Elephants in the Room- Dr. Ed Creagan Talks About End-of-Life Care

May 17th, 2013 - 2:18 pm

Scheffler authorGuest Post by University of Minnesota, Rochester senior student Kate Scheffler

 
 

Most of us will spendDr. Ed Creagan Transform 2012 the last days of our lives in the Intensive Care Unit. With multiple visits from an array of healthcare professionals, information often gets lost in the medical jargon. Thus, medical interpreters are necessary. Taking on the role as an interpretation unit between the physician and patient, palliative care teams fill this gap. Palliative care focuses on alleviating and preventing the suffering of patients and their families. This is done by communicating with physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals in order to develop a plan specific to each patient.  Having worked with more than 40,000 clinical encounters with the terminally ill, Edward Creagan, M.D., understands the essentiality for end-of-life care providers.

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Volunteers Connect the Patient to the Resources They Need – Not Just Medications

May 15th, 2013 - 9:10 am

Bogenschutz writerGuest post by University of Minnesota, Rochester senior student, Lada Bogenschutz

 

 
Rebecca Onie Transform 2011 SpeakerWhat if doctors could prescribe patients anything they needed, not just medications? With a new tool called Health Leads, this idea becomes reality. In the, presentation entitled Rabble Rousers, Rebecca Onie showcases how this tool allows health professionals to better convenience their clients. Onie argues that if the specific resources may benefit their health, the health care system should satisfy the patients’ needs.
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Best Behavioral Intervention Policies Must Include Innovation and Resilience

April 25th, 2013 - 9:57 am

Bogenschutz writerGuest post by University of Minnesota, Rochester senior student, Lada Bogenschutz

 

 

Andrew Zolli“Heart disease is the number one killer in America, yet we do not have a war on cheeseburgers,” says Andrew Zolli. As a researcher in foresight, social innovation, and resilience at the organization Poptech, Zolli collaborates within a team to approach some of the world’s most significant public health challenges.  Within his presentation, he explains how cognitive bias affects widely spreading health issues, and mentions a number of new interventions that can fuel change.

Oftentimes, Americans ineffectively prioritize healthcare risks. Zolli shows how we inaccurately manage health care problems in a couple ways. First, people wrongly focus on fast-moving risks. “Fast moving trends get all the attention, but slow moving trends have all the power,” is how Zolli fairly puts it. So, the slower-paced health risks create a higher level of burden, but get a lower level of attention.
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To Just Put a Hand on Your Bare Shoulder, Means the World

April 25th, 2013 - 8:54 am

Guest Post by Senior University of Minnesota-Rochester Student,UMR Student Writer Lauren Smith
Lauren Smith

 

Transform 2012 SpeakerRight from the beginning as Garrison Keillor stepped foot on the stage the audience knew that his speech was going to be far different from the rest. He wore a nice black suit and red tie, accompanied with bright red, worn out sneakers. He stood out from the rest of the speakers at the Transform Conference, catching the attention of the attendees with his wardrobe choices.

Keillor opened his mouth and spoke with ease and simplicity, pacing slowly across the stage speaking from the mind and heart. He had no script, prompt, or PowerPoint to accompany him, almost like he was going to speak about whatever came into his mind. He was the last speaker of the conference closing it out with questions about health care, the future, and what he has learned through his life. He spoke about Mayo Clinic and the experience it provides to their patients, stating proudly, “[Mayo has] international experience with small town manners.”

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Happiness: Air, Water, Food, Sleep, Movement

April 4th, 2013 - 10:10 am

UMR Student Writer Lauren SmithGuest Post by Senior University of Minnesota-Rochester Student, Lauren Smith

 

J Paul Neeley Transform Symposium 2012 speakerFlabbergasted, awe-struck, impressed; those were my feelings after the presentation from the designer and researcher J. Paul Neeley. To me he is the man who has given up everything that I could never imagine living without. I commend him for the research and discoveries he has made regarding what makes for true happiness in life. The definition of happiness between the two of us would be drastically different; however, I feel that he has found a long lasting version of it. If I were to describe happiness I would think Christmas surrounded by the ones I love all eating good food and opening presents. It might be going shopping for new clothes to wear out on a date night. Or maybe going out late at night to a restaurant with my close girlfriends and chatting and gorging on food and drinks till it closes.

Life is revolved around being happy. Every decision that an individual makes takes into account how happy, or unhappy, it will make them. But, are modern day technologies inhibiting our abilities to be happy and live a full life? Neeley states, “I realized that much of our modern world and technology is actually antithetical to our happiness.” If so why are we burdening ourselves with such depressive material objects and technologies?

Transform Sympsium Speaker 2012 J Paul Neeley

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Dodge Refreshed Summit

March 29th, 2013 - 11:33 am

By: Kate Scheffler Desk of Post-it notes, markers, and Dodge County brochures.

Dodge Refreshed Mission Statement: Empowering Dodge County residents to grow in health and wellness by promoting awareness, improving access to resources, and building strong connections. The 2nd annual Dodge County Community Health Summit took place on Thursday, February 28 at Dodge Center City Hall.

With a variety of community members in attendance, the event offered an opportunity for people to come together, identify connections, promote health and brainstorm innovative ideas for improving the community. Dodge Refreshed was developed after recognizing the need for more structured development of healthy activities throughout the community.  Modeled on Mower County’s “Mower Refreshed” initiative, Dodge Refreshed was created with the hopes of “making healthy choices a priority” through community engagement and support of healthy living. Dodge Refreshed is a citizen driven initiative that aims to make healthy decisions easier and more accessible by adjusting to fit individual needs. Although the plan is still in the beginning stages, Dodge Refreshed is laying a solid foundation by building relationships and gaining community member perspectives in order to move forward.  By “letting the priorities come from the community,” Dodge County hopes to motivate community members to get involved and volunteer.

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Mayo Clinic Named Edison Awards Finalist

March 19th, 2013 - 8:25 am

Mayo Clinic has been named a 2013 Award Finalist by the internationally renowned Edison Awards™. Nominated to receive the award are two projects that had origins at the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation (and we are a little proud over here) — The Mayo Clinic Patient App and the Asthma Connected Care app are finalists in the Innovative Services/Health Management category, one of twelve categories honored by the Edison Awards. The distinguished awards symbolize the persistence and excellence personified by Thomas Alva Edison, inspiring creative minds to remain in the forefront of innovation, creativity and ingenuity in the global economy. Read a story on Stephen Guerra’s, a patient we recenty had the fortune of meeting with at CFI, what the app has given him that he has never had before — access!

Thomas EdisonThe ballot of nominees for the Edison Awards is judged by more than 3,000 senior business executives and academics from across the nation whose votes acknowledge the Finalists’ success in meeting the award criteria of Concept, Value, Delivery and Impact. The Panel includes members of the Marketing Executives Networking Group (MENG), the American Association Advertising Agencies (4As) the Chief Marketing Officer Council (CMO), the Design Management Institute (DMI), the American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC) the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Association of Technology Management & Applied Engineering (ATMAE). Also on the Panel are hundreds of past Edison Award winners, marketing professionals, scientists, designers, engineers and academics.

“More than any year, this year’s slate of finalists demonstrate the enormous value of teamwork, experimentation, consumer focus, market awareness and game-changing success,” said Frank Bonafilia, Edison Awards’ executive director. “It’s exciting to see companies like Mayo Clinic continuing Thomas Edison’s legacy of challenging conventional thinking.”

Award winners will be announced April 25, 2013 at the Edison Awards Annual Gala, held in the Grand Ballroom at historic Navy Pier in Chicago, IL.

The Edison Awards is a program conducted by Edison Universe, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to fostering future innovators. The 2013 Edison Awards are sponsored by Nielsen, Discovery Communications, Science Channel, and USA Today. For more information about the Edison Awards, Edison Universe and a list of past winners, visit www.edisonawards.com.

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New Perspectives- People are in Control of Their Own Health

March 14th, 2013 - 9:53 am

UMR Student Writer Brittlyn OlsonGuest Post by University of Minnesota, Rochester Student Brittlyn Olson

 

 

Laura Adams, Transform Symposium 2012 SpeakerThe current health care system is the #1 contributor to sickness and death in the United States. Although this seems outrageous, Laura Adams, President and CEO of Rhode Island Quality Institute can understand this reality. Based on her own personal struggles as both a clinician and patient, Adams has generated a transformation in health care. Her unique approach has opened the eyes of the health care system to a new era.

Early on, as a clinician, Laura provided incorrect dosage of a medication to a patient, which could have ended in death. After evaluating the cause of the scenario, she determined that there was lack of communication within the system and ineffective means of information exchange. Of the 2.6 trillion dollars spent annually, 1.2 trillion is wastefully spent on unnecessary hospitalizations and medical/surgical procedures. Laura felt guilty for this and felt it was a problem that must be corrected. Read more

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Accessing Health Care Without Leaving the Comfort of Your Home

March 6th, 2013 - 5:05 pm

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Guest Post by University of Minnesota, Rochester senior student Kate Scheffler

 

 Adam Darkins, Transform Symposium 2012 SpeakerImagine being able to access your health care without leaving the comfort of your home. Through the use of Telehealth, this vision is quickly becoming a reality. By using Interactive TV in the communication process between the patient and physician, Telehealth is improving the delivery of care. Although unconventional, Telehealth reduces bed days of care by 53% and is extremely cost effective, costing about 35 dollars per consultation. Telehealth also improves the quality of care of patients in rural areas by moving care into the home in local communities.

Dr. Darkins speaking at Transform

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As a neurosurgeon, Adam Darkins was unimpressed with the lack of communication throughout the   system. After working a couple of years as a neurosurgeon, Darkins recognized many flaws in the system and became determined to improve it. Switching his focus, he acquired a Masters in Public Health and worked in a research and policy institute called the Kings Fund in London. His work focused on shared decision making and moving services out of hospitals and into other settings. This is where he became exposed to Telehealth. Telehealth encompasses the idea of changing the location of healthcare decision making through the use of technology. With the goal of taking innovation from a pilot to scale by creating the systems to support it, Darkins and his team began implementing Telehealth practices at the Veterans Health Administration (VA). Currently, the VA is recognized as a national leader in Telehealth. Although an ongoing process, Telehealth has improved the quality of care for patients everywhere, especially in rural areas.

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Inspiring Health- Seeking a Better Life for Those With Chronic Disease

March 5th, 2013 - 9:51 am

 Bogenschutz writerGuest Post by Lada Bogenschutz, Senior Student University of Minnesota, Rochester.

 

 

 

 

“Patients don’t get vacations,” is how one man describes his life with chronic illness. As a patient, it is impossible to escape the challenges of a complicated chronic health condition. Amy Williams

Williams and Ryan present at Transform 2012

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and her clinical practice redesign team seek a better life for those with chronic disease. Krisa Ryan, a member of the Center of Innovation, collaborates with Williams and her team to improve the quality of life for the people who are suffering from the ongoing struggles of kidney diseases in a new experience of Re-engineered Dialysis, or “Project Red.”

In the United States, over 26 million individuals have kidney-related illnesses, which accounts for nearly 30 percent of annual expenditures in Medicare. Read more

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