The Mayo Clinic Value Creation System

Am J Med Qual. 2012 Jan-Feb;27(1):58-65. doi: 10.1177/1062860611410966. Epub 2011 Sep 6.

Abstract

The authors present Mayo Clinic's Value Creation System, a coherent systems engineering approach to delivering a single high-value practice. There are 4 tightly linked, interdependent phases of the system: alignment, discovery, managed diffusion, and measurement. The methodology is described and examples of the results to date are presented. The Value Creation System has been demonstrated to improve the quality of patient care while reducing costs and increasing productivity.

MeSH terms

  • Efficiency, Organizational*
  • Hospital Costs / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Information Dissemination / methods
  • Leadership
  • Organizational Objectives
  • Patient Safety
  • Program Development / methods
  • Quality Improvement / organization & administration
  • Quality Indicators, Health Care / statistics & numerical data
  • Quality of Health Care / organization & administration*