Like other leaders in global collaborative health, Johns Hopkins is grappling with painful truths as we respond to COVID-19. The pandemic has severely limited our patients’ capacity to travel across international borders, and it’s heart wrenching not being able to provide the clinical care that could change ― or save ― their lives. While health […]
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Together Is the Only Way Through This Crisis
Posted by | Collaboration, Health Innovation, Health System SustainabilityLike other health systems, Johns Hopkins is handling the challenge of how best to respond to COVID-19 across our own hospitals and clinics. Meanwhile, we are serving as public health stewards to our local community and as trusted consultants to our national and global affiliates. Johns Hopkins has been at the forefront of these efforts […]
Coordinating Care for an Entire Island
Posted by | Collaboration, Medical EducationAt the end of his third year at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ruben Troncoso — like all medical residents — was able to choose both where and what specialty he would study and practice for four weeks. He elected to focus on emergency medical services and hyperbaric medicine at King Edward VII Memorial […]
Gaining New Ground in Weight Loss
Posted by | Collaboration, Middle East, Nutrition, Patient CareFor three years, we have been collaborating with Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare (JHAH) to create a leading-edge bariatric surgery program. Not only is this now a flagship service for JHAH patients, it also has been designated a Center of Excellence according to the Surgical Review Corporation, an internationally recognized accreditation organization. Just eight institutions in […]
Turning the Tide of Type 2 Diabetes
Posted by | Collaboration, Middle East, Nutrition, Patient CareDiabetes is on the rise nearly everywhere, affecting 425 million people globally, according to the World Health Organization. Although this disease is pervasive, it is neither preordained nor permanent. Exercising 30 minutes a day and reducing body weight by 7% can lower the prevalence of type 2 diabetes by 58%, according to the Diabetes Prevention […]
The Rising Burden of Reduced Mobility
Posted by | Collaboration, Medical Education, Middle EastFor the past five years, Johns Hopkins has worked with Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare (JHAH) to co-host a multidisciplinary conference, through which 2,000 participants have learned about the latest research and clinical innovations regarding conditions such as stroke, heart and vascular care, primary care and lifestyle medicine. Most recently, we took on the topic of […]
Constancy and Collaboration in the COVID-19 Era
Posted by | Clinical Program Development, CollaborationStockpiling personal protective equipment. Mainstreaming telehealth. Suspending elective medical procedures. These are all part of “the new normal” of delivering health care during the COVID-19 pandemic. As health care administrators, providers and support staff everywhere grapple with these changes, Johns Hopkins has worked with the Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) to find ways to maintain constancy […]
Striking Down Strokes in Bermuda
Posted by | Clinical Program Development, CollaborationThe brain needs a constant supply of oxygen and nutrients to work well. Just minutes after a stroke disrupts or stops blood flow, brain cells can die, jeopardizing functions such as movement, speech, emotional regulation and memory. Stroke is the second-leading cause of death and third-leading cause of disability worldwide. According to a 2017 report […]
Moving Global Health Forward While Travel’s on Hold
Posted by | Academic Medicine, Collaboration, Health System SustainabilityBy Nicole J. Rosson, M.H.A., and Heitham T. Hassoun, M.D. Over the past 20 years, leading academic medical centers and specialty care hospitals in the United States have entered into the global collaborative health care market. They care for international patients who travel to their institutions for medical treatment, which often is not available or […]
Every Day and Everywhere, Thank You, Nurses
Posted by | Care Providers, Collaboration, Health Care Leadership Development, Latin America, Middle East, Nurse DevelopmentFlorence 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 […]