Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, was born this day 200 years ago. And so May 12 has been designated International Nurses day, a global celebration of the contributions nurses make to patients and to society. I wanted to use this space to recognize the incredible work nurses everywhere do and to thank them […]
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Good Health Care Is Good, but Why Stop There?
Posted by | Academic Medicine, Care Providers, Collaboration, Middle East, Patient CareFollowing careful evaluation of health care institutions from all over the world, Saudi Aramco chose Johns Hopkins Medicine as its partner to provide medical care to its employees and transform its health system for the future. After all, we brought to the Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare (JHAH) joint venture nearly 130 years as the founder […]
Pandemic No Match for Nurses’ Mettle
Posted by | Care Providers, Nurse DevelopmentHealth care providers around the world are in uncharted territory in response to the coronavirus pandemic. It’s undoubtedly a time of great stress and uncertainty for all clinicians. We continue last week’s discussion on how nurses in particular are rising to the challenge of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are more insights from Dr. Cynda […]
Nurses: Leading in the Midst of Crisis
Posted by | Care Providers, Nurse DevelopmentAs the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases accelerates around the world, nurses on the front lines of the health care response have found themselves in unprecedented positions, making high-stakes decisions for patients and their own personal lives. Cynda Rushton is a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and Berman Institute of Bioethics and […]
A Father’s Determined Search Leads to Johns Hopkins
Posted by | Care Providers, Middle East, Patient CareParents often say they would do anything possible to protect the health and happiness of their children. That was certainly the case with the Aldhanhani family from the United Arab Emirates. The Aldhanhanis’ son Khalifa was born with a serious blood disorder known as beta thalassemia, which can enlarge the spleen, liver and heart, and can […]
Hospitals Aren’t the Be All, End All
Posted by | Asia Pacific, Care Providers, Collaboration, Patient CareIn the past 25 years or so, U.S. health care has changed dramatically — expanding from the limitations of hospital-based care to an integrated system that includes clinics, hospitals and home-based care. Johns Hopkins was on the vanguard of this new clinical delivery model, creating a home care division in 1992. Today, we see home […]
Resetting the Brain for Post-Stroke Recovery
Posted by | Care Providers, Patient Care, Patient Safety, ResearchBy Pablo Celnik, M.D. Stroke is the third-leading cause of disability worldwide and a major cause of dementia and depression, according to the World Health Organization. Recovery from a stroke can take months or years, depending on the patient’s loss of functions. So my team from the Center of Excellence in Stroke Treatment, Recovery and […]
‘Because of You, the Future of Neurology in Zambia Is Brighter’
Posted by | Care Providers, Medical EducationBy Dr. Deanna Saylor Zambia has the world’s sixth-highest prevalence of HIV. And HIV/AIDS — often associated with neurological effects — continues to be the No. 1 cause of death in this southern African nation. Many of Zambia’s other top causes of death — malaria (No. 2), stroke (No. 5), meningitis (No. 7) and syphilis […]
Big Steps for a Kuwaiti Child with Cerebral Palsy
Posted by | Care Providers, Middle East, Patient CareBy Shenandoah Robinson, M.D. Before I began treating Mohammad Almutairi, 9, he walked with a gait typical of patients with cerebral palsy. His muscles were shorter than those of a healthy child, and his hamstrings were tighter — they pulled him up on his toes and forced his legs to cross as he tried to […]
Engineering Precision Cardiology
Posted by | Care Providers, Collaboration, Health Innovation, Medical Technology, Middle East, Patient Care, Precision Medicine, ResearchBy Dr. Hugh Calkins Here at Johns Hopkins, we are blending engineering and cardiology to create more personalized approaches to diagnose and treat heart rhythm disorders. Leveraging innovations in cardiac imaging, computer simulations and data science could help us manage these disorders, which can lead to elevated risks of blood clots, stroke, dementia and death. […]
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