Items Tagged ‘COVID-19’
January 3, 2023
Measuring resiliency in hospital quality performance during the pandemic era
By Advancing the Science contributor 
Hospital quality rankings and ratings, including the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Overall Hospital Star Ratings have faced an unusual challenge in recent years: To what extent should hospitals be held accountable for traditional quality measure performance, given the unknown effects of the COVID-19 pandemic […]
Tags: Ben Pollock, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, COVID-19, health sciences research, quality improvement, resiliency
December 29, 2022
As we count down to 2023, the time is right to recap some of the hot topics of the last year. Spots 9 and 10 were occupied by three stories, so we went with the top 11. If you’re short on time as well as conversation starters, these articles could provide just the thing you […]
Tags: artificial intelligence, big data, biomedical research, Center for Individualized Medicine, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, COVID-19, diagnostic odyssey, DNA, environment, epidemiology, genetic testing, gut health
December 12, 2022
Mayo Clinic — Proactive, Nimble, Responsive in the Science of Dissemination and Implementation
AcademyHealth and the National Institutes of Health sponsor an annual conference dedicated to ensuring that evidence is used to inform decisions that will improve the health of individuals and communities. This year’s event, themed “(Re)Building Better Systems: Being Proactive, Nimble, and Responsive,” is live in Washington, D.C., Dec. 11-14. Investigators in the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. […]
Tags: AcademyHealth, artificial intelligence, cancer, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, COVID-19, dermatology, emergency medicine, epidemiology, health care systems engineering, health care value, health sciences research, medical research education
December 6, 2022
COVID-19 remote patient monitoring study suggests improved outcomes, lower costs
By Advancing the Science contributor
By Jay Furst More than two years after it began, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a profound impact on how health care is delivered worldwide. Among the major changes in the U.S. is the pace at which telemedicine and virtual care has expanded. Mayo Clinic and other health care organizations rapidly adapted established remote […]
Tags: Center for Digital Health, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, cost of care, COVID-19, health care value, health disparities, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, remote patient monitoring, telehealth, telemedicine, Tufia Haddad
September 21, 2022
Maintaining quality care for patients with ALS — Lessons from the pandemic
By Advancing the Science contributor
By Susan Barber Lindquist The efficiency and effectiveness of telemedicine exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic. For patients with Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS, telemedicine always has been an important piece of their medical care. A recent study in Neurology by Mayo Clinic researchers offers one more proof point. Tests […]
Tags: ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, clinical trials, COVID-19, Lou Gehrig's disease, Nathan Staff, neurology, remote patient monitoring, telehealth, telemedicine
August 9, 2022
Uniting a love of math and medicine
Hongfang Liu, Ph.D., the Richard Emslander Professor of Biomedical Informatics in Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, has a full plate. She specializes in applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical science and health care — an area of research that’s booming at Mayo Clinic and around the world. Dr. Liu is director of […]
Tags: artificial intelligence, biomedical informatics, Center for Clinical and Translational Science, COVID-19, Hongfang Liu, informatics, Mayo Clinic Proceedings
June 3, 2022
Mayo Clinic research will be on display at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 4 – 7, in Washington, D.C. For people attending the conference, you are invited to stop by the booth, staffed by the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery. In the double […]
Tags: Aaron Spaulding, AcademyHealth, Ahmed (Shafii) Mohamed, Alanna Chamberlain, artificial intelligence, Ben Pollock, Bridget Biggs, burnout, cardiovascular medicine, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, clinical trials, community engagement
April 5, 2022
Mayo Clinic at the Society of Behavioral Medicine #SBM2022 — the urgency of adaptation
The 43rd Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine is April 6-9, in Baltimore. With the meeting theme “The Urgency of Adaptation,” the 2022 conference seeks to showcase opportunities for behavioral medicine to increase its effect on the climate crisis, systemic racism, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Embedded in the clinical practice, […]
Tags: Ahmed (Shafii) Mohamed, Amelia Barwise, Arizona State University, Bridget Biggs, cancer, cardiovascular disease, Center for Health Equity and Community Engagement Research, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, clinical trials, community engagement, COVID-19, diabetes
April 4, 2022
Research News Roundup — March 2022
By Advancing the Science contributor
March news reports are often focused on college basketball, daylight savings time and Mardi Gras. This year, Ukraine and the its people are top of mind for many, providing a sobering counterpoint. Behind the scenes, research has continued at Mayo Clinic, and several findings were released in March that help build the evidence and point […]
Tags: aging, Alzheimer's disease, animal model, artificial intelligence, biomarkers, chemotherapy, collaboration, COVID-19, depression, discovery research, drug discovery, genomics
March 22, 2022
Serving my community with an open heart
By Advancing the Science contributor
By Eula Saxon Dean, community leader working with Mayo Clinic in Arizona on the National Institutes of Health’s Community Engagement Alliance Against COVID-19 Disparities Editor’s note: Mayo Clinic advances health equity by collaborating with communities in research that addresses their health concerns and aims to reduce health disparities. This article is the third in the […]
Tags: Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Center for Health Equity and Community Engagement Research, community engagement, COVID-19, health equity, Raising Community Voices