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November 17, 2022

Focus on community practice: Real-world research fuels better outcomes

By Advancing the Science contributor Advancing the Science contributor (@advancingthescience)

It’s a Catch-22. You can’t improve community practice without evidence-based research, but it’s challenging to incorporate research into a busy primary care practice. And there’s a paucity of researchers devoted to primary care. “We’re busy seeing patients and trying to deliver the best care possible. It’s hard to find time to pause, step back and […]

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Tags: Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Center for Health Equity and Community Engagement Research, community engagement, emergency medicine, geriatrics, health disparities, multiple chronic conditions, palliative care, pragmatic trials, Prathibha Varkey, primary care, Rozalina McCoy


September 28, 2021

Q&A with Dr. Limper, the outgoing Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Associate Dean of Practice Transformation

By Advancing the Science contributor Advancing the Science contributor (@advancingthescience)

Andrew Limper, M.D., was the first named associate dean of Practice Transformation, in the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery. During his tenure with the center, and through his leadership, Mayo Clinic streamlined practice transformative research and discovery efforts across the institution into a single, […]

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Tags: Andrew Limper, artificial intelligence, basic science, Ben Pollock, biostatistics, cardiology, Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, clinical trials, Curt Storlie, discovery research, electrocardiogram


July 13, 2021

AI and your medical air traffic controller

By Elizabeth Zimmermann Elizabeth Zimmermann (@elizabethzimmermann)

An air traffic controller sits in a tower, with a bird’s eye view of the inbound and outbound aircraft, screening and monitoring air traffic in the region. The controller provides timely, essential information to pilots, and air and ground crew members, ensuring the planes are on the right path, at the right time, to safely […]

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Tags: artificial intelligence, Brian Pickering, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, clinical informatics, Curt Storlie, data science, electronic health record, Jacob Strand, medical innovation, pain management, palliative care, quality of life


January 11, 2021

Mayo Clinic Research in the news — 1/11/2021

By Elizabeth Zimmermann Elizabeth Zimmermann (@elizabethzimmermann)

In the news you’ll find Mayo Clinic research and faculty cited on a variety of topics including women’s health, patient consent, migraine, palliative care and of course COVID-19. Opinion: Preventing Alzheimer’s in Women Requires a Lifespan Approach Being patient, 1/8/2021 Carolee Lee of WHAM! (Women’s Health Access Matters) and Michelle M. Mielke at the Specialized […]

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Tags: Alzheimer's disease, Amy Kotsenas, artificial intelligence, Barrett's esophagus, COVID-19, data science, esophageal cancer, Frank Porreca, gene mutation, genetic testing, Hilary DuBrock, lung cancer


November 8, 2019

Strengthening the case for palliative care

By Elizabeth Zimmermann Elizabeth Zimmermann (@elizabethzimmermann)

The Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery is the group at Mayo Clinic charged with driving practice transformation. Basically, this means to help Mayo Clinic improve the way health care is delivered, reaching patients where they are, with the right answers when they are needed. […]

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Tags: cardiology, cardiovascular medicine, Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Gregory Barsness, ICU, intensive care unit, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, palliative care, Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula


August 26, 2019

Hospice research aims to understand process of dying, help loved ones with end-of-life care

By Advancing the Science contributor Advancing the Science contributor (@advancingthescience)

While death is inevitable, for patients at Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato’s Hospice Program, the process of dying is becoming more bearable as a result of several research studies aimed at better understanding. Death, ultimately, is inevitable. It happens to everyone. But for patients at Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato’s Hospice Program, the process […]

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Tags: Greg Kutcher, hospice, Jacek Soroka, Mayo Clinic Health System, palliative care


February 19, 2019

It takes a village

By Elizabeth Zimmermann Elizabeth Zimmermann (@elizabethzimmermann)

Home-based palliative care may not be a simple doctor-patient relationship, but the value it adds is simple to understand It takes a village to raise a child. The inputs and interactions with many adults across their community serve to usher children through the ups and downs of life into adulthood and aid them to live […]

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Tags: care transitions, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Christina Chen, collaboration, Gregory Hanson, Kern Health Care Delivery Scholars, palliative care, population health, quality of life


December 27, 2018

Be the life [science] of the party

By Caitlin Doran Caitlin Doran (@caityrosey)

Looking for a scientific conversation starter for New Year’s Eve? Advancing the Science has you covered with this top-10 recap of our hottest medical research stories from 2018. With this list in your back pocket, you’ll never run out of interesting cocktail banter. And we guarantee you’ll wow your friends with your scientific smarts. #1  […]

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Tags: celiac disease, end of life care, fetal surgery, gluten free, Imad Absah, liver disease, Mark Truty, maternal and fetal medicine, multiple sclerosis, nephrology, neuroimmunology, palliative care


November 12, 2018

Research News Roundup — October 2018

By Elizabeth Zimmermann Elizabeth Zimmermann (@elizabethzimmermann)

Welcome to Advancing the Science. On Mayo Clinic’s medical research blog we have a wide range of research and research-education content. In addition to stories you won’t find anywhere else, we also collect content from other sources in one easy-to-access spot. The monthly Research News Roundup is one such aggregator, highlighting and linking to all […]

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Tags: Ayalew Tefferi, brain cancer, breast cancer, cancer, Center for Individualized Medicine, Elizabeth Cathcart-Rake, health disparities, hematology, inflammatory bowel disease, integrative medicine, John Hawse, Julie Heimbach


May 19, 2015

Single Biggest Concern: A Palliative Approach

By Elizabeth Zimmermann Elizabeth Zimmermann (@elizabethzimmermann)

For people living with serious illness, both patients and care providers, identifying the single biggest concern can be a difficult task.  There are so many concerns – from “Who will help me if I am too weak to care for myself?” to “How can we treat my nausea and pain?”  When interrupted by a serious […]

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Tags: artificial intelligence, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Cory Ingram, palliative care, patient reported outcomes


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