Category Archives: Experience

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

May 15th, 2013 - 9:10 am

Share/Bookmark Guest post by University of Minnesota, Rochester senior student, Lada Bogenschutz     What 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 … Continue reading →

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Best Behavioral Intervention Policies Must Include Innovation and Resilience

April 25th, 2013 - 9:57 am

Share/BookmarkGuest post by University of Minnesota, Rochester senior student, Lada Bogenschutz     “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 … Continue reading →

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Happiness: Air, Water, Food, Sleep, Movement

April 4th, 2013 - 10:10 am

Share/BookmarkGuest Post by Senior University of Minnesota-Rochester Student, Lauren Smith   Flabbergasted, 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 … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Named Edison Awards Finalist

March 19th, 2013 - 8:25 am

Share/BookmarkMayo 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 … Continue reading →

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New Perspectives- People are in Control of Their Own Health

March 14th, 2013 - 9:53 am

Share/BookmarkGuest Post by University of Minnesota, Rochester Student Brittlyn Olson     The 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 … Continue reading →

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Accessing Health Care Without Leaving the Comfort of Your Home

March 6th, 2013 - 5:05 pm

Share/Bookmark Guest Post by University of Minnesota, Rochester senior student Kate Scheffler    Imagine 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. … Continue reading →

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Kinecting with Annerieke

February 14th, 2013 - 4:50 pm

Share/Bookmark Annerieke Heuvelink, Ph.D. is a researcher with the Dutch institution TNO, she is spending a year at Mayo Clinic working in the HAIL Laboratory, a partnership between Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation, Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging … Continue reading →

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Our Patients Help us See

December 8th, 2012 - 7:18 am

Share/BookmarkSometimes you have days that just make your heart sing. Today at CFI, we had a surprise guest stop by — a patient who helped refine the Mayo Clinic Patient app, and made us drop what we were doing and … Continue reading →

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Bring the Clinic to Where the People Are

April 27th, 2012 - 8:31 am

Share/Bookmark Mayo Family Clinic Kasson is a busy practice in Dodge County, Minnesota, but not necessarily a destination for community. However, the annual Dodge County Expo was certainly the place to be on March 31st.  Nearly 2,700 residents from the surrounding community … Continue reading →

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The Experience of Using a Jawbone Up: From the Perspectives of a Techie and Designer

December 29th, 2011 - 9:21 am

Share/BookmarkIt’s still dark out.  There’s a band on my arm buzzing and I have no idea why.  My alarm is set for 5:30 am (mostly because I want to get a workout in so that Nadia, my Jawbone partner, will … Continue reading →

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