Mayo Clinic Health System-Albert Lea and Austin

Patient care (see schedule o)patient care:mayo Clinic Health system is a family of clinics, hospitals and Health care facilities serving communities in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Georgia. As part of Mayo Clinic, the Health system offers care designed for the whole body close to the patient's home, when they need it. A multidisciplinary team of experts has ready access to knowledge, resources, and expertise of Mayo Clinic and collaborates on providing exactly the care the patient needs. Mayo Clinic Health system sites employ approximately 1,000 physicians and 15,000 allied Health staff. In addition, Mayo Clinic physicians from multiple specialties regularly see patients at Health system facilities. Besides having Health care facilities in more than 60 communities, Mayo Clinic Health system includes 19 owned hospitals, two owned nursing homes, physician service agreements with one additional hospital, and contract management agreements with two additional hospitals and one nursing home.since its inception in ...

Research (see schedule o):research:mchs-al/au staff work with Mayo Clinic and Mayo Clinic Health system physician investigators to coordinate clinical research studies with a cms grant.

Community support (see schedule 0):community support: there are numerous Health and wellness education programs, classes and support groups provided to the community throughout the year. These classes/support groups include childbirth education, prenatal breastfeeding education classes, bereavement education support series, cancer support group, diabetes support group, ostomy support group, chemical dependency relapse support group, tobacco cessation services, sports screenings, individual sports conditioning and sports injury evaluations, all at no charge.mchs-al/au's patient education center provides free blood pressure checks and Health resources for the community. 1,560 blood pressure checks were provided in 2015. Located within the front corridor, the center's library area includes easy access for community members to Health education and wellness information via staff, brochures, dvds, and use of four public computers. In 2015, 4,500 people were assisted with patient education services.also located in the patient education center is mchs-al/au's patient advocate. She is a certified senior Health insurance program ...