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Fearless Living

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Conor Mayo-Wilson, a researcher of mathematical philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University, studies how people learn and solve problems by sharing information in groups. But research done by Mayo-Wilson and others shows that this isn’t exactly the case. Head in the Crowds " The New York Times Magazine, December 23, 2012.

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How Mayo Clinic Is Combating Information Overload in Critical Care Units

Harvard Business Review

Subsequently, over a two-year period, we conducted 1,500 interviews with clinicians from Mayo Clinic ICUs nationwide. AWARE provides a real-time overview of every ICU in the Mayo Clinic system, using visual displays that make it simple to scan and identify patients in need of urgent interventions.

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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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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. Patients are co-designers, co-developers, and increasingly more responsible for their own and collective health outcomes.

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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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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.