Tag Archives: Quality

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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Mayo Clinic Named to Top 10 Health System List

June 2nd, 2011 - 8:37 am

For the second year in a row, Mayo Clinic Foundation has been named to the list of Top 10 Health Systems by Thomson Reuters. The Thomson Reuters 10 Top Health Systems study identifies the 10 best health systems in the … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Quality Academy Conference to be held May 3-4

April 15th, 2011 - 3:00 pm

The 15th Annual Mayo Clinic Quality Academy Conference, “Creating and Paying for Value in Health Care,” will be held May 3-4, 2011, at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minn. This conference, open to all health care providers, will provide … 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 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 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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What Makes Mayo Clinic Different?

October 24th, 2008 - 2:17 pm

That’s the topic of a post earlier this week from Maggie Mahar at Taking Note. Here’s an excerpt: After working at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota for nine years, Dr. Marc Patterson decided to change his life. In 2001, … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Surgeons Propose Measures for Indicating Quality of Lung Surgery

September 9th, 2008 - 5:15 pm

Even though 30,000 patients in the United States undergo lung surgery each year, no standard criteria exist to measure the quality of their care. In the current issue of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic surgeons have proposed a … Continue reading →

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WCCO: "Why is the Mayo Clinic Such a Great Place to Work?"

August 6th, 2008 - 2:26 pm

WCCO TV (Minneapolis-St. Paul) ran a story last night that asked and answered this question. Here is the lead: Every day 65,000 patients, their families and medical staff move in and out of the Mayo Clinic. It is one of … Continue reading →

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