NH+C tightens visitor restrictions, reviews elective surgeries
NOVEMBER 9, 2020 – Northfield Hospital + Clinics is tightening visitor restrictions to protect patients and staff as COVID-19 cases rise across the region.
No visitors who are COVID-positive or have any COVID symptoms will be allowed under any circumstances. All persons are screened on entry for symptoms and temperature.
As of Tuesday, November 10, hospital restrictions are:
More babies, more options: Birth Center Director Lisa Bauer, RN shares details of Birth Center expansion
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 -- Birth Center Director Lisa Bauer, RN spoke with Jeff Johnson at KYMN 95.1 The One about the Birth Center expansion, with more options for natural childbirth . . . including our first-ever Water Birth Suite.
Hear the full interview: http://bit.ly/nhc-kymn-birth-center
See photos and details: https://bit.ly/nhc-birth-center-expansion
NH+C’s Lakeville Clinic reopens
MAY 28, 2020 – Northfield Hospital + Clinics reopens its Lakeville Clinic on Monday, June 1 for primary and specialty care.
Providers in Lakeville – plus NH+C’s Northfield, Farmington and Faribault clinics – return to their regular schedules on June 1, including evening hours.
Plans are being made to reopen the Lonsdale Clinic later in June. For now, Urgent Care in Lakeville and Express Care Clinic in Northfield remain closed.
All NH+C clinics are taking precautions for the safety of patients and staff.
Care for your health during the pandemic
Your health needs don’t stop because of COVID-19. Northfield Hospital + Clinics doesn’t stop, either. Download our "Care During COVID" Guide here.
We are caring for essential health needs during the pandemic. With systemwide precautions in all our locations – plus Video Visits – we can care for you safely.
We encourage you to call your clinic to discuss your health concerns. We’ll review your condition and determine the best option for you – whether that’s a Video Visit or being seen in person.
Care for your health during the pandemic: Pregnancy and Birth
Your health needs don’t stop because of COVID-19. Northfield Hospital + Clinics doesn’t stop, either.
We are caring for essential health needs during the pandemic. With systemwide precautions in all our locations – plus Video Visits – we can care for you safely.
Prenatal care: The Women’s Health Center has condensed all care into fewer appointments, so moms get all the care they need with fewer visits to the clinic. Of course, we’ll see an expectant mom at any point if she or her provider has concerns.
Precautions stay in place as Minnesota loosens some restrictions
MAY 18, 2020 -- As the state of Minnesota loosens Stay at Home restrictions and allows some businesses to reopen, NH+C's precautions will stay in place.
NH+C Birth Center precautions keep moms and babies safe
March 30, 2020 Having a baby is an exciting time. We know it’s also a nervous time right now, too. We’re taking extensive precautions in the Birth Center at 
Northfield Hospital + Clinics to protect you and your baby, with the full resources of a hospital and doctors and care team as needed.
We’re committed to giving you the safest, most comfortable birth experience possible. Our precautions for all patients include:
When it’s time for a mammogram, should you ask for 3D?
Great question. NPR’s “Health Shots” explains the benefits of 3D mammography, including new research that shows better detection of cancer with 3D images for women as young as 40 and women 65-plus (two separate studies). “If a breast cancer screening facility offers 3D, women should choose that,” NPR concludes, quoting radiologist Liane Philpotts, MD with Yale Cancer Center: “‘It's really a no-brainer. We just get so much more information with 3D, it seems an obvious choice.’”
Spring forward at the Women’s Health Fair on May 9
Busy women – especially those who care for kids and perhaps aging parents – tend to put their own health last.
We invite you to put yourself first for an evening.
Our first-ever Women’s Health Fair is an evening of health information for women at every age and stage. We invite you to celebrate your best health . . . your best self.
Staff and providers from 15 departments across NH+C welcome you with exhibits and activities, seminars, tours, refreshments – and a prize drawing for some pretty delightful gift baskets.
Clinic and Birth Center Expansions
Plans are moving forward to expand both the Northfield Clinic and the Birth Center in 2019. The Northfield Clinic has outgrown its space, with new providers and more patients for family medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine and specialty care. We need more space for these growing services, and any new services.The Birth Center now welcomes about 550 babies a year. The current space would be great if babies came on a steady schedule two or three at a time – but babies come when they’re ready, and more space will let us accommodate more births at the same time.