Thanks to Jennifer Schram, Mayo Clinic Libraries, for this blog post.
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It was
three years in the making and on Tuesday, Sept. 25, the story of Mayo Clinic
came to life in the form of a Ken Burns documentary on PBS.
PBS
billed "The Mayo Clinic: Faith, Hope, Science" as "a timely look
at how one institution has met the changing demands of healthcare."
This film tells the story of the Mayo Clinic. Dr. William
Worrall Mayo was an immigrant who started practicing medicine in rural
Minnesota in the late 1800’s along side his two sons. A deadly tornado
struck and the the Mayos took charge of the recovery alongside the Sisters of
Saint Francis. Mother Alfred Moes told Dr. Mayo that she had a vision
from God to build a hospital with him as the director and it would become “world
renowned for its medical arts.” This is also a film that tells of how
Mayo does things differently such as having doctors on salary which increases
collaboration and reduces unneccessary tests. At the Mayo Clinic, the
primary value is the needs of the patient come first. This value was
developed and first stated well over 100 years ago by Dr. Will.
"As we grow in learning, we more justly appreciate our
dependence upon each other. The sum-total of medical knowledge is now so great
and wide-spreading that it would be futile for one man to attempt to acquire,
or for any one man to assume that he has, even a good working knowledge of any
large part of the whole. The very necessities of the case are driving
practitioners into cooperation. The
best interest of the patient is the only interest to be considered,
and in order that the sick may have the benefit of advancing knowledge, union
of forces is necessary." -Dr.
Will Mayo
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