Healthcare Services

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2007--Governor Tim Pawlenty and elementary students from Minnehaha Academy will put on their running shoes today to help launch the Medtronic TC Kids Marathon. The governor and students will take some of the first steps of the new onlin...

DEERFIELD, IL.- February 15, 2007 "“ Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) ranked among the leading socially responsible companies as recently announced in Innovest Strategic Value Advisors' "Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World" list and Corporate Responsib...

ARLINGTON, Va. and DEERFIELD, IL.- February 6, 2007 "“ In recognition of his lifelong achievements and contributions to the field of health services research, Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, has been selected as the 2007 recipient of the William B. Graham Prize for Health Servic...

JACKSON, MS December 6, 2006 - The Foundation for the Mid South (FMS) announced today the recipients of grants totaling $833,813 on behalf of The Baxter International Foundation Health Recovery Fund. The fund was established in February to support the recovery and re...

DEERFIELD, Ill.- Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) announced today its social, economic and environmental performance in its 2005 Sustainability Report: 75 Years of Saving and Sustaining Lives. This report, which demonstrates the breadth and depth of Baxte...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 2006--The Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon (MTCM) today announced a youth running program to promote exercise among Minnesota children and to provide families with resources on how to exercise together. The Medtronic TC Kids Marathon will ...

JACKSON, MS - The Foundation for the Mid South (FMS) has received a $500,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to offer grants to community-based health care providers and to support their efforts to serve vulnerable populations in the hurricane-affected ...

DEERFIELD, Ill.- The Baxter International Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX), today announced its first-quarter grant awards, totaling nearly $600,000. The foundation's board of directors recently approved grants to 10 organizat...

DEERFIELD, Ill.- Baxter International Inc. has been selected as a recipient of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2006 Climate Protection Awards, which honor individuals and organizations around the world that have made significant contributions...

ARLINGTON, Va. and DEERFIELD, Ill.- In recognition of her notable contributions to the public through innovative health services research, Linda H. Aiken, Ph.D., has been selected as the first recipient of the William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research. The ...