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'''Mayo Clinic''' is a [[not-for-profit]] organization and an internationally renowned medical practice and medical research group located in 3 locations: [[Rochester, Minnesota]], [[Scottsdale, Arizona]], and [[Florida]], along with some satellite primary healthcare facilities near those cities. It is an integral part of the larger [[Mayo Health System]] of clinics, hospitals and medical research facilities and schools consisting of Mayo Clinic, [[Mayo Medical School]], the Mayo Graduate School, the Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, and several other health science Mayo Clinic partners with a number of smaller clinics and hospitals in [[Minnesota]], [[Iowa]], [[Arizona]], [[Florida]], and [[Wisconsin]]. Mayo Clinic specializes in hard-to-treat diseases, and is well-renowned for innovative and effective treatments for diseases that had gone undiagnosed or under-treated in the same patients with other doctors. Mayo Clinic is known for being at the near the top of most all accredited quality standard listings. For example, it has been near the top of the US News and World Report of Best Hospitals for 20 years <ref>http://health.usnews.com/health/best-hospitals</ref>. It accomplishes high medical quality thru values such as "The needs of the patient always come first", by coordinating the efforts of its entire group of doctors, and by devoting over 40% of its resources towards research (rather than just medical practice). |
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The clinic started as a single, small outpatient facility, and later became America's first integrated group practice, a model that is now standard in the United States. |
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Mayo Clinic pays medical doctors a fixed salary that is unaffected by patient volume. This practice is thought to decrease the monetary motivation to see patients in large numbers and increase the incentive to spend more time with individuals. Salaries are determined by the marketplace salaries for physicians in comparable large group practices. |
Mayo Clinic pays medical doctors a fixed salary that is unaffected by patient volume. This practice is thought to decrease the monetary motivation to see patients in large numbers and increase the incentive to spend more time with individuals. Salaries are determined by the marketplace salaries for physicians in comparable large group practices. |
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| Company type | Non-profit organization |
|---|---|
| Industry | Health care |
| Founded | Rochester, Minnesota, United States (1889) |
| Founder | William Worrall Mayo William James Mayo Charles Horace Mayo Augustus Stinchfield Christopher Graham Henry Stanley Plummer Melvin Millet E. Star Judd Donald Balfour |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | North America |
| Website | http://www.mayoclinic.org/ |
Mayo Clinic is a not-for-profit organization and an internationally renowned medical practice and medical research group located in 3 locations: Rochester, Minnesota, Scottsdale, Arizona, and Florida, along with some satellite primary healthcare facilities near those cities. It is an integral part of the larger Mayo Health System of clinics, hospitals and medical research facilities and schools consisting of Mayo Clinic, Mayo Medical School, the Mayo Graduate School, the Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, and several other health science Mayo Clinic partners with a number of smaller clinics and hospitals in Minnesota, Iowa, Arizona, Florida, and Wisconsin. Mayo Clinic specializes in hard-to-treat diseases, and is well-renowned for innovative and effective treatments for diseases that had gone undiagnosed or under-treated in the same patients with other doctors. Mayo Clinic is known for being at the near the top of most all accredited quality standard listings. For example, it has been near the top of the US News and World Report of Best Hospitals for 20 years [1]. It accomplishes high medical quality thru values such as "The needs of the patient always come first", by coordinating the efforts of its entire group of doctors, and by devoting over 40% of its resources towards research (rather than just medical practice).
The clinic started as a single, small outpatient facility, and later became America's first integrated group practice, a model that is now standard in the United States.
Mayo Clinic pays medical doctors a fixed salary that is unaffected by patient volume. This practice is thought to decrease the monetary motivation to see patients in large numbers and increase the incentive to spend more time with individuals. Salaries are determined by the marketplace salaries for physicians in comparable large group practices.
History
Mayo Clinic evolved from the frontier practice of Dr. William Worrall Mayo (1819–1911) and his two sons, William James Mayo (1861–1939) & Charles Horace Mayo (1865–1939). Dr. William Worrall Mayo emigrated from Salford, United Kingdom, to the United States in 1846 and became a doctor.
The Mayo Clinic founders are Drs. Mayo, Dr. Stinchfield, Dr. Graham, Dr. Henry Plummer, Dr. Millet, Dr. Judd, and Dr. Balfour. These early partners shared in the profits of the private group practice, while other staff hired by the partners were salaried. In 1919, this group created the Mayo Properties Association, and their private practice become a not-for-profit entity. The Mayo brothers, who had retained ownership of all the Clinic properties and furnishings, gave everything to this newly formed association. The integrated group practice has its roots firmly planted in this early private practice and partnership.
In 1892, Dr. Augustus Stinchfield was asked to join the practice by W.W. Mayo, who considered him to be the best doctor in the small towns near Rochester. Once Dr. Stinchfield joined the practice, W.W. Mayo retired at the age of 73.
Dr. Henry Stanley Plummer became a partner in the Clinic practice in 1901. He is considered by many American physicians to be the "architect of the modern medical practice" and a primary reason for Mayo Clinic's early success. He designed many of the systems which are now universally used around the world today, such as a shared, individual dossier-style medical record and an interconnecting telephone system. While the Mayo brothers excelled as surgeons, Dr. Plummer is largely credited with establishing and developing the diagnostic and clinical aspects of the practice. Dr. Louis B. Wilson was hired by the Clinic in 1907—at Dr. Henry Plummer's urging—to establish research and diagnostic laboratories.
The Clinic's Plummer Building was designed by Johnathan William Dawson and Ray Corwin from the architectural firm of Ellerbe & Round, with considerable input from Clinic staff, and all under the guidance of Dr. Henry Plummer. At the time of completion in 1928, it was the tallest building in Minnesota and remained so until the Foshay Tower was built in Minneapolis. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969, and has recently been undergoing an award winning restoration of its bell tower.[citation needed] The Ellerbe firm is the architect of record for the 1914 Mayo "Red" building, the 1922 Mayo Institute of Experimental Medicine, the 1927 "Plummer" building, the 1954 Mayo building, the new 2002 Gonda building, as well as the Rochester Methodist Hospital. The historic 1914 "Red" Mayo Clinic building, a National Landmark listed on the National Register, was demolished by the Clinic in the 1980s to make way for the HGA designed Siebens building. The Mayo campus in Rochester now occupies roughly three times the area of the Mall of America. Mayo Clinic Rochester employs over 30,000 people.
Mayo Medical School
Drs. Will and Charlie Mayo helped found and develop the medical school at the University of Minnesota with a two million dollar gift in 1917. Until the early 1970s, staff doctors were professors at the University of Minnesota medical school. The Mayo Clinic was a pioneer and helped establish the current residency education system. In 1972, Mayo Clinic began its own medical school (Mayo Medical School) in Rochester.[2]
Biomedical Imaging Resource
The Biomedical Imaging Resource (BIR) at Mayo Clinic is dedicated to the advancement of research in the biomedical imaging and visualization sciences. The BIR provides expertise and advanced technology related to these fields, including image acquisition, processing, display and analysis; volume visualization; computer graphics; virtual reality and virtual environments; image databases; computer workstations, networks and programming. The BIR developed the biomedical imaging software Analyze.
President
Mayo Clinic is led by President and new CEO, John Noseworthy, MD. In 2007, annual revenue at Mayo Clinic grew 10%, to $6.9 billion.[3] In May 2009, it was announced that when previous CEO Denis Cortese retires in November 2009, Dr. John Noseworthy was to be named the new President and CEO[4]
Rankings
In 2009, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, was ranked as the #2 overall hospital in the United States by U.S. News & World Report. A total of 4,861 hospitals were considered and ranked in 16 specialties from cancer and heart disease to respiratory disorders and urology; 174, or less than 4 percent of the total, were ranked in even one of the 16 specialties. Of the 174 hospitals that are ranked in one or more specialties, 21 qualified for the Honor Roll by earning high scores in at least six specialties. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, was ranked in the top 12 in all 16 specialties, in the top seven in 15 specialties, and was the #1 ranked hospital in four specialties.[5]
U.S. News & World Report - Mayo Clinic, Rochester, 2009 Rankings by Medical Specialty
| Specialty | Rank |
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| Diabetes and Endocrine Disorders | 1 |
| Digestive Disorders | 1 |
| Neurology and Neurosurgery | 1 |
| Orthopedics | 1 |
| Heart and Heart Surgery | 2 |
| Respiratory Disorders | 2 |
| Gynecology | 3 |
| Kidney Disorders | 3 |
| Urology | 3 |
| Cancer | 4 |
| Rheumatology | 4 |
| Rehabilitation | 5 |
| Geriatric Care | 6 |
| Ear, Nose, and Throat | 7 |
| Psychiatry | 7 |
| Ophthalmology | 12 |
Additional images
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Gonda building from cafeteria. -
Gonda building from 3rd Avenue SW. -
Inside the Gonda building looking south toward the Mayo building. -
The Plummer building. -
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Mayo Brothers U.S. Commemorative Stamp issued 1964
See also
- Mayo Medical School
- Mayo Clinic Diet
- Franciscan Skemp Medical Center
- SPARC Innovation Program
- American Legacy Foundation
- Medical centers in the United States
- Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation
References
- ^ http://health.usnews.com/health/best-hospitals
- ^ "Mayo History".
- ^ May Yee, Chen (2008-03-17). "Mayo Clinic reports 2007 revenue grew 10%". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
- ^ "Noseworthy Named New Mayo Clinic CEO". Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal. 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
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