Healthcare Hits the Mall

To engage with patients and increase accessibility, Mayo Clinic is set to open a facility at the Mall of America this summer. The project, titled Create Your Mayo Clinic Health Experience at Mall of America, focuses on targeted prevention and wellness programs to help patients stay healthy.

"We know healthcare in the future will not be limited to hospitals and doctor's offices," says David Hayes, M.D., cardiologist at Mayo Clinic in a press release. "Mall of America provides an opportunity for Mayo Clinic to help transform healthcare delivery by enhancing convenience and enabling more people to access Mayo Clinic health resources on a day-to-day basis."

Hayes is one of the leaders of the Mall of America project. The facility is also designed to offer direct connections to Mayo Clinic. Other main features of the clinic include the ability for patients to:

• Interact – with health touchscreen applications
• Engage – with patient navigators and Mayo-experts
• Relate – with individualized programs
• Participate – in health education classes
• Share – offerings from Mayo Clinic health professionals specific to women's health, sports, and performance health
• Learn – about other services Mayo Clinic has to offer

"This is really about Mayo's commitment to helping people live the best lives they possibly can," says John La Forgia, senior administrator for the project, in a press release. "We would also like to gather more input

Click here to learn more about the Create Your Mayo Clinic Health Experience at Mall of America project. "Mall of America" is a registered trademark.