Jeremy Olson
Reporter at The Minnesota Star Tribune
Reporter for the Star Tribune covering health care and medicine. Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting.
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1 week ago |
startribune.com | Jeremy Olson
The Minnesota Department of Health has delayed layoffs of as many as 170 workers after discovering errors in job cuts prompted by the sudden loss of more than $220 million in federal grants. Closer inspection found some workers who received lay-off notices were funded by other federal grants and revenue sources, meaning the department wouldn't necessarily fix its budget deficit by eliminating them.
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2 weeks ago |
startribune.com | Jeremy Olson
Lydia Fess gets the math. She's a trained epidemiologist, after all, so she understands why the Minnesota Department of Health was forced to make cuts when it lost more than $220 million in federal grants. She just doesn't understand why she and other public health employees like her got the ax, when only a fragment of their salaries were covered by these funds, and the workers are well-trained in the fight to prevent infectious diseases.
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2 weeks ago |
startribune.com | Jeremy Olson
Allina Health is using artificial intelligence to improve decision-making in cancer cases, doublechecking doctors' reads of lung scans and guiding them on murky treatment decisions for prostate cancer. The Minneapolis-based health care system reported success over the past year through a contract with Ferrum Health, which helped it select and validate an AI tool that discovered abnormal growths, or nodules, in five patients that had been missed when doctors reviewed their lung scans.
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3 weeks ago |
startribune.com | Jeremy Olson
Essentia Health is investing $13 million to expand the emergency department in its Virginia, Minn., hospital, which has struggled financially since the COVID-19 pandemic but remains a key resource for Iron Range residents and Boundary Waters travelers. When renovations are finished in late 2026, Essentia Health-Virginia's ER will increase its capacity from seven to 12 rooms, including a separate unit of four rooms that are equipped for patients in mental health crises.
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3 weeks ago |
startribune.com | Jeremy Olson
The impact of more than $220 million in federal cuts to the Minnesota Department of Health became clearer Tuesday, as the agency issued layoff notices to 170 workers and rescinded offers to another 20 new-hires. Minnesota as a result will encounter slower responses to foodborne and other infectious outbreaks, because the state had to cut lab technicians and public health workers who investigate how diseases spread, said Dr. Brooke Cunningham state health commissioner.
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