> They passed muster with Mayo (a deal that no doubt had to pass muster with Shulkin among other world-renown physicians and administrators I used to work at b

> They passed muster with Mayo (a deal that no doubt had to pass muster with Shulkin among other world-renown physicians and administrators I used to work at both Mayo and Google. Mayo isn't shy about the need to protect their name and reputation. They consider it one of their most valuable assets, if not the most valuable. After all, they built it over a century of hard work. Sometimes it borders on excessive. If you went to a conference, unless you were presenting, it was suggested for you to just say you're "from a large medical institution in the Midwest". If you sold them software or services, you were allowed to use their name (trademark) in the list of customers on your website, but only if the list had at least 4-5 names and it was in alphabetical order. The day Mayo signed, also in light of their past collaboration with IBM (I was around in the BlueGene days...), I knew that Google must have committed large amounts of money and resources to the partnership. For those who are not aware, Dr Plummer at Mayo pretty much came up with the modern idea of a medical record a century ago and even had a sort of human-powered Google for records, keeping them in the basement, calling them up over intercom and delivering them over tubes.