Mayo Clinic to offer flu vaccination appointments at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Mayo Family Clinic Kasson
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic will offer flu vaccination at Mayo Clinic in Rochester and Mayo Family Clinic Kasson in Kasson, Minnesota, to patients 6 months and older, starting Oct. 12. Now more than ever, Mayo Clinic and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend all people 6 months and older get vaccinated [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - September 28, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Study finds lung transplant patients not given antifungal preventive drugs have higher risk of death
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Antifungal preventive medications reduce mortality risk by half in the first year following lung transplantation, according to Mayo Clinic research involving 667 patients who received lung transplants from 2005 to 2018. The retrospective study, published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society, is the largest ever to evaluate the effectiveness of [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - September 22, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic completes deidentification of expansive medical dataset
to protect patient privacy, and advance research discoveries and clinical outcomes. ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic announced a significant achievement of the newly formed Clinical Data Analytics Platform: completion of the deidentification of structured portions of 10 million Mayo Clinic patient records, along with 2.5 million unstructured [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - September 22, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo study identifies barriers to physician adoption of federal Right to Try law
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- A new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute is the first to examine the opinions and experiences of clinical oncologists working at a major medical center on the Federal Right to Try (RTT) law. Enacted in 2018, the Federal RTT law was created as a new and parallel pathway [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - September 21, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Largest pharmacogenetic clinical trial in cardiology shows potential benefit in individualized approach to anti-platelet therapy
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? Heart patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or stent placement? nonsurgical procedures to improve blood flow to the heart ? are typically prescribed anti-platelet therapy to avoid blood clots that can lead to a heart attack or stroke. New research from the international TAILOR-PCI trial, the largest pharmacogenetics clinical trial in [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - August 24, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Online searches for 'chest pain' rise, emergency visits for heart attack drop amid COVID
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? A study of search engine queries addressed the question of whether online searches for chest pain symptoms correlated to reports of fewer people going to the emergency department with acute heart problems during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayo Clinic researchers looked at Google Trends data for Italy, Spain, the U.K. and the U.S., [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - August 23, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Expanded Access Program for Convalescent Plasma discontinues enrollment as FDA authorizes its emergency use
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized emergency use of convalescent plasma and the national Expanded Access Program (EAP) for convalescent plasma led by Mayo Clinic announced its intention to discontinue enrollment. The five-month program served 2,780 hospital and acute care facilities, with nearly 14,000 physicians enrolling 101,000 patients and reports of [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - August 22, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic reports strong second quarter financial performance
ROCHESTER, Minn. - The COVID-19 pandemic has presented one of the greatest challenges in Mayo Clinic's history, but because of exceptional staff work and collaboration, strategic expense reductions and emergency relief funding, Mayo reported a strong second-quarter financial performance. "We are grateful for the extraordinary commitment and dedication of the entire staff. Because of their [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - August 19, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
COVID-19 testing sites in Rochester to converge on July 13, 2020
ROCHESTER, Minn. - Beginning, Monday, July 13, Mayo Clinic's Northwest Clinic drive-through testing site will shut down and all testing will be consolidated to a single testing location. Individuals needing a COVID-19 test will be directed to the Graham Park Collaborative Collection Testing Site. This community drive-through site at Graham Park, located on the Olmsted [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - July 9, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Minnesota mass gathering participants eligible for COVID-19 testing
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Minnesota Governor Tim Walz recently announced that any Minnesota resident who participated in a protest, vigil, or other mass gathering, including first responders, are eligible to receive a COVID-19 test. Mayo Clinic and Mayo Clinic Health System sites in Minnesota are helping to support public health departments in local communities and have [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - June 15, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic buildings being lighted to honor the memory of George Floyd
On Thursday, June 4, Mayo Clinic campuses in Minnesota, Arizona, and Florida will be lit yellow as a sign of hope for the days to come in conjunction with the memorial service taking place in Minneapolis, MN for George Floyd. Mr. Floyd died on May 25, 2020 from injuries inflicted by a police officer who has [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - June 3, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic receives $26 million from BARDA for COVID-19 convalescent plasma expanded access program
Mayo Clinic was awarded a $26 million contract today from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The financial support is for the Expanded Access Program (EAP) for convalescent plasma to fight COVID-19. [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - May 3, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
'Mayo Clinic Anxiety Coach' e-tool to help children with mental health concerns
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Anxiety disorders affect up to 20% of children, and according to recent Mayo Clinic research, there are several effective treatment options. The COVID-19 pandemic can intensify these and other mental health conditions. But as most of the U.S. continues social distancing, access to mental health care is limited. To address this urgent [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - April 30, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Media backgrounder: COVID-19 readiness and helping the world respond to the global pandemic
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic is well-prepared to treat patients with COVID-19 across the organization, while actively helping the world respond to the pandemic. As Mayo does this, it will openly share its expertise and point of view with policy makers, global health leaders and others, while making all decisions in a way that aligns [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - April 27, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Vice President Pence to visit Mayo Clinic in Rochester on April 28
Vice President Mike Pence will travel to Rochester, Minnesota, on Tuesday, April 28. He will tour Mayo Clinic facilities that support COVID-19 research and treatment, and speak with staff. Later that evening, Vice President Pence will return to Washington, D.C. Additional details about the vice president's trip are forthcoming. Members of the media can contact [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - April 22, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
