Category Archives: Innovation

Best Behavioral Intervention Policies Must Include Innovation and Resilience

April 25th, 2013 - 9:57 am

Share/Bookmark Guest 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, … 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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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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Don’t Miss a Minute of Transform 2012!

September 6th, 2012 - 3:57 pm

Share/BookmarkThe Transform Symposium, hosted by the Mayo Clinic’s Center for Innovation can be seen as an event designed to be an extension of CFI’s work. The Symposium is an invitation to… Connect with a multidisciplinary audience Engage in provocative discussions … Continue reading →

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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Marks 40th Year by Honoring Young Leaders through Awards

June 11th, 2012 - 1:37 pm

Share/BookmarkThis is a guest post from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation focuses on the pressing health and health care issues facing our country. As the nation’s largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care, … Continue reading →

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Fact Checking

October 19th, 2010 - 3:27 pm

Share/BookmarkThe most retweeted statistic from Transform 2010 (watch the videos!) was this one. “Receiving healthcare is the third leading cause of death in America.” The statistic was part of a presentation by Jill Morin and Jim Rasche from Kahler Slater Experience Design. … Continue reading →

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The Value of Making and Thinking

September 3rd, 2010 - 7:10 am

Share/BookmarkI love to make things with my hands. And while I’ve made many things that were irrelevant, tangential or just plain ugly, the act of creating helps me sort through ideas and tease out what works and what doesn’t. In … Continue reading →

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It’s not too late to be part of Transform

August 26th, 2010 - 11:19 am

Share/BookmarkJoin us for T R A N S F O R M 2010: Thinking Differently About Health Care September 12 to 14 | Seats are filling fast! Over 30 Great speakers! Follow us on Twitter #txfm10

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Exhibit A

August 25th, 2010 - 3:12 pm

Share/Bookmark Last September I spoke at our Transform Symposium about the power of conversation. In that talk, I mentioned that there was a significant amount of research out there to support my thesis that a healthcare delivery system focused on fostering good … Continue reading →

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The Bus Stop

August 17th, 2010 - 2:21 pm

Share/BookmarkA colleague shared this radio story, The Bus Stop, a podcast from WNYC’s RadioLab, as part of some research we were doing into the experience of living with Alzheimer’s.  I was struck by the imaginative shift in the goal of the design. … Continue reading →

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