanding Patient Experience award winner in 2010-2011 based on patient satisfaction data as measured by NRC Picker
Soliant named Woodwinds one of the Top 20 Most Beautiful Hospitals in the country.
In 2009, Woodwinds was named a Thomson Reuters
100 Top Hospital.
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association awarded Woodwinds a Blue Distinction for its expertise in hip and knee replacement as well as spine care.
Also in 2009, Minnesota Hospital Association named Woodwinds the 2009 Best Minnesota Hospital Workplace for its holistic model of care and healing environment.
HealthEast Care System
HealthEast Care System is a non-profit health care provider organization located in St. Paul, Minnesota and the surrounding suburban area. It includes four hospitals, 14 clinics, medical tranportation and a variety of other outpatient services. Founded in 1986, it was named one of the top ten...
and is recognized as innovative for successfully blending integrative health services with traditional medicine. Woodwinds is a full-service 86-bed hospital, located on 30-acres of wetlands. It was one of three hospitals nationally recognized by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is a part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, which supports research designed to improve the outcomes and quality of health care, reduce its costs, address patient safety and medical errors, and broaden access to effective...
(AHRQ), for its evidence-based healing environment and hospital design. It is a collaboration between HealthEast Care System
HealthEast Care System
HealthEast Care System is a non-profit health care provider organization located in St. Paul, Minnesota and the surrounding suburban area. It includes four hospitals, 14 clinics, medical tranportation and a variety of other outpatient services. Founded in 1986, it was named one of the top ten...
and Children’s Hospitals and Clinics.
History
Woodwinds Health Campus opened in August 2000 and is the first and only hospital in Woodbury, MinnesotaWoodbury, Minnesota
Woodbury is a city in Washington County, Minnesota, United States, and is a suburb of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. It is situated east of Saint Paul along Interstate 94...
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Woodwinds Health Campus includes The Natural Care Center by Northwestern Health Sciences University
Northwestern Health Sciences University
Northwestern Health Sciences University is a natural health care university located in Bloomington, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. The university has educational programs in chiropractic, Oriental medicine, acupuncture, therapeutic massage, and human biology. The university was founded in 1941...
and offers non-traditional treatments such as chiropractic and acupuncture
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a type of alternative medicine that treats patients by insertion and manipulation of solid, generally thin needles in the body....
. It also has a community resource center open to community members, patients, visitors and staff.
Care & Services
Woodwinds is one of the leading orthopaedic care centers in the Twin Cities and has created a Orthopaedic Learning Center where doctors from around the world can learn new orthopaedic techniques. It’s also one of the first hospitals in the Twin Cities to offer computer-assisted knee surgery for people undergoing total joint replacement and one of the first hospitals to offer artificial disc surgery for patients with lower back pain.It’s one of the first hospitals in the nation to have acupuncturists on staff who make daily rounds and provide acupuncture to patients to reduce pain, nausea and anxiety, whether they having a baby, undergoing surgery or emergency care.
Woodwinds includes a Level 3 Trauma Center, Certified Stroke Care Center, and Heart & Lung Care. Its Maternity Care Unit has had the highest patient satisfaction in the nation according to Press Ganey.
Woodwinds nurses have achieved the highest employee engagement
Employee engagement
Employee engagement, also called worker engagement, is a business management concept. An "engaged employee" is one who is fully involved in, and enthusiastic about their work, and thus will act in a way that furthers their organization's interests...
scores ever recorded by Gallup.
Awards
In 2010, Becker's Hospital Review named Woodwinds as one of the Top 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare in the country.HealthGrades
HealthGrades
HealthGrades Inc. is a U.S. company that develops and markets quality and safety ratings of health care providers, including hospitals, nursing homes, physicians and dentists. Quality ratings are devised from publicly available patient safety data and analyzed with proprietary technology developed...
rates Woodwinds’ orthopaedic program as the best in the state and named Woodwinds an Outstanding Patient Experience award winner in 2010-2011 based on patient satisfaction data as measured by NRC Picker
Soliant named Woodwinds one of the Top 20 Most Beautiful Hospitals in the country.
In 2009, Woodwinds was named a Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters Corporation is a provider of information for the world's businesses and professionals and is created by the Thomson Corporation's purchase of Reuters Group on 17 April 2008. Thomson Reuters is headquartered at 3 Times Square, New York City, USA...
100 Top Hospital.
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association awarded Woodwinds a Blue Distinction for its expertise in hip and knee replacement as well as spine care.
Also in 2009, Minnesota Hospital Association named Woodwinds the 2009 Best Minnesota Hospital Workplace for its holistic model of care and healing environment.