Last year southeastern Minnesota was chosen as part of the Beacon Communities program to improve health care…Eleven counties in southeastern Minnesota that are all working on three major projects, one of them is increasing immunization amongst our population," said Mike Harper a physician at Mayo Clinic…Another part of the project is increasing the communities involvement. "It is a demonstration in how the health care providers can work with the community as a whole, to work with a population of patients, and deliver good health care," said Harper.  Additional coverage: Winona Daily News,

KAAL, by Katie Eldred, 9/13/11

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