Ethan Kiffmeyer, of Sartell, son of Makenzie Landsberger and David Kiffmeyer, has been awarded a Benedictine scholarship based on merit to the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minn. Kiffmeyer will graduate from Sartell High School next spring and plans to major in nursing.
HealthPartners Central Minnesota Clinic was recognized as a Triple Aim “All-Star” at HealthPartners annual Partners in Excellence awards ceremony.
The award is based on achievement in top-tier clinical quality, patient experience and affordability as measured by the total cost of care. HPCMC met the organization’s highest four-star standards of quality and experience, a rating based on 95 discreet quality and patient-experience measures. Competing medical groups throughout the state were considered for the award, which is the highest honor of the Partners in Excellence Program, and only one medical group is chosen each year.
“This honor is further validation of our dedication to serving the primary needs of the St. Cloud community,” said Julie Johnson, MD and HPCMC medical doctor. “This is a tremendous honor, and a reflection of the hard work of all our team members.”
Peitso
CentraCare Pediatrician and Pediatric Hospitalist Marilyn Peitso, MD, received the 2015 Betty Hubbard Maternal and Child Health Leadership Award for her statewide leadership and advocacy on behalf of mothers and children in Minnesota at a Dec. 4 reception in St. Paul. This annual award was established by Minnesota’s Maternal and Child Health Advisory Task Force and the Minnesota Department of Health to honor the memory of Betty Hubbard, long-time Task Force member and maternal and child-health advocate.
Peitso joined CentraCare Clinic in 1991 and worked as a pediatrician in the Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Clinic until joining the Pediatric Hospitalist and care coordination teams in January 2015. Peitso continues to have great passion for working with families of children with special health care needs. In her current role, she works to improve care coordination in partnership with patients and families across CentraCare Health.
Peitso is a recognized leader at CentraCare Health, in Minnesota and in the nation. Since 2001, she worked on an Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement project to bring patient- and family-centered care principles to the Pediatrics Clinic. She worked closely with the Minnesota legislature, the Minnesota Department of Health, a parents’ advocacy group called Family Voices and the Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics to develop Health Care Homes in pediatric practices across the state. This work culminated in 2008 with Health Care Home legislation being passed in Minnesota. Peitso has seen this Minnesota model influence the national health-care home movement.
