Health Policy
February 18, 2013
Affordable Care Act will work if we embrace it: Column
President Obama mentioned the Affordable Care Act only once during his 2013 State of the Union address, a startling oversight considering the paradigmatic shift his landmark reforms will require of the U.S. health care system in the coming year…Declining reimbursements and physician burnout are contributing to a chronic shortage of primary care providers, which the Mayo Clinic recently projected to […]
Tags: Affordable care act, health care system, President Obama, primary care providers, State of the Union address, USA Today
February 15, 2013
Mayo Clinic Care Network Strives to Serve 200M by 2020
The trend of consolidation in healthcare continues to spread as systems try to improve quality and cut costs, but Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is moving in a different direction to help others achieve those goals, according to a Business Insider report. Mayo Clinic CEO John Noseworthy, MD, told Business Insider that Mayo Clinic is planning to expand the Mayo Clinic […]
Tags: Becker’s Hospital Review, Business Insider, consolidation, Dr. John Noseworthy, expansion, Healthcare
February 11, 2013
Letter: Another Way to Manage Physicians
Imagine an individual physician’s helplessness when a national for-profit insurance company dictates how much it will pay for care, with no ability to negotiate…There is, however, another option that enhances professionalism and safeguards the profession’s commitment to doing the right thing for patients. This alternative is found right now in high-performing medical groups such as […]
Tags: care quality, insurance, Mayo Clinic, Permanente Medical Group, physician, Wall Street Journal
February 4, 2013
Summit expands partnership with Mayo Clinic to provide Teleneurology Care
In an effort to offer neurological services to the area Summit Healthcare continues to collaborate with Mayo Clinic to provide state-of-the-art telemedicine coverage to patients in the White Mountains. Current telemedicine programs offered through the Emergency Room at Summit Healthcare are Telestroke, Teleconcussion, and beginning Jan. 1, Teleneurology. Summit Healthcare is able to provide patients […]
Tags: neuorological services, Summit Healthcare, Teleconcussion, Telemedicine, telestroke, White Mountain Independent
January 17, 2013
UHG, Mayo Clinic Launch Research Effort to Improve Care
Health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group (UHG) and Mayo Clinic on Tuesday announced that they have launched a new research initiative that will mine health data in order to compare, evaluate, and find ways to improve disease treatments and other health procedures…“Our strategic research alliance with Optum Labs will leverage what we believe to be the […]
Tags: disease treatments, Dr. John Noseworthy, Healthcare IT News, Mayo Clinic, Optum Labs, research initiative, Twin Cities Business, UnitedHealth Group
January 4, 2013
Iowans Rail at Wellmark Premium Proposal
Scores of Iowans have written to the state health insurance commissioner, pleading that she decline to let Iowa’s dominant health insurer raise their premiums again…Jackson also noted that many Iowans continue to go to the Mayo Clinic for relatively routine care. Mayo treatment routinely costs Wellmark twice as much as the same treatment in Iowa, […]
Tags: Des Moines Register, health insurance, health insurance premiums, Wellmark
October 8, 2012
Doctor Offers Hunting Safety Tips
Along with misfired rifle shots, common medical emergencies involving hunters include heart attacks, back injuries and broken bones. By following certain safety precautions, however, hunters can prevent injuries and avoid a trip to the emergency room, says a physician who enjoys the hobby himself. “I am a hunter and always need to remind myself to […]
Tags: Dr. Eric Grube, HealthDay, hunting safety, safety precautions
September 6, 2012
Ontario Woman Starring in U.S. Election Ad Warning of Dangers in Canadian-Style Health Care
A Canadian woman (Shona Holmes) with a tale of dangerously delayed brain surgery is back in the fray of U.S. politics, starring in a $6.3-million, anti-Democrat ad campaign that aims to show the perils of government involvement in health care just weeks before the American election… The resident of Waterdown, Ont., west of Toronto, sought […]
Tags: ad campaign, Canadian health care, National Post, Shona Holmes
September 5, 2012
Better Care Through Sharing Electronic Medical Records
Earlier this year we marked the first anniversary in a landmark collaboration that is already achieving major milestones on the road to better care through sharing electronic medical records (EMRs)…Together, Intermountain Healthcare (based in Utah), Geisinger Health System (Pennsylvania), Group Health Cooperative (Washington), Kaiser Permanente (California), and Mayo Clinic (Minnesota) have created the Care Connectivity […]
Tags: Care Connectivity Consortium, electronic medical records, Geisinger Health System, Group Health Cooperative, Health Affairs Blog, Intermountain Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente
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