Paul Limburg

WHAT: Mayo Clinic, Fight Colorectal Cancer and Ed Randall’s Fans for the Cure will encourage baseball fans to “pitch in” to prevent prostate and colorectal cancer as the Minnesota Twins begin a three-game series against the Cleveland Indians at Target Field in Minneapolis on July 21. Pitch for Prevention is intended to raise awareness about prostate cancer and colorectal cancer prevention through an educational event for prostate cancer and colorectal cancer survivors with Mayo Clinic physicians, educational booths on Target Plaza and a champion’s march of cancer survivors onto Target Field. The Pitch for Prevention educational event will be streamed live at pitchforprevention.com. The campaign will include a special appearance by country music star Craig Campbell, who lost his father to colorectal cancer at age 11. Losing his father at a young age inspired Campbell to become involved in the fight against colorectal cancer. He was recently named national spokesperson for Fight Colorectal Cancer. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, prostate cancer is the second-leading killer of men in the U.S., and colorectal cancer is the third-leading killer of both men and women in the U.S. WHERE: Target Field, Minneapolis. WHEN: Monday, July 21, 2014. Educational event begins at 4 p.m. Game begins at 7:10 p.m. WHO: Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist Paul Limburg, M.D., founder of Pitch for Prevention, Craig Campbell, country singer and national spokesman for Fight Colorectal Cancer. Eric Powell, colorectal cancer survivor, will throw out the first pitch of the game. Dr. Limburg and Campbell will be available for interviews on July 21. MEDIA CONTACTS: Chloe Piepho or Joe Dangor, Mayo Clinic Public Affairs, 507-284-5005, newsbureau@mayo.edu

PALO ALTO, Calif. and ROCHESTER, Minn. — April 16, 2014 — Better, a consumer health start-up, and Mayo Clinic have launched a new way for people to navigate the complexity of the healthcare system simply and quickly.  Through a mobile device, Better provides tailored Mayo Clinic health information, 24/7 access to the clinic's experienced and highly-skilled nurses, and a Better Personal Health Assistant who helps simplify and manage people's care so they can use their time to focus on being well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBSfE28g3EY "Our culture of learning, innovation, and the desire to find answers has allowed Mayo to remain at the forefront of health and wellness, and we want to extend this expertise to people anywhere," explained Paul Limburg, M.D., medical director of Mayo Clinic Global Business Solutions. "People consistently tell us they want more convenient access to Mayo Clinic knowledge. We collaborated with and invested in Better to create a powerful way for people to connect with Mayo Clinic in their homes and communities, wherever they are."

ROCHESTER, Minn. and CHARLESTON, S.C. — Mayo Clinic and Benefitfocus, the country's largest benefits technology company, announced a new collaboration today at One Place, the company's biggest event for human resources, health care and technology leaders. "Touching more people in a meaningful way will require Mayo to build relationships and interact with people beyond the walls of Mayo's hospitals and clinics," says John Noseworthy, M.D., president and CEO of Mayo Clinic. "The new collaboration with Benefitfocus will help do just that by making Mayo Clinic health and wellness resources available to Benefitfocus members." Mayo Clinic will provide new health and wellness products and services in the marketplace through the Benefitfocus HR InTouch technology platform. The collaboration will give Benefitfocus members access to the information and resources available through the Mayo Clinic Health Assessment and EmbodyHealth portal — tools that many Mayo employees take advantage of through the LiveWell program. The portal includes more than 3,000 Mayo Clinic articles on diseases, conditions, tests, procedures, health tips and healthy recipes. In addition, Benefitfocus will be selling Mayo Clinic's EmbodyHealth newsletter, Ask Mayo Clinic nurse line service, a customized version of the EmbodyHealth portal and Mayo Clinic books. "Mayo Clinic is a humanitarian, not-for-profit, integrated health care organization, committed to sharing what it knows with our patients and with people everywhere, Dr. Noseworthy says. "The relationship with Benefitfocus is a critical step in enhancing our ability to deliver Mayo-vetted knowledge broadly." "Our patients have told us they want more convenient access to Mayo Clinic care and expertise," says Paul Limburg, M.D., medical director of Mayo Clinic Global Business Solutions. "As a result of this relationship, we will be able to reach out in a new way and potentially help many more people who could benefit from what we have to offer."