Military invades Mayo Clinic

Well, kinda. Sorta.

Look for some big brass military-types on Mayo Clinic's Rochester campus this week through Wednesday.

The Military Health System has a new deal called the Traveling Fellowship Program for "current and future healthcare decision-making leaders from the Army, Navy and Air Force."

That means going on tour to major health institutions. The 2009 military medical tour covers Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic.

The Mayo Clinic blog says the topics to be discussed include:

Mayo Clinic History and Vital Statistics

Governance of Mayo Clinic

Mayo Model of Care

Patient Logistics

Patient Experience

Health Information Technology

Global Products and Services

Human Resources

Wellness

Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center

Research

Center for Innovation

Education

Here's a little from the release on this:

The goal of the Fellowship program is to provide senior leaders the ability to discuss and collaborate with their colleagues in the civilian sector. The overarching themes of the visits will include transformational leadership and culture, reengineered clinical and administrative processes and infrastructure.
 
“We are committed to providing the very best care to our patients throughout the MHS,” says Dr. S. Ward Casscells, the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs. “This program will enable us to continue to collaborate and gain insight from our civilian partners and bring those insights directly to the warriors and families we serve.”