“It’s all going to come down to a group of people:
this school district, this hospital, this group of doctors getting together, and saying, we are sick and tired and we are not taking it anymore.
We are going to make a big social change. ”
The story of New Ulm
Located in Southwest Minnesota is a rural community of 30,000 served by the New Ulm Medical Center. It is here, that some of the Nation's biggest lessons are being learned in the delivery of proactive healthcare to serve a population of needs. On a 10-year journey, this community is on a mission to eliminate heart disease. Eight years in, they have seen enviable results across all major clinical and financial indicators.
Links:
Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
CREDITS
Directed by: Ethan Vincent & Nathaniel Hansen
Executive Producer: Health Catalyst, Paul Horstmeier
Produced by: Chris Keller, Nathaniel Hansen, Ethan Vincent
Associate Producer: Kathleen Hietala
Cinematography by: Ethan Vincent & Nathaniel Hansen
Assistant Editor: Parker Kelly
Sound Design and Audio Mix: Dan Carlisle
Music Supervisor: Christian Pulfer
Music by: FounderMusic
Featuring: Ben Bache-Wiig, Jeff Bertrang, Crystal Fleck, Kristine Fortman, Toby Freier, Dan Holmberg, John Holmquist, Bill Katsiyiannis, Michael Miedema, Karen Moritz, David Nash, Tom Schmitz, Audra Sheneman, Virginia Suker-Molden, Penny Wheeler
Special Thanks: The City of New Ulm
Total running time: 27 min.
Premiered: September 2016