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Allina Patient Education earns national awardsMINNEAPOLIS 10/02/2007--Allina Hospitals & Clinics Patient Education received three awards in the 2007 National Health Information Awards program. The awards, sponsored by the Health Information Resource Center, recognize the nation’s best consumer health information programs and materials produced in 2006. More than 1,000 entries were submitted by a variety of organizations in the consumer health field. Winning entries received gold, silver, bronze and merit awards. Allina Patient Education received merit honors for three titles that were updated in 2006:
About Allina Patient EducationAllina Patient Education offers nearly 2,300 titles, including 12 books and 99 translated titles in Hmong, Russian, Somali and Spanish. Selected patient education titles have links within Allina's medical electronic record and content from several manuals has been incorporated into www.allina.com. About the Health Information Resource CenterThe Health Information Resource Center (HIRC) is a national clearinghouse for consumer health programs and materials. For more about the National Health Information Awards program, visit www.healthawards.com. # # # |