Mayo Clinic has opened a patient information office in Montevideo, Uruguay to assist patients, their families, referring physicians, insurers and brokers.
Office staff will assist with travel, accommodation, billing and insurance arrangements; provide general guidance for the Mayo Clinic; will make it easier for Mayo to review medical records and coordinate future inquiries. The office will not provide medical care.
The team of Montevideo officewho speaks fluent Spanish and English, will help patients, their families, and referring physicians to schedule appointments at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona, in Jacksonville, Florida, and at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London.
The Uruguayan office becomes part of many other offices established worldwide to serve people interested in getting in touch with the Mayo Clinic.
“We are pleased to add an office in Montevideo to our services for international patients. These services are part of Mayo Clinic’s work to provide an unparalleled patient experience and serve as a resource for patients and healthcare organizations around the world,” says Dr. Jorge Pascual, pulmonary medicine specialist at the Mayo Clinic and executive medical director of the Americas.
The Uruguay office can be contacted by email: [email protected]; or by phone: 00598 9817 1630.
Organization
Mayo Clinic is a not-for-profit organization committed to innovation in clinical practice, education and research, providing compassion, knowledge and answers for everyone in need of healing.
Mayo Clinic also has patient information offices in Canada, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Panama and Peru.
Mayo Clinic accepts consultation requests directly from its patients and by referral from physicians. Interpreters are available (at no charge) to assist with communication between healthcare professionals and non-English speaking patients.
USA
Mayo Clinic is ranked the #1 hospital in the world by Newsweek and the #1 hospital in the US by US News & World Report. In 2022, Mayo served more than 1.4 million patients from every US state and approximately 130 countries.
