Mayo Clinic - Top 10 Best Hospitals in the World

Although the Mayo Clinic in the United States is called a "clinic", it is actually a comprehensive medical center with a long history, the world's first and largest comprehensive, non-profit, group medical institution, and a well deserved medical system brand in the world's medical field.It has a history of more than 140 years, and its founder is Mayo (W.W). Mayo Clinic is mainly composed of four hospitals in three states; The four hospitals are located in Rochester, Minnesota, Jacksonville, Florida and Scottsdale/Phoenix, Arizona. There are more than 3300 doctors, scientists and researchers, as well as 46000 auxiliary health care personnel. It ranked first in the latest 2014-15 Best Hospitals in the United States.

The combination of clinical practice, medical education and medical research is the driving force behind Mayo's success. Mayo's logo and three shields represent the three.

Mayo Clinic provides the best care service for every patient every day. Its brand's core value is the seven word basic value "Seven words the needs of the patient come first"; Simple and direct is the fundamental commitment made by Mayo Clinic for every patient every day.

Why did the patient come to Mayo? Looking forward to the best medical services available, patients and their families say that Mayo Clinic is a place of care, confidence and hope, a treasure house of medical knowledge, the ultimate medical care, and the light at the end of the tunnel. Mayo can provide high-quality medical services to meet the needs of each patient, support clinical treatment and nursing with the most effective system and technology, and improve medical level through research and education.

The basic elements of the Mayo Clinic health care model: 1. The medical experts from all aspects work in teams to provide high-quality care for patients, because medicine is a cooperative science; 2. Check each patient calmly and listen fully; 3. Doctor Mayo and the patient's community doctor guide the patient's treatment together; 4. While providing high-quality care, there is sympathy and expectation; 5. Respect patients, their families and community doctors of patients; 6. Timely and comprehensive evaluation, efficient judgment and treatment; 7. Access to the most advanced and up-to-date diagnostic and therapeutic technologies and means.

Features and advantages of Mayo Clinic:

• Non profit. Mayo Clinic is a non-profit medical institution, which uses all its profits to improve medical practice, expand research and education activities.
• Doctors with experience in all specialist areas. The doctors of Mayo Clinic cover almost all specialized fields. They have rich clinical experience and provide diagnosis and treatment services for patients with common diseases and rare diseases.
• Satisfy patients and let them have a unique medical experience. High quality doctor-patient communication, attention to details, and high efficiency of medical treatment ensure that patients experience unique medical care services.
• Innovation and research. The specialists of Mayo Clinic actively participate in research activities. The innovative ideas and latest research put forward by researchers first benefit the patients of Mayo Clinic.
• In 1950, Dr. Kendall and Dr. Hench of Mayo Clinic won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for their discovery of cortisone - shared the prize with Dr. Tadeus Reichstein of Switzerland, who had isolated various adrenal cortical hormones at the same time.
• In May 1955, Mayo Clinic used the Gibbon artificial heart lung machine to perform the first intracardiac visual surgery in the world.
• On March 10, 1969, Dr. Coventry of Mayo Clinic performed the first total hip replacement surgery approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. At that time, Mayo Clinic was the leader in the field of total hip replacement surgery.
• In 2002, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., expanded to Scottsdale, Arizona, and Jacksonville Branch, Florida, and was designated by the National Cancer Institute as the first multicenter clinic in the United States to provide comprehensive cancer treatment.
• One stop medical service. The Mayo Clinic provides one-stop medical services for patients from doctor visits, examinations, operations and hospitalization. Mayo Clinic arranges a series of medical services for patients in an efficient way. Therefore, seeing a doctor in Mayo Clinic is no longer a time-consuming project.
• The highest level medical institution. Mayo Clinic is among the best in many quality evaluations. Mayo Clinic is included in the "Best Hospital in America" list of American News and World Report every year. Mayo Clinic was also included in the list of "Top 100 Best Employers" by Fortune magazine.
• Advanced technology. Mayo Clinic has the most advanced diagnostic and therapeutic technologies - from the highest resolution imaging equipment to robotic surgery.
• Experience and impact. After decades of development, Mayo Clinic has accumulated rich experience in the diagnosis and treatment of common and complex diseases. Patients from all states in the United States and around the world went to Mayo Clinic for treatment, and the medical services provided by the clinic made them very satisfied.