Category Archives: Quality

Mayo Clinic Honored For Outstanding Patient Care

December 1st, 2011 - 4:32 pm

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic today received a prestigious 2011 Picker Award for Excellence in the Advancement of Patient-Centered Care. The Picker Awards honor premier organizations for recognizing and acting on the acute need to improve the patient’s health care … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic health care expert offers insight to U.S. Dept. of VA

September 29th, 2011 - 2:04 pm

Stephen Swensen, M.D., the Mayo Clinic Director of Quality, joined a group of national health care experts this week in Washington to advise the United States Department of Veteran Affairs on how to offer the next generation of health care … Continue reading →

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No More Shots in the Dark: Mayo Clinic Finds Genetics Behind Measles Vaccine Response

September 23rd, 2011 - 11:31 am

ROCHESTER,Minn.— Researchers at Mayo Clinic are hacking the genetic code that controls the human response to vaccinations. They are using their findings to answer many of the questions that plague vaccinology, including why patients respond so differently to identical vaccines … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic wins Arthritis Foundation grant for shoulder replacement research

June 28th, 2011 - 2:43 pm

Thousands of people have shoulder replacement surgery each year, making it one of the most common types of joint replacement in the United States, yet there is no standard rehabilitation protocol for patients. Some get physical therapy after surgery; some … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic reacts to U.S. Supreme Court Prometheus Ruling

June 22nd, 2011 - 10:32 am

In June 2004, Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. sued Mayo Clinic in federal district court in California, alleging that a planned Mayo Medical Laboratories diagnostic test infringed two patents held by Prometheus. Mayo has always maintained that Prometheus’s patents are invalid and … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Named a Top Hospital System

June 7th, 2011 - 4:24 pm

Mayo Clinic has been named a top hospital system by Modern Healthcare magazine. A special feature on the nation’s largest hospital and healthcare systems appears in the June 6, 2011 issue of Modern Healthcare. To read more: http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20110606/DATA/110609997/-1. Share/Bookmark

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Five Leading Health Systems Create New Care Connectivity Consortium

April 5th, 2011 - 11:01 pm

Five innovative and leading health systems, each of whom are pioneers in the use of electronic medical records for their patients, will join together today to announce a new initiative to securely exchange electronic health data, with the first data … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic to Hold Conference on Quality, Safety, and Service

September 23rd, 2009 - 2:13 pm

The Mayo Clinic Conference on Quality, Safety, and Service will provide an excellent opportunity to discover the latest information related to quality, safety, and service in healthcare, both at Mayo Clinic, and around the country on Sept. 29-30. John Nance, … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Physician Calls for "Minimally Disruptive Medicine"

August 12th, 2009 - 5:55 pm

Mayo Clinic endocrinologist Victor Montori, M.D., is among three authors of an article published this week in BMJ calling for “minimally disruptive” medicine to help ease the burden of treatment for patients, especially those with multiple chronic conditions. Dr. Montori … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Marks Two Decades on "Best Hospitals" Honor Roll

July 15th, 2009 - 10:01 pm

Mayo Clinic has again been named to the U.S. News &World Report Honor Roll as part of the magazine’s annual “Best Hospitals” issue. It’s the 20th straight year that Mayo has been honored in this way. Glenn Forbes, M.D., CEO … Continue reading →

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