Hennepin County Medical Center

Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) is a Level I adult and

The original hospital building, established in 1887 as Minneapolis City Hospital, before being referred to as "General Hospital" or "City Hospital", sat a block from its current main location.

The hospital underwent a governance change in January 2007, which created a new governing entity with greater autonomy from the county government. The hospital's public mission did not change, but this transition was made to ensure the long-term viability of the hospital. In 2012 the hospital partnered with NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center, Metropolitan Health Plan, and Hennepin County's Human Services and Public Health Department to form an accountable care organization called Hennepin Health. By February 2013, Hennepin Health had enrolled 6,000 clients.^[4]

In 2015, the Hennepin County Board allocated $192 million for a new outpatient center which features multiple clinics across from the HCMC entrance. The building opened in March 2018.^[5] In 2018, HCMC became Hennepin Healthcare.

In 2022, the Hennepin Healthcare safety net^[6] counted 626,000 in-person and 50,586 virtual clinic visits, and 87,731 emergency room visits.^[7]

Hennepin Healthcare's East Lake Clinic in the historic

NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren is a graduate of the Emergency Medicine residency program (2002–2005). He was selected to NASA's 20th astronaut class in 2009, and spent 141 days in space on Expedition 44/45 in 2015.[11]

Emergency medical services

HCMC also provides emergency medical services (Hennepin EMS) for the cities of

Further reading

• Nathanson, Iric, and Thomas R. Mattison. “Origins of a Modern Medical Center: Minneapolis City Hospital, 1887–1907,” Minnesota History 63 (Fall 2012), 114–23. Heavily illustrated.