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Funding for Mayo-University of Minnesota’s partnership untouched

Funding for Mayo-University of Minnesota’s partnership untouched

July 22, 2011 1:29 pm by | 0 Comments

Budget cuts may be a harsh reality that other Minnesota entities engaged in economic development have to face.Not the Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics, a collaboration between the ... Read more

Mayo Clinic launches Spanish-language healthcare social media initiatives

Mayo Clinic launches Spanish-language healthcare social media initiatives

July 19, 2011 4:33 pm by | 0 Comments

Te sientes mejor?Don’t understand what that means? Then the Facebook Mayo Clinic en espa ol and@ClinicaMayo Twitter sites are not intended for you.Mayo Clinic, a stalwart in healthcare social media, ... Read more


Mayo Clinic adds diagnostic exam to better understand TB test results

Mayo Clinic adds diagnostic exam to better understand TB test results

July 18, 2011 3:35 pm by | 0 Comments

Mayo Medical Laboratories is adding a new tuberculosis test that will help physicians better determine the kind of TB afflicting patients.Mayo licensed the diagnostic test from Germany’s Qiagen, a provider ... Read more

How one Mayo Clinic diabetes doctor uses Twitter

How one Mayo Clinic diabetes doctor uses Twitter

July 15, 2011 1:28 pm by | 0 Comments

For Dr. Victor Montori, a Mayo Clinic diabetes doctor and researcher, Twitter and the avenue that this healthcare social media platform provides can sometimes be cathartic.Montori, who is from Peru, ... Read more

Mayo Clinic patent violation case heads to Supreme Court

Mayo Clinic patent violation case heads to Supreme Court

June 21, 2011 10:53 am by | 0 Comments

UPDATED BELOW:The nation’s highest court has agreed to hear a patent violation case brought by a California diagnostic firm against the Mayo Clinic.Bloomberg reported that in accepting the case, the ... Read more

Mayo Clinic licensing genetic test technology from New York firm

Mayo Clinic licensing genetic test technology from New York firm

June 20, 2011 6:32 pm by | 1 Comments

Mayo Clinicannounced Monday that it is licensing a genotyping test for warfarin sensitivity in clinical and research settings from Ithaca, New York-based Rheonix Inc.Warfarin is an anticoagulant and is commonly ... Read more

FDA sends warning letter to Compass International Innovations

FDA sends warning letter to Compass International Innovations

June 8, 2011 3:59 pm by | 0 Comments

UPDATE BELOW:The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter to Compass International Innovations Inc., a manufacturer of stereotactic position systems and CT stereotactic adaptation systems, in late May. ... Read more


Mayo quality conference recap: We can do better

Mayo quality conference recap: We can do better

May 23, 2011 8:00 am by | 0 Comments (Sponsored)

This post is sponsored by Mayo Clinic Quality Conference.“We can do better” was the underlying takeaway message from the 15th Annual Mayo Clinic Quality Conference “Creating and Paying for Value ... Read more

Mayo Clinic outlines new strategy in testing for pancreatic cancer

Mayo Clinic outlines new strategy in testing for pancreatic cancer

May 18, 2011 3:22 pm by | 0 Comments

Researchers at Rochester, Minnesota-based Mayo Clinic believe they have hit upon a new way to test for pancreatic cancer, which kills 94 percent of the roughly 43,000 Americans who are ... Read more

Mayo Clinic performs a genetic feat; switches zebrafish genes on and off

Mayo Clinic performs a genetic feat; switches zebrafish genes on and off

May 9, 2011 3:46 pm by | 0 Comments

Researchers at Rochester, Minnesota-based Mayo Clinic have designed a new tool for identifying protein function from genetic code after successfully switching individual genes off and on in zebrafish, and then ... Read more

Mayo Clinic part of initiative to share electronic medical records

Mayo Clinic part of initiative to share electronic medical records

April 6, 2011 6:02 pm by | 1 Comments

The Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minnesota), along with Geisinger Health System (Danville, Pennsylvania), Kaiser Permanente (Seattle, Washington), Intermountain Healthcare (Salt Lake City, Utah) and Group Health Plan (Oakland, California), announced the ... Read more

Mayo Clinic doc named new president of regional N.C. hospital system

Mayo Clinic doc named new president of regional N.C. hospital system

April 5, 2011 6:14 pm by | 0 Comments

A Mayo Clinic ophthalmologist has been named the new president of University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina, a regional health system serving 29 counties in eastern North Carolina.Dr. David Herman ... Read more

Mayo Clinic healthcare social media is #winning with Charlie Sheen fans

Mayo Clinic healthcare social media is #winning with Charlie Sheen fans

April 1, 2011 10:15 am by | 0 Comments

Updated: 3:05 p.m. The ultimate validation of any corporate initiative is a big, fat embrace by popular culture. So chalk up another win for Mayo Clinic’s industry-leading healthcare social media ... Read more

Mayo Clinic sees promise in Harvard students’ incubator

Mayo Clinic sees promise in Harvard students’ incubator

March 22, 2011 2:19 pm by | 0 Comments

Mayo Clinic is providing expertise for a group of Harvard Business School students starting an incubator called Rock Health for people with innovative ideas for improving healthcare delivery.Dr. Michael Matly, ... Read more

Quality: A huge opportunity to do better

Quality: A huge opportunity to do better

March 21, 2011 8:00 am by | 1 Comments (Sponsored)

The 15th Annual Mayo Clinic Quality Academy Conference, May 3-4, 2011, in Rochester, Minn., is an excellent opportunity to learn how others are tackling quality challenges. As Mayo Clinic’s director ... Read more