Research sections

The Division of Health Care Delivery Research advances the understanding and delivery of effective, efficient and high-quality healthcare through the broad expertise of its faculty and research professionals. This expertise includes:

  • Access to care.
  • Analysis of secondary data.
  • Artificial intelligence.
  • Biostatistics.
  • Economic and health technology evaluations.
  • Evaluation of clinical practice innovations.
  • Health disparities and healthcare equity.
  • Health services utilization patterns.
  • Healthcare communication.
  • Healthcare professional organization and management.
  • Healthcare systems engineering.
  • Human factors engineering.
  • Implementation science.
  • Machine learning.
  • Operations research.
  • Qualitative methods.
  • Quality measurement.
  • Survey methods.

The division's scientific experts support or lead investigations in collaboration with clinicians across Mayo Clinic. They address problems and advance new, cutting-edge strategies to improve practice.

These strategies include:

  • Advanced predictive modeling. As different COVID-19 variants moved across the country, predictive modeling helped Mayo respond nimbly to staffing changes, personal protective equipment and other supply needs, and ICU capacity challenges.
  • Care team wellness and performance. Analysis of mental and physical workload and ergonomics helped with the development and implementation of interventions that allow surgical teams to provide high-quality surgical care safely and reliably.
  • Healthcare professional team mix. The division developed a mathematical way to determine the optimal healthcare professional team mix among medical doctors, advanced-practice professionals and residents to ensure continuity of patient care for the Department of Family Medicine.
  • Enhanced perioperative care. The division implemented and evaluated the use of venous thromboembolism risk stratification and prophylaxis for patients receiving elective surgical procedures.