A digital, individualized Mayo Clinic approach to better health through lifestyle and behavior change Rochester, Minn. — Mayo Clinic announced today a new health engagement platform called Mayo Clinic Healthy Living online. Designed for employers and other groups to help members improve and stay healthy, the platform focuses on lifestyle areas where change can have the most beneficial effect on overall health. As a result, this new solution promises positive results, not only for the individual, but for the employer/client in terms of controlling health care costs and optimizing performance and productivity. The science underpinning the platform draws upon the expertise of Mayo Clinic and leverages the new Mayo Clinic Healthy Living program as a learning lab to research and measure outcomes to improve health and wellness. Mayo Clinic Healthy Living online is at the forefront of the next generation of digital wellness and lifestyle behavior change tools. The program is designed to engage members by leveraging new technologies, connectivity to remote devices, data-driven user personalization, incentive capabilities, and user-driven responsive design, all underpinned by evidence-based approaches validated though the medical practice and research at Mayo Clinic. Mayo Clinic research was used to identify areas with the most potential to improve health. The platform focuses on diet and nutrition, physical activity, and weight management, with plans to build out stress, sleep and resiliency offerings. “What we are doing with this tool is bringing Mayo expertise outside the walls of the clinic. People are struggling with their wellness goals, and we want to use technology to provide the support necessary for wellness and disease prevention,” says Philip Hagen, M.D., M.P.H., medical director for Mayo Clinic Healthy Living online.
Albuquerque, NM — Mayo Clinic Health Solutions today announced a collaboration with Lovelace Health System to serve employers in the Albuquerque and Roswell area with self-funded plan options. “The agreement combines the national proficiency and expertise of Mayo Clinic Health Solutions with excellence in local medical care at Lovelace Health System,” says Greg Couser, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Mayo Clinic Health Solutions. Under this relationship, Mayo Clinic Health Solutions will offer third party administrative services for self-funded plans through brokers and consultants as well as local employers. Mayo Clinic Health Solutions offers a national network option to supplement the local provider network of the Lovelace Health System. Health plan administration services offered through Mayo Clinic Health Solutions for self-funded employer health plans will be available with effective dates beginning July 1, 2015. For more information, visit Mayo Clinic Global Business Solutions.
