Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City
Mayo offers telemedicine during mental health emergency department visits in Lake City
Mar 2, 2017
Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City is now offering behavioral health services to patients in its Emergency Department via telemedicine. These services include assessment, treatment and placement for outpatient or inpatient behavioral health needs.
“On any given day, a number of patients who...
Nurses picket over staffing in Lake City
Feb 23, 2017
Nurses march and chant during an “informational picket” on Grant Street in front of Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City Wednesday. The demonstration was a continuation their efforts to generate awareness of a staffing disagreement with Mayo in Lake City that has brought contract negotiations...
Mayo, nurses at odds over staffing commitment
Feb 16, 2017
Contract negotiatons between Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City and its nurses have stalled over staffing levels.
The nurses want the contract to include a commitment from Mayo to staff at least two nurses with special emergency department (ED) training at all times, according to Kathy...
Three MDs join Mayo in Lake City
Feb 8, 2017
Three physicians familiar with the Lake City area are joining the team of providers at Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City. Janet Chestnut, M.D., will care for patients of all ages in the clinic. Brian Kelly, M.D. and Anne Liwonjo, M.D., will serve patients in the hospital.
Janet Chestnut, M.D...
Corrected: Physician sues mayo
Feb 8, 2017
A doctor who resigned from Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City last year is accusing the health system of retaliation and defamation.
In a lawsuit filed Feb. 2 in Goodhue County District Court, Dr. John Renelt alleges that Mayo administrators threatened his job, paid him lower wages and denied...
Mayo Lake City is 'Stroke Ready'
Feb 8, 2017
Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City is one of several of the system’s hospitals to acheive “Stroke Ready” status.
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) designated Mayo Clinic Health System’s hospitals in Austin, Albert Lea, Cannon Falls, Lake City and Red Wing as Acute Stroke Ready Hospitals...
'Five for Food' returns
Feb 8, 2017
Five for Food, the cooperative initiative to raise money for the Lake City Food Shelf, is back.
Five organizations have pledged $1,000 each to be used to match contributions made from now until March 31. The organizations are the Greater Lake City Community Foundation, Lake City Federal Bank...
Mayo announces $1.1 million in renovations to Lake City emergency department
Jan 25, 2017
A major remodel of Mayo Clinic Health System’s emergency department in Lake City will improve the overall patient experience as well as patient and staff safety, according to a news release.
Construction will begin this summer on the $1.1 million project. Renovations on the emergency department (...
Local Mayo leadership to change in February
Dec 22, 2016
Mayo Clinic Health System in Cannon Falls, Lake City and Red Wing announced this week that Tom Witt, M.D. will transition out of his leadership role for these three practices at the end of February 2017. Dr. Witt has also been leading the work of coordinating and integrating health system...
Physician assistant is home in Lake City again
Dec 8, 2016
Srdjan Milosavljevic has come home to Lake City for a second time.
The first time, he was an 11 year old refugee from Bosnia, a small eastern European country on the verge of war.
This time, he is helping patients at Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City.
A physician assistant, Srdjan recently...
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