Mayo Clinic

Programs: See schedule omayo clinic health system-austin foundation supports mayo clinic health system-albert lea and austin (a related medical center exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the code) by providing support to the austin campus and its regional clinics. Support is in the form of gifts for expansion, acquisition of medical equipment, facility upgrades, hospice program support, employee development, karl r. Potach pediatric clinic and similar projects. In 2014, the foundation provided grants of $649,753 to support such projects. The foundation is part of the mayo clinic health system. Mayo clinic health system is a family of clinics, hospitals and health care facilities serving communities in minnesota, iowa, wisconsin and georgia. As part of mayo clinic, the health system offers care designed for the whole body close to the patient's home, when they need it. A multidisciplinary team of experts has ready access to knowledge, resources, and expertise of mayo clinic and collaborates on providing exactly the care the patient needs. Mayo clinic health system sites employ approximately 1,000 physicians and 15,000 allied health staff. In addition, mayo clinic physicians from multiple specialties regularly see patients at health system facilities. Besides having health care facilities in nearly 70 communities, mayo clinic health system includes 19 owned hospitals, five owned nursing homes, physician service agreements with one additional hospital, and contract management agreements with two additional hospitals and one nursing home. Since its inception in 1992, mayo clinic health system has grown into one of the most successful regional health care systems in the united states. More than 600,000 unique patients account for more than 2. 6 million visits annually in mayo clinic health system. It is also a national leader in quality and safety efforts.