Patient Information

Helpful Patients and Guests Websites

Johns Hopkins Accommodations
Discount rates for Johns Hopkins guests are available at all the hotels listed. Rates do not include tax and are subject to change without notice. Please consult the Johns Hopkins Accommodations office at 1-800-225-2201 or 410-614-1911 for booking and information on special services, parking rates and shuttle service to and from the hospital.

Advanced Transfusion Practices Hotline
Your link to Hopkins faculty and services providing care without primary blood components. It is available for appointments, referrals, consultations, evaluations or asking questions regarding services provided. The Hotline is your link to a Hopkins physician experienced in the care of patients without blood support.

The Johns Hopkins Hospital Patients & Guests Information

Patient Privacy Information / HIPAA
Your privacy is equally important. Johns Hopkins' institutions follow the privacy requirements set forth by the federal government under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) as well as state law. For more detailed information about our privacy practices and compliance efforts,

Building Progress on the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus
If you’ve traveled to Baltimore over the past two years, you’ve noticed that The Johns Hopkins Hospital is expanding. To best meet the needs of our patients and their families, we’re building an all-new hospital right here on our current campus. Opening early 2012, the new Johns Hopkins Hospital was designed— from its state-of-the-art technology to colors and signage—with our community, patients and visitors in mind.

Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children's Center
When Hopkins Children's opens the doors to its new 205-bed Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children's Center building in 2012, families and visitors will enter a world designed for 21st century pediatric medicine. From its soaring lobby, large operating rooms equipped for the most technically complex procedures imaginable, spacious patient rooms and welcoming family facilities, the new building is designed to elevate the hospital experience to match the quality of the medicine it affords.

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cardiovascular and Critical Care Tower
"Above and beyond" patient services paved the way for the UAE's generosity. Months after the United Arab Emirates endowed Johns Hopkins Medicine with a momentous contribution that catapulted the hospital's $1.2 billion redevelopment plan toward reality, the confetti is still flying. The gift, one of the most significant Hopkins has received to date, will help fund a 913,000-square-foot cardiovascular and critical care tower that will be named for Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.

Patient Brochures

These patient brochures are in Adobe PDF format. If you do not have the software to install, click on the link to download a free version of the software. 

Patient Safety Brochure
Johns Hopkins Hospital is committed to excellence. A very important part of that excellence is our commitment to your safety. Patients who are more involved with their care in the hospital tend to do better and stay safer. By working together with physicians, nurses and other hospital staff, you can lower your risk of injury and make your hospital stay as safe as possible.

Partnership Pledge
At The Johns Hopkins Hospital, we take a team approach to your safety. We invite you and your family to join us as active members of your care team.

NPO Guidelines
"NPO" is a Latin abbreviation for "nothing by mouth." Food and drink taken before anesthesia can cause problems such as choking or vomiting. There are a few rules about eating and drinking that can prevent these problems.

• Adult NPO Guidelines
• Pediatric NPO Guidelines in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish.
  

Preoperative Questionnaire for Parent of Pediatric Patients
It is important for the physicians and nurses to know your child's medical history before he or she receives anesthesia.

Adult Patient History Questionnaire
This questionnaire helps the physicians and nurses evaluate your health and plan your care.

For Health Care Professionals

Preoperative Roadmap
A guide to the important steps that are taken before a patient receives anesthesia to ensure that each patient receives the best possible care.

Johns Hopkins Anesthesiology Handbook
Written by residents, for residents, The Johns Hopkins Anesthesiology Handbook: Mobile Medicine Series, by Eugenie S. Heitmiller, MD and Deborah A. Schwengel, MD, is a concise, pocket-sized reference that focuses on the clinical pearls essential to successful anesthesia practice and training. Features a user-friendly templated format--along with a two-color design--that makes it easy to find the answers you need. Presents the work of the residents and faculty from Johns Hopkins University to provide you with the most current and comprehensive clinical handbook available. Offers evidence-based guidance linked to ranked evidence in anesthesia and critical care for expert recommendations on best practices. Provides lists of indications, dosages, treatments, and helpful guidelines to create a powerful clinical tool. Johns Hopkins Anesthesiology Handbook is available from Amazon.com or the Johns Hopkins Medical Book Center at 1830 East Monument Street.

Blaustein Pain Treatment Center

Pain is a complicated, often debilitating medical problem that can have a major impact on your physical and mental well-being. The Blaustein Pain Treatment Center at The Johns Hopkins Hospital offers a comprehensive range of services for patients suffering from acute or chronic pain.

Respiratory Care Services at Johns Hopkins

The Division of Respiratory Care Services at The Johns Hopkins Hospital consists of approximately 80 practitioners who staff 13 intensive care units, two emergency departments and a vital ECMO program. The division comprises three areas: adult, pediatric/ECMO (extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation) and neonatal respiratory care,