Motivation x Empowerment = Caregiver Engagement
Published June 26, 2016
Charles Kunkle, Engagement Coach, Navigator Leadership, discusses how to first understand what motivates their staff and then provides creative program ideas to ensure a positive patient experience for the ultimate working environment.
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Creating Human Connection through Artificial Intelligence
Published January 20, 2026
Explore how Mayo Clinic uses artificial intelligence (AI) to strengthen communication and empathy in healthcare. Learn how CoCo, a virtual assistant built on the Mayo Model of Communication, provides real-time advice, coaching and feedback to staff across a 1,000-member communication center. Join this webinar to discover how AI can be leveraged to improve efficiency while
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The Hand We Hold: Reflections on Empathetic Practice in Medicine
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In this narrative, I reflect on an early clinical encounter that reshaped my understanding of what it means to provide patient-centered care. As a medical student, I entered the exam room with a preset algorithm of what to say and how to act. Yet, when faced with a patient whose suffering could not be measured
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