Insights on International Collaborative Health
From Lima, Peru, to Hangzhou, China, and from Toronto, Canada, to Beirut, Lebanon, Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI) recently welcomed leaders, clinicians, educators and investigators… Read More »Gathering the Global Family to Get Smarter
By Junaid Razzak, M.B.B.S, Ph.D. Medical emergencies — injuries, strokes, heart attacks and lung infections — caused about half of the world’s 28 million human… Read More »Global Disparity: Death by Medical Emergency
By Manuel Peña-Morros The pain started when I fell about 12 years ago. I was a banker and was visiting a construction site for a… Read More »73 and Counting
When remoteness or lack of transportation is a barrier to health care, telemedicine is a powerful solution. It can extend the reach and improve the… Read More »Care Within Reach in Far-flung Locations
By 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… Read More »Resetting the Brain for Post-Stroke Recovery
This post’s publish date, Sept. 17, aligns with International Patient Safety Day, a global campaign to rally stakeholders across health care systems to work together… Read More »A Welcome Party on World Patient Safety Day
By 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… Read More »Big Steps for a Kuwaiti Child with Cerebral Palsy
The patient was a grandmother. She had diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea and a body mass index of 84 — more than four times what experts… Read More »Promoting Healthy Weight, Patient by Patient
By Dr. Hugh Calkins Here at Johns Hopkins, we are blending engineering and cardiology to create more personalized approaches to diagnose and treat heart rhythm… Read More »Engineering Precision Cardiology
By Rosalyn Stewart In a previous post, Kathy DeRuggiero discussed how Johns Hopkins helps patients transition from pediatric to adult care by having a children’s… Read More »Building Bridges Between Pediatric and Adult Care