North Memorial Health Care

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION - NORTH MEMORIAL HEALTH'S MAPLE GROVE HOSPITAL HAS AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT THAT WAS DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE 25,000 VISITS PER YEAR. HOWEVER, FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE HOSPITAL HAS SEEN MORE THAN 40,000 PATIENTS ANNUALLY. FURTHER EXACERBATING THE INCREASED DEMAND IS THE TIMING OF PATIENT VISITS; MOST PATIENTS ARRIVE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON, LEADING TO EXTREME CROWDING AND AFFECTING THROUGHPUT IN THE DEPARTMENT. THIS PROJECT WOULD SUPPORT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF AN EXPANSION OF MAPLE GROVE HOSPITAL’S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND ADJACENT ANCILLARY SPACES INCLUDING IMAGING SERVICES. INITIAL PLANS INCLUDE DOUBLING PATIENT CARE ROOMS, ADDING A TRIAGE ROOM, AND CREATING APPROXIMATELY 10 NEW OBSERVATION ROOMS. IN TOTAL, THIS PLANNED EXPANSION IS DESIGNED TO MORE THAN DOUBLE THE OVERALL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION - 3300 OAKDALE AVE N ROBBINSDALE, MN 55422 PROJECT DIRECTOR: MIKE OPAT PHONE: 763-581-4734 WWW.NORTHMEMORIAL.COM TOTAL GRANT FUNDING REQUESTED: $1,000,000 THIS PROJECT IS THE FINAL STAGE OF A BIGGER EFFORT TO REMODEL AND MODERNIZE THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT NORTH MEMORIAL HEALTH HOSPITAL (NMHH) IN ROBBINSDALE, MINNESOTA. THE FACILITY IS AN ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL WITH APPROXIMATELY 350 IN-PATIENT BEDS AND ITS EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT INCLUDES A LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER. LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA, NMHH SERVES A DIVERSE COMMUNITY INCLUDING NORTH MINNEAPOLIS AND NORTHERN HENNEPIN COUNTY. NORTH MEMORIAL HEALTH HAS REQUESTED FUNDING FROM THE CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING PROGRAM TO SUPPORT ENHANCEMENTS TO INFECTION PREVENTION IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TREATMENT ROOMS. AS A LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER, THE SERVICES OF THE HOSPITAL REMAIN ESSENTIAL TO THE WELLBEING OF THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES. IT IS VITAL TO MAINTAIN STATE-OF-THE-ART AIR QUALITY STANDARDS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. NMHH EXPERIENCED GREAT STRESS IN 2020-21 DURING THE PANDEMIC, AT ONE POINT TREATING OVER 20% OF THE STATE'S COVID PATIENTS, AND THE NEED TO MODERNIZE THE AIR HANDLING SYSTEM BECAME URGENT. THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDES THE CONVERSION OF SEVEN (7) EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TREATMENT ROOMS INTO AIRBORNE INFECTION ISOLATION (AII) ROOMS, AND THE MODERNIZATION OF FIVE (5) EXISTING AII ROOMS. GRANT FUNDING WILL ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL PATIENT ROOMS AND COMMON AREAS TO HAVE NEGATIVE AIR PRESSURE THUS EXPANDING THE FACILITY'S CAPACITY TO EFFECTIVELY CONTROL AIRBORNE VIRUSES AND OTHER CONTAMINANTS. THESE ENHANCEMENTS WILL PREPARE THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT FOR FUTURE PANDEMICS, EPIDEMICS, OR OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES BY CONTAINING AIRBORNE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS PATIENTS BEING TREATED IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT INCREASING BOTH PATIENT AND PROVIDER SAFETY.

PARTNERSHIP FOR CHANGE COALITION: REDUCING ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG USE

PARTNERSHIP FOR CHANGE COALITION: REDUCING YOUTH DRUG USE

INCREASING ACCESS TO EMS CRITICAL CARE TO MEET CRITICAL HEALTH NEEDS FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN RURAL MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN - THROUGH THIS PROJECT, INCREASING ACCESS TO EMS CRITICAL CARE TO MEET CRITICAL HEALTH NEEDS FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN RURAL MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN, NORTH MEMORIAL HEALTH AMBULANCE’S (NMHA) WILL INCREASE ACCESS TO CRITICAL CARE EMS SERVICES FOR 275,000 INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT RURAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH ADVANCED TRAINING FOR EXISTING EMS FIRST RESPONDERS AND CRITICAL CARE TRAINING DRILLS FOR COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE BASIC EMS SERVICES. THE LEVEL OF CARE OFFERED TO THESE COMMUNITIES WILL INCREASE EXPONENTIALLY, ESPECIALLY DURING THE LONG MEDICAL TRANSPORTS REQUIRED TO ACCESS HIGHER LEVELS OF CARE OUTSIDE OF THEIR IMMEDIATE AREA. ADDITIONAL TRAINING TO COMMUNITY-BASED EMS PROVIDERS WILL ALSO ADDRESS SUCCESSFUL MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION/OVERDOSE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNIQUES. SKILLS GAINED IN MANAGING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER WILL STRENGTHEN THE SAFETY NET THAT EMS CURRENTLY PROVIDES IN THESE AREAS. THE PROJECT PROPOSES TWO MAIN GOALS: - TO ENSURE POPULATIONS IN SEVEN MINNESOTA/WISCONSIN RURAL DISTRICTS HAVE ACCESS TO EMS PROVIDERS TRAINED IN ADVANCED CRITICAL CARE TECHNIQUES THAT IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES DURING FREQUENTLY EXPERIENCED EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. - TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, OVERDOSE AND DE-ESCALATION TRAINING TO LOCAL AND VOLUNTEER FIRST RESPONDERS IN ALL SEVEN RURAL DISTRICTS SO THEY CAN SUCCESSFULLY USE EVIDENCE-BASED TECHNIQUES IN THEIR PRACTICE WHILE ADDRESSING THE MOST PRESSING RELATED NEEDS IDENTIFIED WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES. TO REACH THESE GOALS, NMHA WILL SUPPORT ADVANCED CRITICAL CARE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION FOR 25 PARAMEDICS, FACILITATE HIGH FIDELITY CRITICAL CARE TRAINING COLLABORATIVE DRILLS WITH AT LEAST 8 RURAL RESPONDER ORGANIZATIONS UTILIZING SIMULATION EQUIPMENT TO RECREATE REAL-LIFE SITUATIONS AND PROVIDE TRAINING TO 200 COMMUNITY-BASED FIRST RESPONDERS IN MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE, DE-ESCALATION AND OVERDOSE SUPPORT. WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITIES THEY HAVE SERVED FOR DECADES AS AN EMS PROVIDER, NMHA WILL REACH SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN THESE RURAL AREAS WHO HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. SEVERAL OF THE COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING THE WHOLE OF 3 COUNTIES, HAVE PER CAPITA INCOMES UNDER $23,000 ANNUALLY, MAKING THEM AMONG THE POOREST COMMUNITIES IN THE AREAS NMHA SERVES.

PARTNERSHIP FOR CHANGE COALITION: REDUCING YOUTH DRUG USE