Mayo Clinic

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...

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...

Mayor: Council is doing its homework

Feb 16, 2017

To the editor: I am following up on my last letter where I stated that, “competent due diligence builds leadership partnerships.” Simply put, if your team does its homework, the team will make good grades. Our council is doing its homework on a number of important initiatives and I believe the...

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...

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...

Mayo reps present to  Rotary Club

Feb 2, 2017

Rochelle Leahy (left) and Nicole Evers (right) of Mayo Clinic Health System pose for a photo with Lake City Rotary Club Member Kathy Moyer on Jan. 23. Leahy and Evers presented on Mayo’s patient experience and its patient advisory council. The Lake City Rotary Club meets Mondays at noon at Port 104...

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...

Mayo monitors headed for high school design lab

Oct 13, 2016

Lincoln High School students who use the computer assisted design (CAD) lab have better monitors to use. Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City recently donated 30 flat screen monitors to Lake City Public Schools, replacing the district’s decade-old monitors. “The monitors adjust and rotate....

Mayo adds evening primary care hours

Sep 22, 2016

Patients will soon have additional appointment options to schedule early morning and late afternoon primary care appointments at Mayo Clinic Health System. Beginning Oct. 3, patients at Mayo Clinic Health System locations in Cannon Falls, Lake City, Red Wing, Wabasha, and Zumbrota can schedule...

People want say in Mayo lease change

Sep 15, 2016

People want more citizens input before the City of Lake City considers changing its contractual arrangement with Mayo Clinic Health System. In fact, some were adamant about it. Bob Pope, at the end of a council workshop, said council members and Mayo officials were missing the point. People want to...