Former FCC Chairman Michael Powell elected to lead Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees
PHOENIX -- Michael Powell, the former Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair who oversaw the rapid transformation of communications markets into the digital age, was elected chair of the Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees at its meeting on Friday, Feb. 19. He will serve a four-year term. Powell joined the Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees in [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Business News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Business News - February 19, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Google puts down roots in Rochester, Minnesota, to be closer to Mayo Clinic
Today, Google announced the creation of its first office in Minnesota, at Collider Coworking in the historic Conley-Maass-Downs building in downtown Rochester, Minnesota. This will provide a location to deepen the collaboration of Google's long-term strategic partnership with Mayo Clinic. In 2019, Mayo Clinic and Google announced a 10-year strategic partnership that would redefine how health care is [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Business News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Business News - February 18, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
5 Mayo Clinic hospitals receive 'A' grade for patient safety
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Five Mayo Clinic hospitals scored high marks for safety, earning an "A" grade for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group, an independent, national nonprofit organization run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits. "This recognition goes to our staff and teams who work tirelessly to safely prepare and care for [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Business News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Business News - December 14, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Health System announces new regional vice president
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic physician Robert Albright, Jr., D.O., has been named regional vice president, Mayo Clinic Health System - Southeast Minnesota region. Dr. Albright will be the physician leader for Mayo Clinic's community practice in southeast Minnesota, a region that includes hospitals and clinics in Albert Lea, Austin, Cannon Falls, Faribault, Lake City, [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Business News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Business News - December 2, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Health System temporarily deferring elective care after surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations in Northwest Wisconsin
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. ? Mayo Clinic Health System hospitals in Northwest Wisconsin are experiencing dramatic increases in COVID-19 cases and are escalating hospital surge plans to respond to the growing pandemic in the region. "We're facing a sobering reality in Eau Claire and surrounding communities," says Jason Craig, regional chair of administration, Northwest Wisconsin Region, [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Business News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Business News - October 30, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Community Accountable Care Organization delivers high-quality care, Medicare savings in first year
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- The Mayo Clinic Community Accountable Care Organization (ACO) LLC generated $14.75 million in cost savings, or $29.5 million annualized, to the Medicare program while improving quality of care in 2019. That's according to recently released performance data from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Service (CMS). This was the ACO's first year [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Business News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Business News - October 2, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic named a 'Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality' by Human Rights Campaign Foundation
This article is written by Mayo Clinic Staff. Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Florida and Rochester have been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation as "Leaders in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality." The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Business News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Business News - August 31, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Expands Commitment To Serving Veterans By Participating In VA Community Care Network Beginning August 1, 2020
Veterans in the upper Midwest may now be eligible to receive care in their local communities from Mayo Clinic Health System providers; and veterans around the country may be eligible for unique care for complex health issues at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Mayo Clinic in Florida, and Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. This expanded access is [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Business News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Business News - July 27, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic COVID-19 skill for Amazon's Alexa now available in Canada
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic is now broadening access to its trusted health advice on the COVID-19 pandemic with the release of the Mayo Clinic Answers on COVID-19 voice skill for Alexa in Canada. "We value our global community and the many patients who travel to Mayo Clinic from Canada and wanted to make this skill available [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Business News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Business News - July 9, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Platform revolution: Curing more people, reaching more lives, anytime, anywhere
The Mayo Clinic Platform is revolutionizing health care at a time when change has accelerated rapidly. The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the need for remote monitoring, and new diagnostics, treatments and cures. The needs of the patient cannot wait. Dr. John Halamka sees an entirely new future for health care. More cures. Earlier diagnoses. Treatments [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Business News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Business News - July 1, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic opens first gluten-free kitchen, offers gluten-free meal items in Rochester
Items prepared in the new Mayo Clinic gluten-free kitchen will be available for staff and visitors on July 13. This kitchen ? believed to be the first of its kind for any hospital nationally ? was built in part to support the world-class celiac disease research program at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. The gluten-free kitchen, [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Business News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Business News - July 1, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic experts to help guide Delta Air Lines COVID-19 safety measures
Industry leaders in health and travel formalize partnership to transform the future of safe flying ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Delta Air Lines and Mayo Clinic, a global leader in serious and complex medical care, are deepening their relationship to provide additional safety and COVID-19 infection control measures for customers and employees. The collaboration is another significant [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Business News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Business News - June 29, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic launches advanced care at home model of care
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ? Mayo Clinic announced a new care model that will deliver innovative, comprehensive, and complex care to patients--all from the comfort of home via a new technology platform. Through advanced care at home, patients with conditions previously managed in a hospital will have the option to transition to a home setting and receive [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Business News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Business News - June 24, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic to restore pay and return workers furloughed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic announced today it will restore pay levels for staff effective June 24 and return furloughed workers by the end of August, well ahead of schedule. The hard work, flexibility and sacrifice of staff have resulted in a better than expected increase of activity across Practice, Research and Education, according to [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Business News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Business News - June 23, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Minnesota community initiative showcases efforts to reopen safely in Rochester
A new initiative seeks to instill confidence in residents, and patients and visitors so they feel safe as they shop, dine, play and stay in Rochester. ROCHESTER, Minn. - On Monday, June 22, the city of Rochester, Olmsted County, Mayo Clinic, Destination Medical Center Economic Development Agency, Experience Rochester, and the Rochester Area Chamber of [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Business News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Business News - June 21, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
