November 1, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
November 1, 2013 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 […]
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August 2, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
August 2, 2013 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 […]
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April 26, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
April 26, 2013 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 […]
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January 16, 2012
Uninformed Consent: Average Study Participant Likely Unaware of Risks
But a new study suggests that even today, a key safeguard against potential abuse—consent forms—is troublingly vulnerable… The findings come as no surprise to William Tremaine, MD, director of the Office of Human Research Protection at Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minn., who was not involved in the study. “Everyone knows research consent forms are too […]
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December 12, 2011
Mayo Clinic’s seven-prong model improves service quality, patient experience scores
Details of a “seven-prong” model for improving service quality and creating value, developed by Mayo Clinic in Arizona, were published in the November/December issue of Journal of Healthcare Management. Results of the pilot study suggest that the model has utility in improving patient experience scores, which can influence reimbursement under value-based purchasing. News Medical, 12/12/11
October 21, 2011
Health beat: What does hospital’s star grade tell you?
HealthGrades is one of those innovations of modern health care that helps patients choose hospitals with the best safety records. Trouble is, the more you look at the website’s hospital rankings, the more questions it raises…What next? The patient would nervously click on other metro hospitals, searching for a five-star rating and a low complication […]
September 8, 2011
Medical Residents Still Want Better Work-Life Balance
Despite regulations that limit their work hours, one-third of U.S. medical residents who responded to a national survey were dissatisfied with their work-life balance. And quality of life was rated “somewhat bad” or “as bad as it can be” by 14.8% (99% CI 14.1 to 15.6) of the 16,394 respondents, according to Colin P. West, […]
September 7, 2011
A new report from the Mayo Clinic suggests that the pressures on medical residents might affect patient care… “This isn’t just a woe is me, look at those doctors complaining about how hard their medical training is,” said Dr. Colin West, a general internist who co-directs the Mayo Clinic Department of Medicine Program on Physician […]