SUMMER 2003
A periodic round-up of news from Johns Hopkins Medicine designed to give busy executives easy-to-read reports and useful information from one of the region's largest private employers.
It's like winning the Super Bowl or taking home the Oscar for Best Picture for 13 consecutive years. U.S.News & World Report has ranked The Johns Hopkins Hospital at the top of its "Honor Roll" of the best hospitals in America every year since 1991. And this year was no different, with our specialties ranking in the top ten in 16 out of 17 areas. What an enormous tribute to your friends and neighbors who work here. Of course, meeting budget targets that are key to rebuilding our campus and retaining our ability to attract top talent brings us back to earth, as you will see in some of the articles in this month's e-newsletter. Please let us know if you have questions or comments about any of these topics. We welcome your suggestions. Comments and questions may be sent to: jhmedicine@jhmi.edu
HOPKINS TOPS U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT'S RANKINGS OF U.S. HOSPITALS
For the 13th consecutive year, The Johns Hopkins Hospital placed first in a national ranking that includes a survey of doctors. Hopkins was rated #1 in four specialty categories: Ear, Nose and Throat; Eye Care; Gynecology, and Urology, #2 in Geriatrics and Rheumatology; #3 in Cancer, Digestive Disorders, Hormonal Disorders, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Respiratory Disorders; #4 in Orthopedics and Kidney Disease; #6 in Heart and Heart Surgery and #12 in Rehabilitation. RELATED NEWS: Does being No. 1 really make a difference?
While topping U.S. News & World Report's Honor Roll for 13 years in a row helps burnish Hopkins' reputation, the hospital is judicious in using this achievement as a marketing tool. MEETING BUDGET OBJECTIVES KEY TO CLINICAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
To implement an ambitious campus master plan centered on a cardiovascular/critical care tower and a new childrens and maternal hospital, Hopkins Medicine must hit budget objectives for 10 years running. RELATED NEWS: This year's financial goals pivotal to redevelopment.
How the hospital performs this fiscal year will determine if it can undertake $1.2 billion of modernization projects. JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE BOARD ELECTS NEW MEMBERS
Executives from South Carolina, Maryland and Virginia have been elected as new members of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Board of Trustees. They are Ronda K. Dean, Arnold I. Richman and Thomas G. Snead Jr. DRESHER ELECTED TO HOPKINS HOSPITAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES
James T. Dresher Jr., founder and CEO of Skye Hospitality LLC, joins The Johns Hopkins Hospital Board of Trustees.
HOPKINS MEDICINE APPOINTS FOUR NEW VICE PRESIDENTS
The board of trustees appoints four women already in leadership roles as Johns Hopkins Medicine vice presidents: Elaine Freeman (Corporate Communications), Toby A. Gordon (Strategic Planning and Market Research), Judy A. Reitz (Quality Improvement) and Linda Robertson (Government Affairs and Community Relations).
CHANGING FOCUS OF TRADITIONAL HOSPITAL "ROUNDS" CUTS PATIENT STAY
By centering hospital rounds on a list of short-term goals timed to a patient's daily care plan, Hopkins researchers were able to cut length of stay in the hospital by half. CHILDREN MAY OUTGROW PEANUT ALLERGIES
Once thought a lifelong problem, peanut allergies are outgrown by some children, according to a study by Hopkins researchers of children ages 4 to 14 with well-documented peanut allergies. Re-testing every 1 to 2 years is recommended. REVERSE CPR COULD RESTORE BLOOD FLOW FASTER
A pilot study of the first proposed major change in decades to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) suggests performing CPR while patients lie on their stomachs restores blood flow and blood pressure more rapidly.
NEW LIFE FOR PHYSICIANS' OLD BLACK BAG
The contents of a doctor's traditional black bag hasn't changed much in over 100 years. The director of medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview wants to add a mobile armory of high-tech clinical tools.
IS MEDICARE COST EFFECTIVE?
University President Bill Brody writes that there are take-home lessons in the success of Medicare we can apply to other sectors of our population.
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