It’s a big year for partnerships at
Sparrow Health System. Just weeks after launching The Center for Innovation with Michigan State University, Sparrow has now announced it will be the first health system in Michigan and one of the first five organizations nationwide to become a member of the
Mayo Clinic Care Network.
“What this network is really about is connecting physicians to physicians,” says Executive Director of Marketing and Public Relations John Berg. “[Sparrow doctors] will have a set of tools that will allow them to reach out and compare treatment plans and pathways that have been developed at the Mayo Clinic.”
The formal relationship between Sparrow the Mayo Clinic will bring the famed Rochester, Minnesota-based medical research group’s expertise and clinical care resources to Lansing. Another benefit, Berg adds, is that should a medical case require advanced, specialty care beyond the Sparrow Health System, Mayo Clinic physicians will already be well-versed the patient’s case and able to provide a continuum of care.
Sparrow’s inclusion in the Mayo Clinic Care Network came after rigorous review and evaluation, but began less formally, when a group of Sparrow Physicians visited the Mayo Clinic a year ago to study the center’s best practices.
“They began getting a good understanding of who we are when we reached out to them,” says Berg. “They are looking for organizations that are focused on quality.”
In addition, says Berg, Sparrow was chosen for the program after having received a number of awards and recognitions including being named a top health system in the United States by Thomson Reuters and earning the Nurse Magnet Distinction from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
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