HOPKINS MEDICINE e-NEWS (February 2004)
A round-up of news from Johns Hopkins Medicine that gives busy executives easy-to-read reports and useful information from one of the region's largest private employers. ___________________________________________________________ Good news early in the New Year: Nursing vacancies are sharply lower, we've hired design architects for our two new buildings, and Hollywood briefly visited Hopkins. On the science front, researchers came up with some surprising results about kidney dialysis, stroke damage and predicting colon cancer. We hope you enjoy reading these articles. Please send us your comments. Please let us know if you have questions or comments about any of these topics. We welcome your suggestions. Have a safe, healthy, prosperous new year. -- Edward D. Miller, M.D., Dean of the Medical Faculty, CEO, Johns Hopkins Medicine
-- Ronald R. Peterson, President, Johns Hopkins Health System, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
THE BUSINESS OF MEDICINE
NURSING VACANCIES TAKE A PLUNGE
Stepped up efforts begin to pay off at Hopkins Hospital, Bayview and Howard County General as nurse vacancy rates drop from double digits to 4.4, 5 and 6 percent, respectively.
HBO FILMS AT HOPKINS
"Something the Lord Made," a movie portraying surgeon Alfred Blalock and surgical technician Vivien Thomas, includes scenes shot at Hopkins. Currently under discussion: a benefit premiere in Baltimore.
BATTLE LINES OVER MEDICAL LIABILITY TORT REFORMS
With malpractice insurance premiums for primary-level coverage topping $48 million, tort reform efforts in Annapolis are a major legislative priority for Hopkins.
ARCHITECTS CHOSEN FOR NEW BUILDINGS
Two design firms get the nod from a selection committee of clinical and administrative leaders to bring the $465 million Children's and Maternal Hospital building and the Cardiovascular/Critcal Care Tower to fruition.
SCIENCE AND MEDICAL NEWS
PATIENTS PREFER KIDNEY DIALYSIS AT HOME
Researchers find many patients tethered to an artificial kidney machine would prefer home-based peritoneal dialysis that uses the lining of the patient's belly as a natural filter - but they were not given that option.
MORE ACCURATE PREDICTOR OF COLON CANCER
A marker of inflammation circulating in the blood can be used to identify a person's risk of developing colon cancer, according to a Johns Hopkins study.
NEW IDEAS ABOUT STROKES
Scientists hunting for culprits that lead to brain damage after strokes discover one likely "bad guy" is actually a "good guy."
COMMENTARY
THE NEED TO BE DIFFERENT
University President Bill Brody wants Hopkins to foster contrarian behavior in students and scientists. It can lead to a Nobel Prize.
TIMES OF TROUBLE
Dean/CEO Ed Miller responds to the attempt to strip Hopkins' internal medicine residency program of its accreditation.
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