title: HealthSystem Minnesota: a leader in the Minnesota marketplace.
abstract: HealthSystem Minnesota is an integrated, patient-centered, care delivery system located in the Twin Cities. In the early 1990's, as pressure built for health care providers to cut costs and increased value, Park Nicollet Clinic, Methodist Hospital, Primary Physician Network, and our other member organizations merged to form HealthSystem Minnesota. Our organization has strong relationships with several major payers, but we have chosen to remain purely a physician-led, professionally managed care delivery system. This structure allows us to focus on our patients as our first priority. This article illustrates the role HealthSystem Minnesota plays in the highly competitive Twin Cities market.
authors.affiliation: HealthSystem Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Greenland
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004465:Economic Competition; D006273:Health Facility Merger; D006293:Health Promotion; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D019451:Information Management; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration; D008910:Minnesota; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D018802:Patient-Centered Care