It is hard to say that you will not find an outstanding doctor who cares and makes you feel like you are important and #1. They are out there and there are many institutions like Cleveland Clinic, John Hopkins, etc. that are outstanding hospitals and care givers.

I have been a patient of Mayo Jacksonville since 2006. When I first came to Jacksonville Mayo they did not even have a hospital and used another hospital for surgeries etc. Slowly they build hospital, and many other buildings and facilities and now a very busy and outstanding care center. I can tell you that 99% of the doctors, nurses, and tech are outstanding and are clearly dedicated to the motto of Mayo Clinic: "The needs of the patient are our priority."

There are differences at each Mayo Clinic in what the can offer in terms of treatments and specialists. Mayo Clinic also restricts the number of Medicare patients. I have outstanding doctors and specialists. My primary care doctor (Mayo Clinic primary care) is outstanding and I see him as friend. Calls both my wife and I at home. But so do my electrophysiologist and the Pace Clinic techs.

I would not want to go anywhere else unless Mayo Jacksonville does not offer a specific treatment or specialty (and this has happened). The "patients first" will be quite noticeable when you come to Mayo but can you find that elsewhere most likely yes. Almost every specialist and doctor at Mayo Jacksonville came from another hospital or practice.

Mayo is a teaching hospital with a ton of research and high tech equipment. But just like anywhere even at Mayo Clinic you might get the 1% that do not meet that standard or maybe better said do not make you feel your needs are their priority. Mayo Clinic in that situation offers Patient Advocacy who will listen and investigate. Bottom line worth the effort to travel, and worth the effort to change. Again unless not possible I would not want to be treated anywhere else.