Sept. 2, 2010

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Twin Cities publication names CentraCare #1 Best Place to Work – for second consecutive year

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – For the second consecutive year, CentraCare Health System has been recognized as the #1 Best Place to Work in Minnesota, in the large company category, by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.

2010 winners in the large company category (more than 1,000 full-time employees) include:

1) CentraCare Health System
2) C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
3) Accenture
4) Ameriprise Financial Inc.
5) Torgerson Properties Inc.
6) Ecumen
7) Capella Education Co.
8) Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America
9) University of St. Thomas
10) Comcast

Also honored were 30 small-company winners and 15 medium-size companies. CentraCare and the other winners are featured in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.

The winners were determined by Quantum Workplace, based in Wichita, Kan., after employees at qualifying companies took a web-based survey created by Quantum, which then provided the Business Journal with a list of firms ranked by their scores.

“We are pleased and proud that CentraCare Health System has earned this recognition because we know that happy, engaged employees provide better patient care,” said Terry Pladson, M.D., president of CentraCare Health System, which eemploys more than 6,000 people. The system includes CentraCare Clinic, St. Cloud Hospital, the hospitals and long-term care facilities in Melrose and Long Prairie, and the St. Benedict’s Senior Community facilities in St. Cloud and Monticello, as well as the CentraCare Health Foundation.

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