Tag Archives: Health Care

“Know Your Numbers” is National Anthem of Heart Month

January 26th, 2012 - 9:17 am

Friday, Feb. 3 is National Wear Red Day®, the kickoff for February Heart Month, when Americans raise awareness of heart disease as the number one killer of women. Consider the facts: 80 million Americans – about 1 in 3 adults … Continue reading →

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New Insurance Option Provides Canadians Access to Mayo Clinic

May 9th, 2011 - 8:00 am

Mayo Clinic has announced a new health insurance option that will allow Canadians to access Mayo Clinic expertise and care. The product, called MyCare, is provided by Assured Diagnosis, Inc. (ADI) of Canada, and will be available April 15, 2011. MyCare … Continue reading →

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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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Leading Health Care Organizations Announce Collaborative Effort to Improve Care, Six of the nation’s leading health care systems today announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration to improve health care quality while reducing costs.

December 15th, 2010 - 3:51 pm

Six of the nation’s leading health care systems today announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration to improve health care quality while reducing costs. Cleveland Clinic, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Denver Health, Geisinger Health System, Intermountain Healthcare, and Mayo Clinic will join The Dartmouth Institute for … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Innovation Cited in Harvard Business Review Blog

August 16th, 2010 - 2:58 pm

From a post this morning by Uri Neren on the Harvard Business Review blog: Start listening for guidance on innovation and you tend to hear a lot about Apple, Google, and other high-tech pioneers in Silicon Valley, Boston, or Seattle. You rarely … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic to Host Second Social Media Summit

May 17th, 2010 - 6:00 am

Mayo Clinic today announced the program for its second health care social media summit, produced in collaboration with Ragan Communications, which will be held Sept. 27-29, 2010 at Mayo Clinic’s Jacksonville, Fla. campus. Pre-conference workshops will be held on Monday, Sept. … Continue reading →

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Warfarin Genetic Test Cuts Hospital Admissions

March 16th, 2010 - 7:00 am

Hospitalization rates for heart patients taking warfarin, the world’s most-prescribed blood thinner, dropped by approximately 30 percent when genetic information was available to doctors when prescribing the drug, researchers from the Medco Research Institute and Mayo Clinic announced today. Results … 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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Mayo Clinic to Hold "Tweetcamp II" on Medical Use of Twitter

April 22nd, 2009 - 10:45 am

Mayo Clinic will host its second “Tweetcamp” on Thursday, April 23, 2009 to provide training for Mayo Clinic staff — and for others outside Mayo via Web cast, in how to use Twitter productively in health care. The course also will … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Health Manager Provides Organization, Guidance for Health

April 21st, 2009 - 4:00 am

Mayo Clinic and Microsoft Corp. today announced the launch of Mayo Clinic Health Manager, a privacy- and security-enhanced online application that provides people with a place to store medical information and receive real-time individualized health guidance and recommendations based on … Continue reading →

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