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About HCMC

Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. operates Hennepin County Medical Center and four primary care clinics in the Twin Cities. Hennepin County Medical Center is:

• Minnesota’s premier Level 1 Trauma Center with many nationally recognized programs and specialties
• The third largest hospital in Minnesota, based on operating revenue
• An essential teaching hospital for doctors who go on to practice throughout the state
• A safety net hospital providing care for low-income, the uninsured and vulnerable populations, and
• A major employer and economic engine in downtown Minneapolis.

Mission

Hennepin County Medical Center is a public teaching hospital that provides outstanding health care services in an environment which promotes excellence in education and research.

History

What is today HCMC began in 1887 as City Hospital. In 1964, Hennepin County assumed ownership of the hospital. After local voters approved a $25 million dollar bond issue in 1969, a new hospital facility was completed in 1976. Also that year, HCMC started sharing some services with the adjacent Metropolitan Medical Center. When that hospital closed in 1991, HCMC purchased its buildings.

HCMC’s history includes a series of firsts in the metro area – services or programs started to meet community needs that others were unable provide. These include:

• The Hennepin Regional Poison Center.
• The Regional Kidney Disease Program, whose founder, Dr. Claude Hitchcock, performed the first transplantation surgery and first hemodialysis in the region during the early 1960s.
• The Nurse-Midwife Service, which celebrated 35 years of service in 1996.
• The Burn Center, which has pioneered skin culturing.
• The Sleep Disorders Center, whose physicians have identified two new sleep disorders.
• The Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Program, for patients who wish to avoid transfusions.

Another service that HCMC established to meet an urgent community need was begun in the late 1970s and has now developed into a full-scale Interpreter Services Program. What began in 1978 with three part-time, temporary Southeast Asian interpreters now includes more than 50 full-time interpreters of 42 languages including Russian, Somali, Spanish, Hmong, Vietnamese, Lao, and Cambodian. Interpreters for an additional 60-plus languages are available on a freelance basis.

Responding to the needs of the community is a tradition that began at HCMC with caring for the victims of typhoid epidemics before the turn of the century. It is a tradition of which the current staff members are very proud and one they hope to uphold far into the future.

Today

In 2007, the Hennepin County Board transferred direct operation of Hennepin County Medical Center from the County Board to Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. a new public subsidiary corporation owned by Hennepin County. The system’s 13-member board includes leaders from the community with expertise in health care, finance, human resources, human services, public policy, education, and the public sector. The County Board retains oversight of the safety net mission and authority over the operating budget, capital plans, and the county owns the hospital assets.

Board of Directors

Executive Leadership

The Hennepin County Medical Center campus occupies five city blocks near the Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis and operates primary care clinics on West and East Lake Street in Minneapolis and in Richfield and Brooklyn Center.

Hennepin Primary Care Clinics and Specialty Care Centers

Hennepin County Medical Center is a nationally recognized leader in patient care, physician training, and research. For additional information on services not listed on this page, use our Hennepin A to Z list or our search engine.

Download a printable brochure of HCMC's Primary & Specialty Care Centers & Clinics

Specialty Care Centers:

• Bariatric Surgery/Obesity Program
• Birth Center
• Burn Center
• Center for Senior Care
• Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology
• Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Hennepin Heart Center
• Huntington's Disease Center
• Miland E. Knapp Rehabilitation Center
• Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center
• Positive Care Center at HCMC
• Transplant Program

Primary Care Clinics:

• Family Medical Center
• Downtown Medicine Clinic
• Downtown Pediatrics Clinic
• Hennepin Care North
• Hennepin Care South
• Hennepin Family Care East Lake Clinic

Clinical Departments and Divisions

Directions & Maps

Hennepin County Medical Center is located in downtown Minneapolis, across from the Metrodome, on Sixth Street and Park Avenue.

There are 3 main hospital entrances:

Red Building public entrance on 8th Street — 730 S. 8th Street

Purple Building entrance on 7th Street — 716 S. 7th Street

Blue Building entrance on 8th Street — 900 S. 8th Street

Maps

Driving Maps (click on map to view large-view, downtown area, zoom view):


Campus Maps:

20 block area around HCMC

HCMC level 1 & level 2 skyway

Driving Directions:
For the "Directions to HCMC" phone line, call 612-873-9800.

From the northwest
94 East to Exit 230 (4th Street). Follow 4th Street to Chicago; turn right onto Chicago until 7th Street.

From the northeast
35W South to Exit 17C (Washington Avenue). Turn right onto Washington. Follow Washington to Chicago; turn left onto Chicago until 7th Street.

From the east
94 West to Exit 234B (5th Street). Follow 5th around the Dome; turn left onto Chicago until 7th Street.

From the south
35W North to Exit 16A (Downtown). Take 5th Avenue and follow 5th Avenue to 8th Street. Turn right onto 8th Street and take to Chicago Ave.; turn left onto Chicago until 7th Street.

From the west
394 East to Exit 9B (6th Street). Follow 6th Street until Chicago; turn right on Chicago until th Street.

Light Rail Transit to HCMC

HCMC is located at the corner of Park Ave. and 6th Street, conveniently located just 1-1/2 blocks south of the Downtown East/Metrodome station of the Light Rail Transit line. Click here to link to the Metro Transit web page for more information.

The Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) mailing address is:
701 Park Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415

HCMC Benefits
(Click the appropriate pdf below)

Benefits Summary for Non-Union Employees

Benefits Summary for Union Employees

Human Resources Service Center
Purple Building – Street Level
701 Park Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55415
(612) 873-2277
hcmcrecruiters@hcmed.org