Archive for April, 2013
April 30, 2013
Army Reserve Soldiers train at world-renowned Mayo Clinic by Gonda Bock
This fictitious scenario actually played out at the Mayo Multidisciplinary Simulation Training Center, or MMSTC, in Rochester, Minn., where the 865th Combat Support Hospital, or CSH, was doing a training exercise…The first steps toward the development of this partnership between the Army Reserve and world renowned Mayo Clinic began in 2011 when Dr. Walter Franz, […]
Tags: Army Reserve, Army.mil, Combat Support Hospital, Dr. Walter Franz, Mayo Multidisciplinary Simulation Training Center, MMSTC
April 30, 2013
New PSA stresses how to stay safe in the sun
After our long winter, we all deserve to get out and soak up the sun! But doctors say there is such a thing as too much sun. According the Centers for Disease Control, one person dies of Melanoma every hour in the U.S and a growing number of those people are under 30.That’s why Mayo […]
Tags: Centers for Disease Control, melanoma, skin cancer, sun exposure, WEAU-Eau Claire
April 30, 2013
Is Suicide Screening Effective? Still no Clear Answer
Since adults who die by suicide have often visited their primary care physician within the previous month, could routine screening for suicide by primary care physicians prevent suicides? Unfortunately, “there is not enough evidence to make a definitive recommendation for or against screening,” the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force—a volunteer panel of national experts in […]
Tags: depression, Dr. Timothy Lineberry, Psychiatric News, suicide, suicide prevention, suicide screening, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
April 30, 2013
Cabaret star Michael York’s secret battle against killer illness
Michael York’s pallid appearance earlier this year at a reunion with his Cabaret co-stars Marisa Berenson and Joel Grey alarmed fans who could barely recognise him because of his swollen features. Now, the 71-year-old star of Logan’s Run and The Three Musketeers has disclosed that he has been fighting a battle against a rare blood […]
Tags: blood disorder, Cabaret, Michael York, stem cell transplant, Telegraph UK
April 30, 2013
Health Care’s ‘Dirty Little Secret’: No One May Be Coordinating Care
Some medical centers have taken steps to improve communication, assigning color-coded ID tags or scrubs to staff members so patients know who’s a nurse and who’s a doctor, and installing white boards in patient rooms, where a nurse starting a shift can jot down his or her name. At some facilities, hospitalists write their names […]
Tags: communication, coordinating care, Health Care, Kaiser Health News, Michael Rock, pre-admission education
April 30, 2013
New Mayo tool IDs heart patients at risk for premature death
Researchers from the Mayo Clinic have developed a computer-aided electronic warning system to help identify patients at risk for premature death, such as from an abnormality in the heart’s electrical system, the institution recently announced. Findings on the system were published in this month’s Mayo Clinic Proceedings…What’s more, lead study author Michael Ackerman, a pediatric cardiologist at […]
Tags: computer program, Dr. Michael Ackerman, electronic warning, FierceHealthIT, Mayo Clinic Children's Center, premature death
April 30, 2013
On second try, Mayo Clinic’s DMC plan passes Senate
It took a do-over vote, but Mayo Clinic’s quest for state dollars to help support its ambitious expansion efforts cleared a critical hurdle on Monday night. Its passage, however, was anything but easy. On the first try, the Senate tax bill, which includes roughly half a billion dollars for Mayo’s Destination Medical Center initiative, failed […]
Tags: destination medical center, DMC, do-over vote, Minnesota Legislature, Post Bulletin, state funding
April 29, 2013
Teens learn how to be safe on the road
The risk of a teen driver crashing a car is higher than any other age group. In fact, the Center for Disease Control says for every mile a teen drives they are four times more likely to get into a crash than older drivers. That’s why Mayo Clinic Health Systems and the Chippewa Valley Technical […]
Tags: Center for Disease Control, Chippewa Valley Technical College, Dr. Leland Mayer, driving class, road safety, teen driver, WEAU
April 29, 2013
GenomeDx Expands Collaboration with Mayo Clinic
GenomeDx Biosciences announced today that it has expanded an existing research agreement with the Mayo Clinic. The expanded agreement includes exclusive license to certain Mayo developed intellectual property along with exclusivity covering co-developed intellectual property…”Access to the Mayo Clinic’s comprehensive cohort of samples from patients classified as high risk for metastatic disease and the involvement […]
Tags: Decipher, Dr. Doug Dolginow, GenomeDx Biosciences, intellectual property, metastatic disease, research agreement, Wall Street Journal
April 29, 2013
Mayo Clinic captures top two awards for Innovative Services in Health Management
Mayo Clinic captured the top two prizes for Innovative Services in Health Management, one of twelve categories presented by the Edison Awards at the ceremony in Chicago. The Gold went to the Mayo Clinic Patient App, which allows Mayo Clinic patients to have mobile access to their personal medical records and appointment schedules through the […]
Tags: Edison Awards, Health Information, Innovative Services in Health Management, iPad App, Mayo Clinic Patient App, medical records, mobile access, News Medical, Patient Online Services