August 31, 2012
Minnesota Employers Pay for Obesity
Business owners may end up paying extra for those hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans expected to chow down on deep fried mini donuts and cheese curds at this year’s State Fair…Researchers at the Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic studied the effects of obesity among the clinic’s own employees and retirees over seven years, and found those […]
Tags: Finance & Commerce, health costs, Obesity, State Fair
August 31, 2012
Mayo Clinic Health System Employees Honored for Supporting Our Troops
A group of healthcare workers at Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse is being honored for supporting our troops. Mayo hands out the Patriot Award to people who support fellow employees that are also members of the guard and reserve. Four members of Mayo Clinic Health System received the award Wednesday for helping support […]
Tags: Major Karen McGuire, Patriot Award, troop support, WKBT La Crosse
August 31, 2012
Short-Staffed Hospitals Relish Teen Volunteer Hours
Many people who are out of a job and looking for something to do are turning to volunteer work, something short-staffed hospitals are using to their advantage. Unfortunately, when older people enter the job market again, the hospitals are stuck. “When they do get a job, they tend to stop volunteering and go back to […]
Tags: Kairin Whiteside, KTAR Arizona, Mayo Clinic Volunteer Services, short-staffed, Volunteer
August 31, 2012
2 Giants – HealthPartners, Park Nicollet – Plan to Merge
Two of the Twin Cities’ most prominent health care systems, HealthPartners and Park Nicollet, have signed an agreement to join operations, marking the biggest merger in the local health care market in two decades. If approved by state and federal regulators, the merger would create the state’s second-largest hospital system by revenue, behind the Mayo […]
Tags: HealthPartners, merger, Park Nicollet, Star Tribune
August 31, 2012
CFO Jeff Bolton: Keeping Mayo Clinic Finances Strong
When it comes to name recognition in healthcare, few compare to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. For Jeff Bolton, CFO of Mayo Clinic, he is tasked with making sure the health system’s finances stay strong over time to keep the name prominent. As CFO, Mr. Bolton oversees the major financial aspects, including balance sheet management, […]
Tags: Becker’s Hospital Review, Healthcare, Jeff Bolton, Moody's Investors Service
August 29, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
August 30, 2012 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations NY […]
Tags: ABC, Alejandro Rabinstein, Bloomberg, CNN, Dr. David Knopman, Dr. Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, Dr. Greg Poland, Dr. Gregory Worrell, Dr. Manoj Mittal, Dr. Ray Gibbons, Dr. Richard Winkelmann, Dr. Robert Jenkins
August 24, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
August 24, 2012 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations The […]
Tags: Archives of Internal Medicine, Arizona Republic, CNN, Colorectal Cancer, doctor burnout, Dr. David Warner, Dr. Donald Hensrud, Dr. Michael Joyner, Dr. Sharonne Hayes, Dr. Tait Shanafelt, Florida Times-Union, John Plewa
August 16, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
August 16, 2012 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations NY […]
Tags: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Dr. Amit Sood, Dr. Deborah Rhodes, Dr. Edith Perez, Dr. James Levine, Dr. Jennifer Maynard, Dr. Vaidehi Chowdhary, Florida Times-Union, Fox News, KARE11, New York Times, Reader's Digest Canada
August 15, 2012
The Guide to Beating a Heart Attack
Here’s the good news: Heart disease and its consequences are largely preventable. The bad news is that nearly one million Americans will suffer a heart attack this year…Guidelines urge three hours a week of brisk exercise to maintain heart health, but many people who can’t find the time to work up a sweat for 30 […]
Tags: Dr. Martha Grogan, heart disease