Tag Archives: Healthcare Delivery

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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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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Health Care + Design in Singapore

February 16th, 2012 - 6:18 pm

Share/BookmarkStepping off the plane into Singapore is like stepping into a new-era showcase of architecture, product, and service design. It’s closer to the feeling of being 14 years into the future rather than only 14 hours. Dig a little deeper … Continue reading →

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Experimenting with Flying Cars

December 5th, 2011 - 9:37 am

Share/BookmarkRecently, I spent a few hours with a neurologist and a neurology RN in a quiet room making 15 minute phone calls to patients.  These patients were scheduled to be seen at the clinic a few weeks later.  We were … Continue reading →

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Transform 2011 – Tuesday Recap

September 26th, 2011 - 9:58 pm

Share/Bookmark Speakers highlighting the connection between communities and health care kicked off the final day of the Transform 2011 Symposium. Most of the speaker emphasized that improved health care will not come from getting more resources, but rather from making … Continue reading →

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Transform 2011 – Designing solutions. inspiring health.

July 29th, 2011 - 4:18 pm

Share/Bookmark The Transform Symposium has been called “life-changing” and “awe-inspiring,” with “a fantastic spectrum of speakers that inspire, motivate and spur you into action.” Attendees have said they “lived on Mayo Cloud Nine” for days afterward. Transform 2011, beginning at … Continue reading →

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The Value of the Little Things

August 12th, 2010 - 7:07 am

Share/Bookmark…A sympathetic touch from a doctor leaves people with the impression that the visit lasted twice as long, compared with estimates from people who were untouched…. Healthcare delivery innovation is stigmatized by the fact that its new concepts are rarely shockingly new … Continue reading →

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HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius visits Mayo Clinic

August 12th, 2010 - 7:05 am

Share/BookmarkOn Thursday, June 3, 2010 HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius visited Mayo Clinic to learn about innovative projects for improving health care delivery. How thrilling that much of the meeting took place in the Center for Innovation. Mayo Clinic speakers included … Continue reading →

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Integrated Care

March 23rd, 2010 - 4:23 pm

Share/BookmarkOne of the things that makes delivering healthcare difficult is that the problems are rarely confined to the set of medical treatments and interventions available. It turns out (unsurprisingly) that everything is connected. The fight we are having with the … Continue reading →

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More is not necessarily better.

March 9th, 2010 - 5:15 pm

Share/BookmarkThe article, First Physical,  from the Archives of Internal Medicine about the President’s physical was passed along to me by Victor Montori. It offers such a fascinating window into the issues facing healthcare delivery reform. I could quote the whole article … Continue reading →

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