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February 5, 2013

Focus on Hospitals’ ‘July Effect’

By Logan Lafferty

Some people believe that being admitted to a teaching hospital in July, when the new medical residents have just arrived, is a guarantee of poor care, and some research supports that view. But a new study suggests that fear of the “July effect” may be exaggerated…“If there really was a July effect, we would expect […]

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Tags: Jennifer S. McDonald, July Effect, medical residents, New York Times, teaching hospital


January 31, 2013

Hospital Error Rate in Minnesota Isn’t Improving

By Logan Lafferty

Minnesota’s latest annual report on adverse medical events shows that after nine years of owning up to mistakes, hospitals and surgery centers are still making the same rare but severe errors in patient care…But even rare events prompt change. Three of the embolisms occurred at Mayo Clinic hospitals in Rochester, and two involved staff members […]

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Tags: adverse medical, Dr. Timothy Morgenthaler, embolism, patient care error, Star Tribune


January 31, 2013

‘July Effect’ In Hospitals Is A Myth, Mayo Clinic Study Finds — At Least When It Comes To Spine Surgery

By Logan Lafferty

The “July Effect” — the notion that July is the most dangerous time to be a patient because of new, inexperienced residents at hospitals — is a myth, at least when it comes to spine surgeries, according to a new study from Mayo Clinic researchers…”We hope that our findings will reassure patients that they are not at higher […]

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Tags: Dr Jennifer McDonald, Huffington Post, July Effect, medical complications, spine surgery


January 17, 2013

Mayo Clinic: Skin Problems, Joint Disorders Top List of Reasons People Visit Doctors

By Logan Lafferty

A new Mayo Clinic Proceedings study shows that people most often visit their health care providers because of skin issues, joint disorders and back pain. Findings may help researchers focus efforts to determine better ways to prevent and treat these conditions in large groups of people. “Much research already has focused on chronic conditions, which account for […]

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Tags: back pain, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Dr. Jennifer St. Sauver, joint disorders, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Medical Xpress, Population Health Program, Science Codex, skin issues


January 16, 2013

Study Asks: Are e-Visits as Good as Office Appointments?

By Logan Lafferty

“E-visits” to the doctor? According to a U.S. study, they may be just as effective as in-person office visits for uncomplicated ailments such as sinus infections and urinary tract infections – and much cheaper…”All over the country, more and more of these e-visits are taking place,” said James Rohrer, a family medicine doctor at the […]

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Tags: Dr. James Rohrer, e-visits, in-person visits, online care, Reuters


January 15, 2013

Researchers Mine Data From Clinic, Big Insurer

By Logan Lafferty

UnitedHealth Group Inc. and Mayo Clinic are set to unveil a new research initiative that will draw on millions of health-insurance claims and in-depth clinical patient records, part of a broader effort in the health industry to glean insights about care from a growing flood of data…The initiative will focus on research into “best outcomes for […]

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Tags: clinical patient records, data mining, Dr. John Noseworthy, health insurance, MedCity News, UnitedHealth Group, Wall Street Journal


October 18, 2012

Tool Reveals Myeloproliferative Neoplasm Patient Burden

By Kelley Luckstein

Researchers have devised a tool to accurately assess the extent of symptoms in patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). The MPN Symptom Assessment Form total symptom score (MPN-SAF TSS) is an efficient, sensitive, and reliable method for symptom assessment in patients with essential thrombocythemia (ET), polycythemia vera (PV), or myelofibrosis, say Ruben Mesa (Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, […]

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Tags: Dr. Ruben Mesa, Journal of Clinical Oncology, MPN Symptom Assessment Form, MPNs, myeloproliferative neoplasms, News Medical


September 14, 2012

Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights

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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 CNN How to indulge […]

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Tags: Alzheimer's drug, bapineuzumab, BodyGuardian, Choline C 11, CNN, doctor burnout, Dr Charles Bruce, Dr. Donald Hensrud, Dr. Ed Creagan, Dr. Fred Kusumoto, Dr. Issam Moussa, Dr. Leslie Sim


September 5, 2012

Better Care Through Sharing Electronic Medical Records

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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 […]

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Tags: Care Connectivity Consortium, electronic medical records, Geisinger Health System, Group Health Cooperative, Health Affairs Blog, Intermountain Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente


July 31, 2012

Hospitals, Counties Partner to Reduce Medicare Patients’ Hospital Readmission Rates

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A new program in Eau Claire and Chippewa counties intended to keep Medicare patients recently released from hospitals from returning is receiving statewide attention. That’s partly because the transition intervention program appears to be working, but also because of a looming deadline from the federal Affordable Care Act that will penalize hospitals with high readmission […]

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Tags: Affordable care act, Aging and Disability Resource Center, Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, high readmission rates, Medicare, Sacred Heart Hospital, St. Joseph's Hospital


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