Point: Collaboration between doctors, patients, designers and lab technicians brings healthcare delivery breakthroughs. Story: The inspiring origins of the Mayo Clinic illustrate the timelessness of collaborative innovation. Back in the 1880s, two brothers, Will and Charles Mayo, founded the clinic with their father, Dr. William Worrall Mayo, and introduced the concept of a group practice.
Innovation Excellence, by Andrea Meyer, 12/2011
Tags: History, Mayo Clinic Rochester