Capstone Project - Section 5

Mayo Clinic

Kurtis Gray

HA499

Kaplan University

16 February 2016

Mayo clinical is a not-for-profit organization based in Rochester, Minnesota. It is one of the largest medical practice and medical research group in the world and has employed more than 3,800 physicians and over 50,000 scientists allied to the staff. It is present in the United States metropolitan areas and has the core values of providing patient care practice represented by the central shield. Patient care has been one of the first priorities of this organization and it has been able to offer highly specialized care hence most of the population in this medical facility are referrals from smaller clinics and other hospitals from across the United States (Ludwig, Viggiano, Mcgill & Oh, 1980).

The rationale behind the selection of this organization is that, this clinic has greatly contributed to understanding various disease processes and has been able to provide best clinical practices to patients. It has also helped with the establishment of current residency education system in the institution. It has developed more innovations to help researchers to actually study the interactions between human health and the indoor spaces. Most researchers in this health institution have actually improved patient care hence translating discoveries into therapies which have exponentially improved the lives of individuals in the area (Fontana, Sanderson, Taylor, Woolner, Miller, Muhm & Uhlenhopp, 1984).

Mayo clinic has outlined its mission to inspire and contribute to health and well-being by providing the best care to every patient through integrated clinical practice, education and research. The primary value of this clinic is that the patient comes first. The management of this clinic has also been able to enable equal treatment of everyone within the diverse communities including patients, their families with great dignity. It has the compassion to provide the best care to patients with sensitivity and empathy. This hospital has been very successful since it has been able to adhere to the highest standards of professionalism ethics and personal responsibility.

It has also enabled the healing process to actually respect the spiritual and physical needs of the patients and also to make sure that the teamwork within the working place creates much excellence in the working environment. Mayo clinic has also been able to deliver the best outcomes through the dedication of all team members in this hospital. Various innovations have also energized Mayo clinic and has greatly contributes to enhancement of people’s lives through creation of ideas as well as various unique talents of all employees in this organization Ludwig (Viggiano, Mcgill, & Oh, 1980).

Mayo clinic’s success is based upon training, team work compensation and employees who improve the general health care system of their clients. Putting patient’s interest first is one of the greatest successes of this institution. It has also made greater success measures in kidney and other organ transplants, making it different from other health institutions. Mayo clinic has been able to be successful throughout the years in that, there is a firewall between the physicians and the money hence it is a fully integrated system that deals without corruption (Chari, Smyrk, Levy, Topazian, Takahashi & Farnell, 2006).

References

Chari, S. T., Smyrk, T. C., Levy, M. J., Topazian, M. D., Takahashi, N., Zhang, L., ... & Farnell, M. B. (2006). Diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis: the Mayo Clinic experience. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 4(8), 1010-1016.

Fontana, R. S., Sanderson, D. R., Taylor, W. F., Woolner, L. B., Miller, W. E., Muhm, J. R., & Uhlenhopp, M. A. (1984). Early Lung Cancer Detection: Results of the Initial (Prevalence) Radiologic and Cytologic Screening in the Mayo Clinic Study 1, 2. American Review of Respiratory Disease, 130(4), 561-565.

Ludwig, J., Viggiano, T. R., Mcgill, D. B., & Oh, B. J. (1980, July). Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: Mayo Clinic experiences with a hitherto unnamed disease. In Mayo Clinic Proceedings (Vol. 55, No. 7, pp. 434-438).