Thursday, April 12, 2007

Mayo Clinic, Rochester - Redefining how health care is delivered with SPARC Innovation

 

Please join us on Thursday, April 12th, for a visit to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.

The SPARC Innovation Program is a fusion of design methodologies and the medical practice within the Mayo Clinic. Guided by its methodology (and the basis of its acronym; See, Plan, Act, Refine, Communicate), SPARC takes on projects that show promise in redefining how health care is delivered.

SPARC’s unique environment plays an instrumental role in allowing it to be a different kind of problem solver. By blending the physical spaces of a traditional design studio with that of a traditional out-patient clinic, SPARC is a place where healthcare services can be envisioned, modeled and implemented within a functioning clinical environment.

To accomplish this, the SPARC Innovation Program is staffed with designers and project managers, is supervised by medical directors and is empowered by patients, physicians and care team members dedicated to prototyping healthcare services in a safe yet true-to-life environment.

 

Meeting Details:

Date/Time:
April 12th, 2007, 6:00 p.m.
Place:
(Arrival) Mayo Building Lobby, Mayo Clinic. Take the elevator to the 17 Floor. SPARC Lab is behind the "East 17" desk
Address:
200 1st Street SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905 (View Maps)
Host:
Mayo Clinic & Ryan Armbruster, Maureen Wegner from SPARC Innovations
Speakers:
SPARC Innovations representative
Topic:
Redefining how health care is delivered with SPARC Innovation

Agenda:

 

Event Cost & Registration

 

If you or someone you know would like to attend, please register by emailing events@upamn.org that you will attend. When registering, please also indicate if you are interested in driving or riding in a carpool down to Rochester. If you offer to drive, please indicate how many passengers you could take. We will attempt to loosely coordinate carpooling efforts in advance.

Directions, Maps & Parking:

Maps:

1. How to get to the Mall of America

2. Approach to Rochester

3. Map of the Mayo Clinic Campus (PDF)

4. Additional Mayo Clinic Maps

 

Directions & Parking:

 

Driving Directions from the Mall of America to Mayo Clinic:
  1. Take I-494 East for about 10 miles
  2. Take HIGHWAY 52 South
  3. Continue driving to Rochester (about 70 miles)
  4. In Rochester take the 2ND STREET SW exit
  5. At the stoplight turn left on to 2ND STREET SW. Drive a few blocks to 3RD AVENUE
  6. Turn left at 3RD AVENUE. Staying in left lane, proceed to the stoplight. DAMON PARKING RAMP (mirrored exterior) is on your left.
  7. Enter the DAMON PARKING RAMP just past the stoplight (Parking is $2 for first hour, $1 each additional hour.)

Walking Directions from the Damon Parking Ramp to the Ozmun building:

  1. Stairs and elevators exit towards 3RD AVENUE
  2. Exit at STREET LEVEL and cross the street (3RD AVENUE)
  3. We will meet up in the lobby area joining the Gonda Bldg and Mayo Bldg before heading up to the SPARC lab

Other Parking Options:

Plenty of free, on street parking should be available in the vicinity of the Mayo Building by the time we arrive. Please consider the on street parking as an alternative to the parking ramp directions that are included in the details above.

 

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Last update: April 12, 2007