Category: Divisions
Independent public health evaluations could save lives
March 22, 2010
New child survival programs must engage evaluation teams from the start to identify the major causes of child mortality in intervention areas and to ensure that appropriate resources are available to scale up coverage and treatment, according to a retrospective evaluation led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study—the […]
Safety checklist continues to keep hospital infections in check
March 22, 2010
The state of Michigan, which used a five-step checklist developed at Johns Hopkins to virtually eliminate bloodstream infections in its hospitals’ intensive care units, has been able to keep the number of these common, costly and potentially lethal infections near zero, even three years after adopting the standardized procedures. A report on the work was […]
Johns Hopkins wins $9.7 million federal grant to study cardiovascular racial disparities in Baltimore
March 15, 2010
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has been awarded a $9.7 million federal grant to study ways to improve cardiovascular outcomes among African-American patients and to understand and reduce racial and ethnic disparities in blood pressure management in Baltimore. The five-year grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute will go to create […]
Study: Kidney donors suffer few ill effects from life-giving act
March 15, 2010
In a landmark study of more than 80,000 live-kidney donors from across the United States, Johns Hopkins researchers have found that the procedure carries very little medical risk and that, in the long term, people who donate one of their kidneys are likely to live just as long as those who have two healthy ones. […]
Pediatric palliative care initiative launched by JHU researchers
March 8, 2010
An initiative to build empathy and understanding among medical professionals who treat children with chronic health conditions has been awarded a $1 million two-year grant from the National Institute for Nursing Research, an agency of the National Institutes of Health. Co-directed by Cynda H. Rushton, associate professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, the […]
Protecting patients: JH flu-shot rates 2x national average
March 8, 2010
A campaign that makes seasonal flu vaccinations for hospital staff free, convenient, ubiquitous and hard to ignore succeeds fairly well in moving care providers closer to a state of “herd” immunity and protecting patients from possible infection transmitted by health care workers, according to results of a survey at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. In a report […]
Mosquitoes—not birds—may have carried West Nile virus
March 8, 2010
Mosquitoes—not birds, as suspected—may have a played a primary role in spreading West Nile virus westward across the United States, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study is among the first to examine the role of mosquitoes in the dispersion of West Nile virus across […]
ARTBus spotlights Baltimore’s emerging art scene
March 8, 2010
Evergreen Museum & Library’s ARTBus tour from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 13 (rescheduled from its original Feb. 14 date), offers art aficionados and novices an easy navigation of some of Baltimore’s most exciting up-and-coming galleries, artist studios and experimental exhibition spaces. ARTBus, a special project of the Evergreen Museum & Library […]
Scanning for skin cancer: Infrared system looks for melanoma
March 1, 2010
Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a noninvasive infrared scanning system to help doctors determine whether pigmented skin growths are benign moles or melanoma, a lethal form of cancer. The prototype system works by looking for the tiny temperature difference between healthy tissue and a growing tumor. The researchers have begun a pilot study of 50 […]
Going green in the hospital will save money, reduce waste
March 1, 2010
Johns Hopkins researchers say that recycling medical equipment saves money, reduces waste and is safe. Wider adoption of the practice of recycling medical equipment—including laparoscopic ports and durable cutting tools typically tossed out after a single use—could save hospitals hundreds of millions of dollars annually and curb trash at medical centers, the second-largest waste producers […]