Multicare Associates physicians and staff are committed to putting patients first. Starting in late May 2010 our clinics will be transitioning to an electronic medical records system called Nextgen. We appreciate your patience and understanding during this transition period. It is our goal to provide you with high quality care in a timely fashion and we hope that with your help we can meet that goal.

NextGen electronic medical records system supports the electronic management of a patient's medical records and will replace the traditional paper chart used today. The system has numerous features that will streamline care processes, improve community wide health initiatives, and strengthen the patient provider relationship. The electronic chart will assist the provider in managing all aspects of your care, including prescriptions, preventative health, chronic disease management, lab results and imaging records. This will help ensure that your care is complete, error free, and available when you need it.

As a patient of Multicare Associates you will notice both immediate and future benefits of NextGen EMR.

Immediate Benefits:

• New prescriptions and refills; NextGen allows your Multicare provider to communicate electronically with your pharmacy, increasing the accuracy and turnaround time when prescribing medications
• Providers can access your medical information quickly from all clinic locations and the hospital allowing them to have all your information regardless of where you are being seen.
• Up-to-date on the latest preventative health care recommendations, providers can see in glance if you are current with your health maintenance services such as immunizations and cancer screenings.

Future Benefits:

• Online access to your medical record. Once we have completely transitioned all of your medical records to NextGen, a secure website will be created where patients can access their medical information, such as lab results, imaging reports, etc.
• Complete integration of your records with other care providers. As other medical facilities implement an electronic system, Multicare can exchange information electronically with other physicians who are providing your care. This ensures that all physicians who are treating you have your most current health information.

Multicare's implementation of NextGen electronic medical records gives our physicians and staff the most advanced technology as a tool to help care for you and your family. As we implement this new tool we promise to continue our focus on delivering care that is of high quality, convenient and personal to you.

In November of 2010 the Fridley Medical Center will move to a new clinic on Osborne Road in Fridley. The site is located on the northwest corner of Osborne Road and 5^th Street on the campus of Allina's Unity Hospital.

Construction of the two-story, 60,000 square-foot medical office building is already underway. Multicare Associates – Fridley Medical Center will occupy the first floor, roughly 30,000 square feet. The new clinic will house the same services that are currently offered at the existing clinic: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, OB/GYN (women's health), Occupational Health, Surgery and Nutrition Services. Other services provided on-site include mammograms, ultrasound and bone density scanning (DEXA). Also, the Fridley Medical Center provides urgent care services six days per week.

The existing Fridley Medical Center buildingopened in 1966adjacent to the Unity campus, serving Fridley and the surrounding area for more than 40 years.“We look forward to building on the Unity Campus tobetter serve our patients,” said Jeannine Schlottman, Multicare Associates CEO.

Minnesota Oncology, Medical Advanced Pain Specialists, Goodrich Pharmacy, Multicenter Physical Therapy, and Virginia Piper Cancer Institute will also be moving into the new building.

AMCON Construction is the main contractor of the $14 million project. AMCON Construction is a full-service design-build, construction management and general contracting firm founded in 1972 upon a concept of complete construction services. They provide design and construction expertise to the commercial, industrial, and public sectors.

Good news!!  As of January 26, 2010, Multicare still has H1N1 and seasonal flu shots available.  The shots are available at all three locations; Fridley Medical Center, Blaine Medical Center or Roseville Medical Center.  Call 763-785-4500 to make a vaccination appointment. 

H1N1 vaccine is recommended for the following groups:

• Pregnant women
• Individuals that live with or provide care to infants 6 months and younger
• Children, adolescents and young adults 6 months through 24 years of age
• Adults 25-64 years of age with medical conditions such as asthma, diabetes or a suppressed immune system that put them at higher risk for infulenza related complications
• Health care and emergency medical services personnel

If  you or any of  your children are in one of those priority groups please contact 763-785-4500 to make an H1N1 vaccination appointment.  Seasonal flu vaccine is recommended and available to all patients.  You can request to receive the seasonal flu vaccination and H1N1 at the same appointment.

Visit the Center for Disease Control Website for more information

http://www.cdc.gov/H1N1FLU/

North Metro Surgery Center
11855 Ulysses Street, Suite 270
Blaine, MN 55434
(763) 755-6540

North Metro Surgery Center is a multi-specialty ambulatory surgery center specializing in Ophthalmology, Podiatry, Gastroenterology and ENT procedures.

The newly constructed facility will be opening soon and will provide both the patient and physician a convenient, comfortable and safe environment. Our caring, professional staff provides unmatched patient care. The warm comfortable outpatient setting allows you to return home on the same day as your procedure. Our center offers a convenient, high-quality alternative to hospital services.

For more information, please call us at (763) 755-6540

Dr. Terry, a graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College and the University of Iowa College of Medicine, has come north to practice Family Medicine at our Blaine Medical Center. Whether you are a new or existing patient, Dr. Terry welcomes the opportunity to serve your needs. Call the Blaine Medical Center anytime at 763-785-4200.

Premiere Orthopaedic Group Now in Blaine

Blaine, MN – May 15, 2009 – Sports and Orthopaedic Specialists, team physicians for the Minnesota Twins and Minnesota Thunder, are now taking appointments and seeing patients at the Blaine Medical Center.

The Blaine Medical Center is proud to work with such highly recognized and well known orthopaedic physicians to serve patients in the north metro. The Blaine Medical Center offers many different healthcare services in its new state of the art facility; including family medicine, pediatrics, OB/GYN, urgent care, surgery, ophthalmology, pharmacy, diagnostic imaging and physical therapy. The addition of orthopaedic services to the Blaine Medical Center compliments the existing services making it easier for patients with one convenient location for all their health care needs.

The doctors at Sports and Orthopaedic Specialists are fellowship-trained subspecialists, each focusing on just one or two joints of the body. Because each doctor concentrates his or her practice they have become experts with in their specific area, often called upon to teach other doctors and publish their cutting edge research. Sports and Orthopaedic Specialists use the most advanced practices, protocols and treatments to get patients back in the game of life as fast as possible.

Patients can call 952-946-9777 to schedule an appointment with Sports and Orthopaedic Specialists.