Anyone who was around in the 1950s remembers how the Cold War tension between the United States and then-Soviet Union seeped into everyday life. There was the growing threat of nuclear war, conflict in Korea, and an ideological clash that played out in politics, the media and popular culture. Space became another dramatic stage for(...)
Patient Care
Download on Telehealth
Posted by | Collaboration, Health Innovation, Patient Care, Patient SafetyAs you’re reading this, there’s a good chance your phone is in your hand or at least within close reach. People everywhere are reliant upon—maybe even addicted—to their smartphones. This trend in our globalized world opens up great opportunities to improve health and health care. The evolution in technology—including online transactions, electronic medical records and(...)
New Mindset, New Models
Posted by | Collaboration, Health Economics, Health Innovation, Health System Sustainability, Patient CareArab Health Congress is the largest health care conference in the Middle East. It takes a year to plan and attracts more than 100,000 attendees and 4,000-plus exhibitors from nearly 160 countries around the world. JHI has participated in the congress for nearly 15 years. Representatives from across Johns Hopkins participated in this year’s event(...)
Teaming Up Against Stroke
Posted by | Clinical Program Development, Collaboration, Health Innovation, Middle East, Patient CareBy Dr. Justin McArthur Stroke care needs to be a team sport. To ensure patients get the right care at the right time, stroke treatment has to bring together experts from across disciplines and medical departments to instill new knowledge about brain repair, neural plasticity and cognition. I am honored to serve as the director(...)
UAE’s $50M Gift Fuels Stroke Research
Posted by | Clinical Program Development, Collaboration, Health Innovation, Middle East, Patient CareStrokes affect more than 15 million people around the world each year. Nearly 5 million will die from stroke, and many of the rest will be permanently—often severely—disabled. I see firsthand the devastating impact strokes have on patients and their families as my colleagues and I investigate therapies to treat and prevent stroke at Johns(...)
Where It All Started
Posted by | Academic Medicine, Asia Pacific, Clinical Program Development, Collaboration, Health Innovation, Health System Sustainability, Medical Education, Patient Care, ResearchNew collaborators often ask why we formed Johns Hopkins Medicine International, and I love telling our story. JHI’s origins go back to the 1990s and a small group of people who cared for the unique needs of patients coming to The Johns Hopkins Hospital from around the world. The initial idea was to provide these(...)
On the Same Wavelength
Posted by | Academic Medicine, Asia Pacific, Clinical Program Development, Collaboration, Health System Sustainability, Latin America, Medical Education, Middle East, Patient Care, ResearchMy colleagues and I have mentioned in our posts that Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI) has nearly 20 affiliates from 15 countries—on five continents. We’re very proud of these affiliations with leading hospitals, health providers, governments and educational institutions from around the world. You may be wondering how we arrive at these relationships. Many organizations(...)
Fixing a Broken Model
Posted by | Health Economics, Health Innovation, Health System Sustainability, Patient CareImagine going to your mechanic with a burned-out headlight. It should be a clear-cut replacement. Instead, the mechanic reprograms your engine control unit, realigns your suspension and flushes all your fluids. It takes the whole afternoon and costs many times over what you’d budgeted. And when you pull out of the parking lot and flip(...)
All Paths Converge
Posted by | Collaboration, Health Economics, Health Innovation, Health System Sustainability, Patient CareMy work focuses on numbers—accounts, assets, debt and equity. I live and breathe this stuff, so it was a welcome change to write a blog post—with very few numbers—about financial trends we at Johns Hopkins Medicine International are predicting for international collaborative health. Let’s start with the convergence among payors—particularly insurers—and what that might mean(...)
Lose Weight, Eat Right, Ensure Better Health for All
Posted by | Health Innovation, Patient Care, Precision Medicine, ResearchThis is the time when many of us set earnest—if unsustainable—resolutions for the year ahead. Come February, the mad rush will have quieted at our local athletic clubs, and our pantries are likely to become home once again to potato chips and double-stuffed Oreos. As we think about what improvements we could make in 2018,(...)