Mayo Clinic: multidisciplinary teamwork, physician-led governance, and patient-centered culture drive world-class health care
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Case study. Organized health care delivery system
- Contributor(s):
- McCarthy, Douglas. Mueller, Kimberly. Wrenn, Jennifer. Commonwealth Fund.
- Publication:
- [New York, NY] : Commonwealth Fund, [2009]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Organizational Case Studies Organizational Culture Patient Care Management Practice Management, Medical -- organization & administration Professional Practice Delivery of Health Care, Integrated Employee Incentive Plans Hospital Administrators Interprofessional Relations Leadership Medical Informatics Models, Organizational Patient Care Team Quality Assurance, Health Care -- organization & administration Systems Integration Humans United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The Mayo Clinic is the world's oldest and largest integrated multispecialty group medical practice, combining clinical practice, education, and research at the regional, national, and international levels for the benefit of individuals with routine as well as complex health care needs. Mayo's model of integrated care is one of multidisciplinary practice with salary-based compensation that fosters team-oriented patient care and peer accountability, a supportive infrastructure allowing physicians and other caregivers to excel at clinical work, and a physician-led governance structure promoting a patient-centered culture. Full integration of the hospital and clinic and the use of a shared electronic medical record across inpatient and outpatient settings also have been critical to realizing efficiencies and promoting clinical excellence. Mayo fosters a learning environment in which teams of medical professionals use information technology and systems engineering to learn from each other and improve care in tandem with clinical practice.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101537958 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101537958