Table 2.

The Mayo Clinic Model of Care (used with the permission of the Mayo Foundation).42

Patient Care
  • Collegial, co-operative, staff teamwork with true multi-specialty integration
  • An unhurried examination with time to listen to the patient
  • Physicians taking personal responsibility for directing patient care over time in a partnership with the local physician
  • Highest-quality patient care provided with compassion and trust
  • Respect for the patient, family, and the patient's local physician
  • Comprehensive evaluation with timely, efficient assessment and treatment
  • Availability of the most advanced, innovative diagnostic and therapeutic technology and techniques
The Mayo Environment
  • Highest-quality staff mentored in the culture of Mayo and valued for their contributions
  • Valued professional allied health staff with a strong work ethic, special expertise, and devotion to Mayo
  • A scholarly environment of research and education
  • Physician leadership
  • Integrated medical record with common support services for all outpatients and inpatients
  • Professional compensation that allows a focus on quality, not quantity
  • Unique professional dress, decorum, and facilities
RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2015 April; 6(2): e0011. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2015 April 29. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10195