Treating Substance Use Disorder During COVID-19
Patients in treatment for substance use disorder still need help during the COVID-19 pandemic. Staff at facilities throughout the Johns Hopkins community are making sure they get it, one way or another.
Johns Hopkins Team Develops Method to Make Dialysis Fluid for Patients with COVID-19
When New York-based hospitals started running low on dialysis fluid for patients with COVID-19 and acute kidney injury, a team from the Division of Nephrology and the Johns Hopkins Department of Biomedical Engineering quickly devised a solution.
Johns Hopkins Helps Patients and Families Stay Connected When COVID-19 Prohibits Visits
With no visitors allowed in Johns Hopkins hospitals during COVID-19, the patient experience office made sure patients had ways of connecting to family and friends, and ways to stay entertained during their stay.
Nurses Lead Creation of ‘Prone Team’ to Help Manage Patients with Coronavirus Who Are in Crisis
A team of Johns Hopkins nurses is leading an effort to place patients with COVID-19 on their stomachs to try to increase the amount of oxygen to the bottom and back parts of the lungs. The technique relieves some of the pressure caused by gravity, the heart and the diaphragm when lying on the back, and it can help clear respiratory secretions.
Johns Hopkins ‘Go Team’ Helps Nursing Homes Manage COVID-19
The Johns Hopkins Go Team, formed a decade ago to help communities recover from catastrophes like hurricanes, is now helping local nursing homes cope with COVID-19.
Coronavirus and Music: Industry CEOs Get Safety Advice from Johns Hopkins
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, music fans will likely have to wait until 2021 for a return to concerts, according to infectious disease experts from Johns Hopkins.
Coronavirus Transport: Johns Hopkins Lifeline Team Focuses on Safety for Patients and Staff Members
In response to COVID-19, Johns Hopkins is employing safety plans learned during the Ebola crisis to transport patients safely within and between its hospitals.
Johns Hopkins Tends to the Mental, Emotional and Spiritual Health of Staff
A new connected effort has been implemented to support all Johns Hopkins Health System employees as they cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
At Johns Hopkins, Recovery for Many COVID-19 Survivors Begins in the ICU
Patients with COVID-19 are staying longer than the average in the ICU, which puts them at great risk for developing post-intensive care syndrome (PICS).
State Taps Johns Hopkins, University of Maryland to Open COVID-19 Recovery Unit at Baltimore Convention Center
Part of Maryland’s preparation for an expected surge of COVID-19 patients is a field hospital at the Baltimore Convention Center where patients can be transferred from area hospitals to finish their recovery.
‘All Hands on Deck’ as Johns Hopkins Facilities Teams Prepare Hospitals for COVID-19
Engineers, carpenters, painters and other facilities workers throughout the Johns Hopkins Health System have been working at a frenetic pace to prepare hospitals for patients with COVID-19.
Home-Based Care Embraces Telemedicine During Coronavirus Crisis
JHOME nurse practitioner Amy Kilen now checks on her elderly, chronically ill patients mostly through telemedicine rather than in-home visits due to the coronavirus.
