A Collaborative for Implementation of an Evidence-Based Clinical Pathway for Enhanced Recovery in Colon and Rectal Surgery in an Affiliated Network of Healthcare Organizations

In 2015 the Mayo Clinic Care Network (MCCN), in an effort to extend medical knowledge and share these best practices, embarked on an education mission to diffuse the clinical practice redesign involving the practice of colon and rectal surgery at Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minnesota) to members of the MCCN. They elected to use a collaborative framework in an attempt to transfer knowledge to multiple teams in an efficient and supportive manner.