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Mayo Clinic’s health care systems engineering and operations research conference begins Aug. 10

This post is sponsored by Mayo Clinic. Mayo Clinic is hosting a conference on systems engineering and operations research in health care beginning Aug. 10, 2011. Health care professionals, operations research practitioners and academic faculty will discuss the effective application of systems engineering (SE) and operations research tools (OR) as transformers of health care delivery, […]

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Transform 2011 — Designing solutions, inspiring health

This post is sponsored by Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation. 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 1 p.m. on Sept. 11, promises […]

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Mayo quality conference recap: We can do better

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 in Health Care.” The conference, May 3-4, 2011, in Rochester, Minn., drew about 1,000 people to hear national leaders in health care quality as […]

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Quality: A huge opportunity to do better

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 of quality, I’m immersed in what’s happening in quality here and around the country. Yet, every year I participate in this event, I leave fired up with new ideas. There will be dozens of presentations on what’s working -- right now -- in hospitals and clinics to improve patient safety, outcomes and satisfaction.

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Hear quality success stories from the frontlines

In the current environment there is considerable concern about how health care providers can improve their effectiveness while being able to improve their efficiency. Improving health care quality may seem daunting, overwhelming or best left to someone else to figure out. The 15th Annual Mayo Clinic Quality Academy Conference, "Creating and Paying for Value in Health Care," will give participants the opportunity to see many creative, innovative and practical quality initiatives that are happening on the front lines of patient care.

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Transform 2011: the best of breed in health care conferences

The Transform symposium, organized by the Mayo Clinic’s Center for Innovation (CFI), is the only health care innovation conference deeply grounded in the daily workings of a major medical center -- the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Now in its third year -- the 2011 Transform conference is scheduled for Sept. 11-13 at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota -- the symposium in its first two years brought 62 speakers before some 900 attendees.

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Mayo Clinic hosts ‘Transform2010’ on Sept. 12-14

The Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation will host “Transform2010:Thinking Differently about Health Care,” the third annual collaborative symposium aimed at changing the way health care is experienced and delivered, on Sept. 12-14 in Rochester, Minn. Transform2010 will feature 35 internationally recognized speakers who are transforming health care by applying innovation, design thinking, and other bold creative approaches. Their talks will cover themes including Health for All, Emerging Communities, Making Good Decisions, Designing Health, New World-New Technologies, and Designing Transformative Business for Health.