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    Health Care Delivery Science:

    Improving Quality, Value and Outcomes

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    Health Care Delivery Science:

    Improving Quality, Value and Outcomes

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    Health Care Delivery Science:

    Improving Quality, Value and Outcomes

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    Improving Health Globally by Studying Health Locally

About

Mayo Clinic seeks to provide the best possible care for its patients every day. For more than 150 years, Mayo has pursued solutions to the problems that exist, seeking continuous improvements in health and health care. The organization's ability to meet this goal stems from the research it conducts — in close alignment with the medical practice — to address the unmet needs of patients.

The Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery builds on Mayo's strong history of taking a scientific approach to health care delivery.

Since the early 1900s, Mayo Clinic has been finding innovative ways to make medical practice more efficient and effective. Dr. Henry S. Plummer, one of Mayo's first doctors, is credited with developing several concepts that today are commonplace at medical facilities around the world, such as a single, unified medical record for each patient.

Today in the center, every project is inspired by real-world challenges experienced by patients and health care providers at Mayo Clinic and elsewhere. The foundation of the center's work is an unwavering commitment to creating a high-quality, affordable, seamless patient experience.

Capabilities of unique depth and breadth

The Mayo Clinic Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery is particularly unique in its ability to draw on a breadth and depth of resources and multidisciplinary expertise to translate ideas and findings into real-world applications.

Within the center, experts come together from across a range of fields, including:

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Economics
  • Engineering
  • Ergonomics
  • Experiential learning
  • Health care policy
  • Health services research
  • Human-centered design
  • Information technology
  • Knowledge management
  • Population health
  • Qualitative research

Together, the team seeks to discover new ways to improve health and the way people experience health care. Their goal is to translate discoveries into evidence-based, actionable treatments, processes and procedures. With Mayo's culture of teamwork and collaboration, new models of health care delivery move rapidly from the earliest stages of research and discovery, through rigorous testing and refinement, and into routine patient care.

As new knowledge is generated and potential improvements are identified, the Mayo Clinic Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery works with health care providers to apply this new knowledge in the practice to improve care for Mayo patients and patients everywhere.

Mission

The mission of the Mayo Clinic Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery is to be an innovative driver of change for Mayo Clinic by developing, analyzing and rapidly diffusing solutions for the transformation of health care.

Vision

The center will drive transformation of Mayo Clinic's practice to achieve high-value, patient-centered care and to serve as a global leader in discovery, translation and application of innovative solutions.

Value proposition

The center brings together complementary skill sets to accelerate high-value, innovative, patient-centric solutions through the continuum of discovery, translation and application, in partnership with the clinical practice.

Contact

Contact the Mayo Clinic Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery with inquiries about its research.

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Engineered for Results

The Mayo Clinic Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery uses data-driven science to improve the quality, safety and value of health care and create better patient experiences.

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Research Activities

Multidisciplinary programs and services drive research on the many facets of health care delivery, developing proven methodologies and applying findings to clinical practice.

Health care delivery research

Shared Services

Teams specializing in economic evaluation, knowledge synthesis and qualitative research analyze costs, data and resources to inform evidence-based practices.

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The center works with academia, other health care organizations and industry leaders to improve health and the delivery of health care across the health care system.

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