HOPKINS MEDICINE e-NEWS (April 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.
___________________________________________________________Two dominant themes -- our quest to be the best and to make a difference -- are on display this month.
Read about the medical school's high rankings in a national survey; the dramatic transformation of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center; an effort to improve the marketing of Hopkins inventions; a new community computer training center; innovative in-house career-development programs, and a pediatric cancer research fellowship endowed by Optimist International.
We've included science reports on the benefits to seniors of volunteering at urban schools; a new way to cut errors in nutrition orders; a test that predicts liver cancer risks, and a study on asthmatic children and exercise. Plus there's an interview with our new chief of cardiology, Eduardo Marban.
Please send us your questions or comments. We welcome your suggestions and hope you enjoy reading these reports. -- 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
HOPKINS RANKS AMONG TOP 3 MEDICAL SCHOOLS
Harvard, Washington University in St. Louis and Johns Hopkins top U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of top medical schools. Hopkins ranked first in Internal Medicine, Drug/Alcohol Abuse, Geriatrics and Biomedical Engineering.
COMMERCIALIZING HOPKINS DISCOVERIES
To kick-start efforts at bringing discoveries to the marketplace, a group of CEOs and research development experts meets with researchers to give honest advice and ask tough questions.
URBAN HEALTH INSTITUTE OPENS COMPUTER TRAINING CENTER
Hopkins' Urban Health Institute offers cost-free access to computer training at its East Baltimore Technical Resource Center, including general computing and technical courses for local residents.
OPTIMIST GROUP CREATES PEDIATRIC CANCER FELLOWSHIP
Optimist International gives the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center the group's largest-ever gift: a $920,000 commitment for an endowed research fellowship in pediatric oncology and hematology.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT FROM WITHIN
The Johns Hopkins Hospital's commitment to "growing its own" employees led to several innovative health-care training programs that move low-level workers up the career ladder.
DRAMATIC BAYVIEW TRANSFORMATION
Twenty years ago, Johns Hopkins acquired the debt-laden Baltimore City Hospitals. Today, the re-named Bayview Medical Center is a thriving, multifacted institution.
Related article: Bayview President Greg Shaffer discusses the medical center's bright future.
SCIENCE REPORT
SENIORS GAIN MULTIPLE BENEFITS AS URBAN SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS
Older adults who volunteer in troubled urban schools show meaningful improvements in their mental and physical health, say Hopkins researchers.
ONLINE CALCULATOR CUTS ERRORS IN NEONATAL ICU
A Web-based calculator reduces nutrition order errors by 90 percent at the Johns Hopkins Children Center. It's faster and easier to use than the standard paper-based order forms. NEW BLOOD TEST PREDICTS LIVER CANCER RISK
Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists develop a blood test that predicts future cases of liver cancer in hepatitis B patients. CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA NEED MORE EXERCISE
Twenty percent of children with asthma do not get enough exercise, even though exercise decreases the severity of asthma symptoms. The reason could lie in parents' misconceptions.
COMMENTARY
THE CHANGING ART OF TREATING DAMAGED HEARTS
Eduardo Marban, the new chief of cardiology, discusses advances in heart disease treatment and what lies ahead in the next few years.
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