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5 Examples of Great Health Care Management

Harvard Business Review

In December, 2012, the University of Utah health care system started posting on its “ Find-a-Doctor” sites all patient comments received after office visits. Culture of shared responsibility at Mayo Clinic. I asked some Mayo physicians why they were willing to do this “extra work” beyond their specialty expertise.

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5 Examples of Great Health Care Management

Harvard Business Review

In December, 2012, the University of Utah health care system started posting on its “ Find-a-Doctor” sites all patient comments received after office visits. Culture of shared responsibility at Mayo Clinic. I asked some Mayo physicians why they were willing to do this “extra work” beyond their specialty expertise.

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Putting Humans at the Center of Health Care Innovation

Harvard Business Review

We have closely studied three of these models: The Helix Center at Imperial College London, the Center for Innovation at the Mayo Clinic, and the Consortium for Medical Technologies at Massachusetts General Hospital. Scoping projects for success and managing ambition: Interdisciplinary design teams are, by nature, optimistic and ambitious.

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Integrating Maintenance of Board Certification and Health Systems’ Quality-Improvement Programs

Harvard Business Review

To address this shortcoming, Mayo Clinic formed a partnership in 2009 with the American Board of Family Medicine, the American Board of Internal Medicine, and the American Board of Pediatrics to create a pilot program: the Multi-Specialty Portfolio Program for Part IV MOC. Authority and Structure. Review and approve QIPs.

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An Online Medical Database Is Reducing Doctor Error

Harvard Business Review

The data that is available, such as a 2012 study of over 15,000 patient records from 26 African and Middle Eastern hospitals, produce alarming results: 6.8% Researchers at the Mayo Clinic showed that U.S. Given that most developing countries do not record medical errors, the global magnitude of the problem is not well documented.

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How Mayo Clinic Is Using iPads to Empower Patients

Harvard Business Review

An effort under way at the Mayo Clinic shows how such technology can be used to improve outcomes and lower costs in health care. Source: Mayo Clinic. Source: Mayo Clinic. The average user of the program in its first seven months (from April to November 2012) was 68 years old. Implementation. Results and Benefits.

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Giving Patients an Active Role in Their Health Care

Harvard Business Review

And yet, as so many of us know who have attempted to manage our own care or tend to sick family members, the U.S. The average, low-risk patient must follow up on referrals to specialists, fill and manage medications, and comply with physical therapy and other regimes. We know from classic management theory (e.g., the work of J.