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With AI Tool, Johns Hopkins Clinician Boosts Diabetic Retinopathy Screening to 95% Among Pediatric Patients

In 2018, the Food and Drug Administration approved IDx-DR as the first autonomous artificial intelligence (AI)-based diagnostic tool for use in any field of medicine.

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Home, Sweet Hospital

Decades in the making, Bruce Leff’s bold vision — to bring acute-level care to patients in the comfort of their own homes — is poised to take off, to the benefit of patients in Baltimore, across the country and around the world.

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Urogynecological Surgery Case Study—New Program’s Minimally Invasive Approach

Treatment options for stress incontinence included a pessary, a suture procedure, non-mesh slings, and permanent mesh slings.

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Interview: The Impact of Racism on Children’s Health

Adolescent-medicine specialist Maria Trent, academic pediatrics fellow Monique Jindal and education specialist Cheri Wilson discuss how bias and racism affect children’s health and what pediatricians can do.

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Diabetes, Heart Problems And Redundant Imaging Scans Are Among Johns Hopkins-Led Performance Improvement Topics on ‘High-Value Care’

Diabetes, Heart Problems And Redundant Imaging Scans Are Among Johns Hopkins-Led Performance Improvement Topics on ‘High-Value Care’ 11/16/2019 Credit: iStock Experts from 80 medical centers in the U.S., Canada and Norway will convene ...

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Research Story Tip: Report Looks to Improve Quality Measures for Medical Care Of Homebound Older Adults

The federal government’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is currently moving from volume-based reimbursement — where health care providers are paid based on the quantity of care supplied — to value-based reimbursement ...

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Top Pharmacologist Offers Plan to Solve Lingering Disparities in Designing Medicines That Work for All

Top Pharmacologist Offers Plan to Solve Lingering Disparities in Designing Medicines That Work for All 02/04/2021 Pills bottles Credit: iStock In a new perspective piece published in the Feb. 5 issue of Science, pharmacologist Namandje ...

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Research Story Tip: Stewardship Program Helps Hospitals Reduce Antibiotic Use and Prevent Bacterial Infections

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and NORC at the University of Chicago developed a comprehensive stewardship intervention, the Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use, which is applicable for all types of hospitals and enables ...

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Covid-19 Story Tip: Johns Hopkins Capacity Command Center Boosts Hospital’s Ability to Care for Patients During COVID-19 Pandemic

The Judy Reitz Capacity Command Center, as it is formally known, at The Johns Hopkins Hospital was designed and built in collaboration with GE Healthcare Partners.

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Johns Hopkins Experts Publish ‘Guidebook’ for Blood Plasma Therapy in Response to Treatment Needs for Covid-19

A team of Johns Hopkins experts has created a clinical guidebook to help hospitals and medical centers rapidly scale up their ability to deliver so-called convalescent plasma therapy.

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Johns Hopkins Physicians Propose Quality Measures to Improve Medical Billing

If you’re concerned about rising health care costs and overwhelming medical bills, you’re not alone.

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Johns Hopkins Medicine Takes Lead on Appropriate Use Criteria

School of Medicine wins qualified provider-led entity status to develop advanced imaging criteria.

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High Value Conference Aims to Improve Quality and Affordability of Health Care

Johns Hopkins share research and insights on how to improve patient care by eliminating unnecessary tests, treatments or procedures.

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Low-Cost Intervention Reduces Risk of Opioid Overdose

A new online, self-paced tutorial about opioids improves knowledge and reduces risky behaviors.

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A Perfect Score on Clinical Trial Compliance

Johns Hopkins is among the nation’s first academic medical centers to fully comply with a federal law that requires accurate, transparent reporting of clinical trial results.

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Johns Hopkins Develops Criteria for Diagnostic Imaging

Johns Hopkins named a Qualified Provider Led Entity by CMS for diagnostic imaging tests to advance high value care.

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The Access Partnership at Johns Hopkins Celebrates a Decade of Providing Low-Cost Services — and Hope

Charitable care program provides access to treatment with Johns Hopkins specialists.

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2019 Updated Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Guidelines Announced

Johns Hopkins cardiologists have released updated guidelines designed to prevent a first heart attack, stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation.

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Potential Way to Improve Cancer Surgery Outcomes by Managing Nontraditional Risk Factors

Depression, lack of coping strategies, availability of patient’s “emergency” resources tied to complications

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Shedding Light—Literally—on Resistance to Radiation Therapy

A new study offers promise towards being able to non-invasively determine whether cancerous tumors will respond to radiation treatment.

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Free Online Patient Case Management Tool Accurately Measures Physicians’ Diagnostic Abilities, Study Shows

Investigators conclude that The Human Diagnosis Project, or Human Dx, can reliably be used to determine physicians’ skills in forming accurate, efficient diagnoses.

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PET Scans Show Biomarkers Could Spare Some Breast Cancer Patients from Chemotherapy

De-escalation of treatment strategies aims to minimize toxicity while maintaining efficacy

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Research Pushes Back on Benefits of Compounded Topical Pain Creams

Compounded topical pain creams and gels work about as well as placebos, study shows

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Innovating in High Value Care

Reflections on high value health care for patients, payers and caregivers

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Compared with Men, Women with Heart Disease More Likely to Report More Treatment and Care Disparities

Using data from a nationwide survey that represents 11 million women with heart and blood vessel diseases, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say women continue to report significant disparities in the care they receive compared with men.

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Delivery Method Associated With Pelvic Floor Disorders After Childbirth

Research completed at Johns Hopkins and the Greater Baltimore Medical Center has demonstrated that vaginal childbirth substantially increases the probability a woman will develop a pelvic floor disorder later in life.

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Study Suggests Universal Meningitis Vaccination Is Not Cost-Effective For College Students

Vaccine is highly effective, but prevents only a small number of cases.

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Johns Hopkins Medicine Expert Creates Comprehensive Guide to New Diabetes Drugs

News Release December 19, 2018

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Malnutrition Common in Children with Crohn’s Disease Increases Risk For Post-Operative Complications

Results of a medical records study of children with Crohn’s disease by Johns Hopkins researchers have added substantial evidence for a strong and direct link between malnutrition and increased risk of surgical complications and poor outcomes. ...

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Medical Records Study Suggests Kidneys from Deceased Donors with Acute Kidney Injury are Suitable for Transplant

Newsroom December 6, 2018

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Rapid Response Inpatient Education Boots Use of Needed Blood-Thinning Drug

November 16, 2018

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Radiology’s Quality Improvement Committee: A Formula for Success

October 29, 2018

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Shots Fired: Gunshot Victims Require Much More Blood and Are More Likely to Die Than Other Trauma Patients

News & Publications - September 17, 2018

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Precision Prostate Care Is High-Value Care

Clinicians use sophisticated computations involving similar patients’ histories to make better care decisions.

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Johns Hopkins Experts Create Opioid Prescribing Guidelines for 20 Common Surgical Procedures

Kristen West - August 14, 2018

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One-Day Lung Cancer Clinic Improves Outcomes and Cuts Costs

Managed Care Partners Spring 2018

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Pamela Johnson and Susan Peterson, Co-Directors, Johns Hopkins High Value Practice Alliance

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The Hopkins Virtual Patient Teaches Medical Students High-Value Care

Clerkship leaders Amit Pahwa and Danelle Cayea created an online case-based module to help third-year medical students order medical tests appropriately.