HealthPartners closing 7 clinics, saying telehealth changes will stick around

More than a half-dozen HealthPartners clinics that shut down during Minnesota's stay-at-home order will stay closed for good as the health system points to what it says are permanent shifts in how patients seek out care. The Star Tribune has a story on the closings, which include the HealthPartners clinics Park Nicollet Cottage Grove; Highland Park in St. Paul; Riverside in Minneapolis; Stillwater Medical Group Mahtomedi; and Westfields HealthStation in New Richmond, Wis. HealthPartners is also…