Ep 63 - Mayo Clinic Part 1 of 3

This week we begin a quality journey with Mayo Clinic discussing a case study posted by ASQ and written by Mary Beth and James Buckman. This introductory episode teaches us about Mayo clinic’s innovative mindset from their beginning in the 1880’s. Mayo Clinic decided from the beginning that they were going to be a physician led organization with a team approach. Early in the 1900s one of their pioneer physicians, Henry Plummer, pushed for “pooled resources,” wanting one place to keep all physicians’ analysis for a single patient.