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Stories from one of the world's premier academic medical centers.

Patient transfer
The home stretch
As the opening of Hopkins' new clinical building quickly approaches, frontline staff practices for the day that patients will move into The Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children's Center and the Sheikh Zayed Tower.
Steve Kravet
A health care model with the personal touch
With its' patient-centered medical home, Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, led by Steve Kravet, has established the clinic of the future informed by some pretty old-fashioned values.
Drs. Lenz and Anderson
Going deep to treat movement disorders
Deep brain stimulation can provide relief for movement disorders, including Parkinson's disease, when other treatments fail.
Epic
Building support
Physician champions work to ensure that Epic, the electronic medical record system, will meet all clinical needs.
Dr. Brandt
Symptoms that mimic epilepsy
Johns Hopkins physicians find that patients displaying stress-related symptoms are sometimes misdiagnosed with the neurological disorder.
Johns HOpkins Home Care Group
Private duty
Johns Hopkins Home Care Group offers a new service that helps patients and families who need assistance with a range of personal care services, from medication compliance to cooking to companionship.
Institute for Excellence in Education
Charting a new course
With new rewards and support, the Institute for Excellence in Education gives clinician educators more visability and helps improve their teaching.
The Promise of Medicine

The DNA of Johns Hopkins Medicine
How the lifeblood of a fabled academic medical center has influenced discovery, education and patient care.

Point-of-care testing for STDs

Early detection for STDs
Point-of-care tests for sexually transmitted diseases can expedite treatment and improve outcomes. 

Dr. George Jallo

Pediatric brainstem tumor surgery is possible
When eleven-year-old Hannah Daneker was diagnosed with a rare tumor in the brainstem, Dr. George Jallo determined surgery was her best option.

The Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children’s Center

Children’s hospital for the future
The Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children’s Center will change the face of pediatric medicine at Hopkins.

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Improving the transition of care
AHopkins task force seeks to reduce the number of preventable hospital readmissions.

New Clinical Buildings

It’s all hands on deck as a Bridgeview Unit medical team greets patient Joseph Pietkiewicz (in elevator with nurse Adefemi Cole). The team is (l to r) hospitalist Chi Harris; Waltina Marshall, patient care technician; and nurses Launa Theodore and Rona Corral.

Where patients join the team
A pilot program on the Bridgeview Acute Medical Unit at Johns Hopkins Bayview centers care on patients and their families.

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