Minnesota hospital News

A St. Cloud, Minn., hospital is refuting a state Department of Health report that links the death of a patient to contaminated IV bags. About two dozen patients contracted a bacterial infection from IV bags that were contaminated when a …

Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services said it has ended a contract with a consulting firm that the Minnesota attorney general accused of misusing private patient information and aggressively collecting debt from patients in emergency rooms. Attorney General Lori Swanson’s office released …