Tag Archives: Montori

Mayo Clinic Social Media Announcement

July 26th, 2010 - 11:26 am

Mayo Clinic today announced the creation of a Center for Social Media to accelerate effective application of social media tools throughout Mayo Clinic and to spur broader and deeper engagement in social media by hospitals, medical professionals and patients to … Continue reading →

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Study: Stopping Clinical Trials Early Exaggerates Treatment Effects

March 19th, 2010 - 12:28 pm

An international study of nearly 100 clinical trials that were stopped early due to positive treatment effects has found that many of those effects were exaggerated. The authors of the study — published in the current issue of the Journal … Continue reading →

By Robert Nellis | Posted in Research | Tagged , , , | Comments (2)

Engaging Patients in Medical Decisions

April 6th, 2009 - 7:08 am

Victor Montori, M.D., a Mayo Clinic endocrinologist, has led research into effective communication with patients and helping them to make treatment decisions, such as whether to take a statin to prevent heart attack, based on an accurate understanding of the … Continue reading →

By Lee Aase | Posted in Diabetes & Endocrinology, Quality, Research | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (1)