Search Tag: Mayo Clinic
Paediatric-medical-imaging-the-three-rights
2014 17 Jul
In order to promote the safe and effective use of medical imaging, the Mayo Clinic has started a collaborative effort to ensure that a national protocol is put into action. This initiative, published online in the Journal of Patient Safety, calls for the American College of Radiology, the Joint Commission, the Intersociety Accreditation Commission...Read more
Mayo-clinic-offers-online-video-education
2014 17 Jul
Mayo Clinic has recently announced that it will be offering online video education for medical professionals. This will include lectures and clinical presentations on innovation and progress in research, patient care and medical education. These courses will be available for medical professionals through the institute’s online medical professional...Read more
Zoom-on-dr-john-h-noseworthy-president-and-ceo-mayo-clinic
2014 01 May
John H. Noseworthy, MD, is president and chief executive officer of Mayo Clinic, a not-for-profit organisation operating in six American states that is dedicated to medical care, research and education. He obtained his MD degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr. Noseworthy completed his neurology training at Dalhousie University...Read more
Telehealth-kiosks-connect-patients-to-mayo-clinic
2014 06 Oct
Mayo Clinic is committed to reducing health care expenses and improving access to medical services through a new telemedicine pilot project called Mayo Clinic Health Connection, now available at Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin. The Mayo Clinic Health Connection trials a telehealth delivery system to meet patient’s needs through the HealthSpot®...Read more
Combo-therapy-eradicates-hep-c-in-liver-transplant-patients
2014 10 Nov
Researchers from the Mayo Clinic (Jacksonville, FA, USA) have found that the use of two new oral medications is effective in fighting hepatitis C infection amongst liver transplant patients. Given the clinical importance of the study, results have been presented in a plenary session of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (The Liver...Read more
10-changes-to-advance-personalised-patient-care
2015 30 Jan
Twelve years have passed since the mapping of the human genome in 2003. Since then, much has been learned about how people differ genetically. We may be 99.9 percent the same from a genetic perspective, but that differing 0.1 percent of genes comprises approximately three million genomic variants that are different between two people. Identifying the...Read more
Better-postoperative-outcomes-not-tied-to-metrics-reporting
2015 06 Feb
Improved surgical outcomes are not related to the use of systems which capture and report postoperative metrics. Hospitals which participate in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) did not differ from non-NSQIP hospitals in terms of better surgical outcomes, according to Mayo Clinic researchers. The report appears in the Journal...Read more
Facing-facts-google-unveils-new-view-of-medical-searches
2015 12 Feb
Google announced this week that it plans to improve the way that medical information is presented during online searches. One in every 20 Google searches are related to health, according to the company. The hope is that curious healthcare consumers will be better served by the dissemination of accurate, physician-verified data in an environment of...Read more
Hazards-of-working-in-interventional-labs
2015 26 Feb
A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology shows that frequent use of lead aprons to protect medical professionals in the interventional lab and radiology departments from radiation exposure is associated with increased musculoskeletal pain. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester (MN, USA) surveyed employees to...Read more
Lower-smoking-rate-but-higher-lung-cancer-mortality
2015 26 Feb
A decrease in smoking rates may mean that many people who could have benefited from early detection of lung cancer are dying because they do not qualify for low-dose CT scans, according to a Mayo Clinic-led study reported in JAMA . Lung cancer screening using low-dose computed tomography is recommended for high-risk individuals by professional associations,...Read more
Organisational-leadership-impacts-physician-wellbeing
2015 27 May
While the importance of good leadership to the success of healthcare organisations is increasingly recognised, its direct effect on the professional satisfaction and burnout of individual physicians is poorly understood. A survey of physicians and scientists working at Mayo Clinic was conducted to evaluate the impact of organisational leadership on...Read more
Cancer-drug-costs-need-to-drop
2015 08 Aug
In a manifesto, a group of eminent oncologists note how the steep prices of cancer drugs are affecting the care of patients with cancer. They cite data showing that in 2014 all new FDA-approved cancer drugs were priced above $120,000 per year of use. They are calling for a reduction in drug prices. While the skyrocketing drug prices may be driving...Read more
Mayo-clinic-and-hootsuite-staff-social-media-training
2015 06 Sep
Mayo Clinic has partnered with Hootsuite to expand the healthcare group's social media education programme. Through this partnership, the two organisations will offer online and in-person educational tools to help healthcare professionals throughout the world learn how to connect with patients via different social media platforms, such as Facebook,...Read more
Echo-revolution-adult-echocardiography-for-physicians-and-sonographers
2016 11 Mar
Echo Revolution is designed to provide a practical review of the current uses and limitations of two-dimensional echocardiography, Doppler and color flow imaging in the assessment of adult myocardial, ischemic, pericardial, and valvular disease. Traditional topics in the field of echocardiography including assessment of systolic and diastolic function,...Read more
The-heart-beat-of-cardiology-practical-application-of-echocardiography-1
2015 10 Dec
Mayo School of Continuous Professional Development is an accredited, not-for-profit school within Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Mayo Clinic believes that the needs of the patient come first. Therefore, Mayo School of Continuous Professional Development maintains a commitment to and tradition of developing and maintaining distinguished educational...Read more
Radiation-chemo-combo-prolongs-survival-in-low-grade-brain-tumour
2016 11 Apr
Patients with glioma – a low-grade type of brain tumour – who received radiation therapy plus a chemotherapy regimen, including procarbazine, lomustine and vincristine (PCV), experienced a longer progression-free and overall survival than patients with only radiation therapy, according to the results of the clinical trial, Radiation Therapy Oncology Group...Read more
Chemo-radiation-surgery-combo-boosts-survival-for-pancreatic-cancer
2016 31 May
Tumours have grown around the pancreas to encompass critical blood vessels in about a third of all pancreatic cancer patients, with conventional wisdom suggesting that surgery to remove the tumours is rarely an option, and life expectancy is usually measured in months. Now, Mayo Clinic has teamed up oncologists, radiologists, gastrointestinal...Read more
Even-top-cms-performers-want-star-rating-reform
2016 24 Oct
Mayo Clinic was one of a handful of healthcare facilities in the U.S. that was awarded a five-star rating by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in ratings released in July on the latter’s Hospital Compare website. It may come as a surprise then that the hospital, recognised by CMS for its quality, is concerned about...Read more
Mayo-clinic-9-ways-to-prevent-doctor-burnout
2016 22 Nov
Burnout is one of the most urgent problems facing healthcare management with staff under pressure from a punishing workload that can lead to depression, substance abuse, poor performance and even suicide. Mayo Clinic has released a paper suggesting nine economical strategies it has implemented to tackle this critical problem. “The reality...Read more
Ehr-integrated-automated-sofa-score-calculator
2017 11 Apr
Researchers at Mayo Clinic have developed an algorithm for sepsis detection based on the new Sepsis-3 definition. Their near real-time automated Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) scoring has strong agreement with manual score calculation and may be useful for the detection of sepsis utilising the new Sepsis-3 definition. The study will appear...Read more
New-onset-diabetes-after-acute-and-critical-illness
2017 09 May
The degree of in-hospital hyperglycaemia in acute and critically ill patients increases susceptibility to new-onset diabetes after hospitalisation, according to a systematic review published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings. "We found a stepwise increase in the prevalence of new-onset diabetes, with 28 percent of patients with severe hyperglycaemia developing...Read more
Radiologists-administrators-must-be-partners
2019 15 Jan
Radiologists and administrators working together is key to successfully navigate within the current 'lion's arena'- unpredictable, demanding, shifting healthcare ecosystem. In a report published in the JACR , experts show that leadership of a department or organisation, when there is intentional and mindful doctor-administrator partnership results...Read more
9th-annual-case-based-approach-to-controversies-in-cardiovascular-diseases
2019 01 Mar
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Transforming-women-s-health-2019-challenges-and-new-frontiers
2019 13 Jun
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Mayo-clinic-diagnostic-imaging-update-and-self-assessment-2019
2019 15 Jul
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Patient-centred-radiology
2019 06 Aug
Patients today are taking a more active role in their health, and in response to this, more emphasis is being made to keep the patient at the centre of care. Especially in radiology, more areas of the field are focussing on patient-centred healthcare experiences. Initiatives such as the co-location of radiologists and clinicians and creating easy-to-understand...Read more
Transforming-women-s-health-2020
2020 30 Jun
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Hospital-leadership-must-change-to-meet-patient-demand-1
2019 24 Sep
Consumerism is becoming more pervasive in healthcare and altering the way hospitals operate in order to better serve the patient, as the consumer, who wants better access to high-quality care at reasonable costs. The changing healthcare economy is putting stress on health systems and hospitals, as they now also have to compete with retail...Read more
Multidisciplinary-update-in-breast-disease-2019
2019 07 Nov
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Uae-collaboration-of-seha-and-mayo-clinic
2019 28 Nov
A new joint venture, first of its kind in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has been announced between Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) , the largest healthcare network in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Mayo Clinic , a not-for-profit global organisation in medical care, education and research. The new enterprise will be the operator...Read more