Mayo Clinic

One of the United States' greatest hospitals, the Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit medical practice and medical research group based in Rochester, Minnesota. It employs more than 4,500 physicians and scientists along with 57,100 allied health staff. The practice specializes in treating difficult cases through tertiary care, and spends over $660 million a year on research. In addition to their flagship hospital in Rochester, the Mayo Clinic has major campuses in Arizona and Florida. In addition, it also owns and operates the Mayo Clinic Health System, which consists of more than 70 hospitals and clinics across Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Georgia; as well as several colleges of medicine, including Mayo Medical School, the Mayo Graduate School, and the Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo School of Health Sciences. Mayo Clinic has adopted more than 15,000 mobile devices from Apple for patient care; including the iPad, iPad Mini and iPhone. Mayo Clinic then created several mobile apps that assists its staff and patients. The Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation, established in 2008, was one of the pioneers of innovation in healthcare. It has since worked on over 270 projects and is often looked to as a role model for using design in healthcare.