Mayo Clinic Conference

The Mayo Clinic's Center for Innovation had their 2010 Transform Symposium in September, where the theme was "Thinking Differently about Healthcare". 

The Mayo Clinic has a culture of innovation that starts with "Drs. Will and Charlie" (the Mayo Brothers) as well as their father (William W. - who mortgaged his house to get a crazy device called a microscope so he could study disease better).  And while this is part of their culture, they also recently recognized the importance of having a full Center dedicated to expanding on this arena - thus launching their Center for Innovation in 2008.

At the conference, Dr. Berkowitz presented some of the work that has been done at SHIP exploring innovative thinking about the "Future of Electronic Medical Records".

See the video at the following: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSVIAG11OXM