Mayo Clinic news and information

The Mayo Clinic, synonymous with southern Minnesota for more than a century, says state lawmakers must pay about $600 million over 20 years in an unusual borrowing plan to ensure the famed clinic will continue investing in the region.
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With pressure growing on hospital systems to find new sources of revenue, many healthcare executives are turning to international patients as an attractive option.
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Mayo Clinic officials are asking Minnesota to spend as much as $585 million over 20 years to make sure that the famed health system keeps its global headquarters in the city of Rochester.
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The Mayo Clinic announced it will collaborate with Optum, the data analytics arm of health insurance holding company UnitedHealth Group, in the launch of Optum Labs. The healthcare research center in Cambridge, Mass., will marry clinical information, provided by Mayo's electronic health-record...
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UnitedHealth Group and Mayo Clinic are set to unveil a new research initiative that will draw on millions of health-insurance claims and in-depth clinical patient records.
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Billings (Mont.) Clinic announced Wednesday that it has entered into a one-year, renewable agreement with the recently created Mayo Clinic Care Network, a nationwide affiliation of health organizations.
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The CEO of River's Edge Hospital in St. Peter, Minn., and two area physicians have asked the state attorney general to investigate Mayo Clinic Health Systems in St. Peter and Mankato, alleging its doctors and staff are misinforming patients in an effort to funnel patients away from smaller...
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Seven institutions participating in a Joint Commission and American College of Surgeons quality-improvement project to reduce colorectal surgical-site infection rates saved more than $3.7 million by avoiding 135 infections over a 2½-year period.
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The Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minn., named Dr. Sherine Gabriel as its new dean. Gabriel replaces Dr. Terrence Cascino, who has served as interim dean in 2012.
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New Hampshire health officials hoping to learn from the kind of drug diversion debacle facing Exeter Hospital got some detailed advice Thursday from out-of-state hospitals.
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