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Ask Mayo Clinic Nurse Line:
Reporting and Outcomes

Ask Mayo Clinic Nurse Line and Health Advisor

Ask Mayo Clinic tracks and reports on all aspects of nurse line program results, including usage, health questions asked, and the level of care the caller intended to seek prior to the call.

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Learn How Ask Mayo Clinic Outcomes Can Result in Significant Cost Savings

Ask Mayo Clinic tracks and reports on all aspects of nurse line program results. Reports help clients understand call trends such as usage, health questions asked, and the level of care the caller intended to seek before calling. The report even compares intended level of care with our nurses' endpoint recommendation. Redirecting callers to more appropriate care (such as primary care instead of the emergency room for nonurgent conditions) can result in significant cost savings.

Aggregate quarterly reports can be customized to your needs and
can include:

  • Detailed information on types of calls (including the most frequently used symptom algorithms for adults, children, women and seniors)
  • Call volume (including total calls, monthly call rates and annualized
    call rate)
  • Repeat usage
  • Call outcomes (including endpoint health care recommendations)
  • Caller redirection
  • Caller demographics (including age, gender)

This information is helpful in tracking the types of concerns and issues facing employees and their family members, and can be useful in exploring condition management solutions.

Outcome data confirms positive
impact of Ask Mayo Clinic

Our data shows that 40 percent of callers choose a lower level of care at the conclusion of the call than they originally intended to seek, empowering the caller and saving both the client and the individual both time and money. Our outcome data also shows:

  • 60% of callers whose initial intent was to go to the ER are redirected to a lower level of care
  • 90% of callers agree with nurse recommendations
  • Callers choose self-care or primary care by a 3:1 margin over emergency or urgent care

Ask Mayo Clinic nurse line also received high marks in our most recent annual satisfaction survey:

  • 97% reported high levels of overall satisfaction
  • 95% say the nurse addressed their concerns and answered
    their questions
  • 95% clearly understood what their next step should be at the
    conclusion of the call
  • 99% felt the nurse had a sincere desire to help them

See the impact a
nurse line can have

Ask Mayo Clinic is a 24-hour nurse line that guides people to the appropriate level of care. See our Satisfaction and Impact report and discover how this valuable health service has made a difference.

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