group clinic

The advantages of group medical service, with facilities and technical personnel beyond the means of an individual practitioner plus the benefit of group consultation, have encouraged the establishment of pay or private clinics. Such a clinic is essentially a voluntary association of physicians engaged in the practice of…

…two brothers evolved the cooperative group clinic, later known as the Mayo Clinic. William James Mayo, who became a specialist in surgery of the abdomen, pelvis, and kidney, remained active in surgery at the clinic until 1928 and in administration until 1933.