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Live From The Mayo Clinic, Day 3: Cancer Vixen Loves Electronic Medical Records

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Marisa Acocella Marchetto first began her career as a cartoonist in...

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    Catherine Benson
    Friday, March 21, 2008 at 06:18 PM

    Hi Marisa,

    Thanks for your kind words about Mayo Clinic.  You are absolutely right about our electronic medical record being the "living, breathing beautiful aorta of Mayo."  When my father was being treated here a few years ago, we experienced the same thing you did.  Every doctor and caregiver he saw was up-to-date on Dad's medical status because they all had access to his records.  The unified medical record was invented at Mayo Clinic by Dr. Henry Plummer and actually goes back to 1907.  When the record was still in print format, Mayo used a system of pneumatic tubes between floors and buildings to move the records to the patients' next appointment.

     

    We would love to include an excerpt from your blog in a couple of our publications, could you contact me by e-mail to let me know if that might be possible?  We would also like to invite you to join our Mayo Clinic fan page on Facebook.

     

    Thanks again for writing about your time at Mayo.  Best wishes for continued good health for you and your husband.

     

    Catherine Benson

    Public Affairs, Mayo Clinic

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    Cancer Vixen
    Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 12:24 PM

    Hi Catherine!

     

    Thanks for writing,

    I loved Mayo.

    Can I use your info for my last post on Mayo?

     

    Marisa 

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    Catherine Benson
    Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 12:49 PM
    Sure, feel free to use it in your post.  Contact me if you need any other info.  Catherine
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