PEOPLE: Redonda G. Miller becomes the first female president of The Johns Hopkins Hospital. She has more than 20 years of institutional service, most recently as senior vice president for medical affairs for the Johns Hopkins Health System. Miller is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Read a Q-and-A with Redonda G. Miller .
Recognition for Quality of Care
Howard County General Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center receive the Virginia Health Quality Center Quality Innovation Award for improving patient care and reducing hospital-acquired infections in 2015. Granted to the top 10 percent of hospitals in Maryland and Virginia, the award is based on patient safety and service scores.
Johns Hopkins Specialty Infusion and all Johns Hopkins outpatient pharmacies receive URAC accreditation, a nationally recognized certification that stands for the highest level of quality in specialty pharmacy to consumers.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center receives full designation as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems.
Howard County General , Suburban and Sibley Memorial hospitals receive awards from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
Sibley Memorial Hospital ’s Sullivan Breast Center is designated a breast imaging center of excellence by the American College of Radiology.
Howard County General Hospital receives the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association’s Blue Distinction Center+ for Maternity Care designation, a new category under the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. Howard County General is also designated a Blue Distinction Center+ for Knee and Hip Replacement.
More Highlights from Around the Health System
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital:
Johns Hopkins All Children’s is named a U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospital in six specialties.
Margaret McGuire becomes the first graduate of the pediatric surgery fellowship. The hospital welcomes its third incoming resident class and achieves a full complement of residents.Johns Hopkins All Children’s receives a $2.8 million National Institutes of Health grant for a phase 3 clinical trial on treatment of blood clots in children. Hospitals & Health Networks names Johns Hopkins All Children’s to its 2016 Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems list for excellence in IT integration and health data security.Johns Hopkins All Children’s and Florida Hospital create an exclusive affiliation to deliver high-quality pediatric care closer to home for patients in Hillsborough and Pasco counties. Howard County General Hospital
Mohammed Ahmed becomes vice president of medical affairs/chief medical officer. Jon Oravec is named vice president of human resources. Elizabeth Edsall Kromm is named vice president of population health and advancement. David Nitkin is appointed senior director of administration and chief of staff.Howard County General is designated as a Baby-Friendly birth facility, an initiative that encourages and recognizes hospitals and birth centers that offer breast-feeding mothers the information, confidence and skills to successfully initiate and continue breast-feeding their babies. The hospital launches a population health strategy to improve the health and wellness of Howard County residents. Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Johns Hopkins Bayview’s new mobile Care-A-Van provides health care to underserved children and families in East Baltimore. Charles Reuland becomes executive vice president and chief operating officer for The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview.Johns Hopkins HealthCare
Johns Hopkins Employer Health Program enrollment exceeds 60,000 with the addition of several new employer groups, including Anne Arundel Medical Center. The Johns Hopkins US Family Health Plan earns a National Committee for Quality Assurance quality rating of five, the highest possible rating for managed care plans. Johns Hopkins Advantage MD grows its membership to over 5,000 members statewide. It is the fastest-growing Medicare Advantage Plan in the region. Advantage MD also creates a new equity partnership with six major health systems in the region. Adventist HealthCare, Anne Arundel Medical Center, Frederick Regional Health System, LifeBridge Health, Peninsula Regional Medical Center and Mercy Medical Center all have minority ownership positions in Advantage MD. Johns Hopkins HealthCare develops a Healthy at Hopkins web portal and program to benefit all Johns Hopkins Medicine employees. Johns Hopkins Home Care Group
Mary Myers becomes president and CEO of Home Care. She mostly recently served as its vice president and chief operating officer.Johns Hopkins Medicine International
Johns Hopkins Medicine and Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare add five new areas of collaboration for clinical program development in Saudi Arabia: hematology/sickle cell, physical medicine and rehab, oncology, obesity management and robotic surgery. Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare performs its first robotic surgery. Johns Hopkins Medicine International’s Language Access Services team wins the International Medical Interpreters Association’s Provider of the Year award. Second annual A Woman’s Journey in Bermuda achieves a 45 percent increase in attendance. Johns Hopkins Medicine International’s clinic at Green Spring Station adds three new providers and more than triples the number of patient sessions available each week. Johns Hopkins Singapore, Johns Hopkins Medicine International’s 30-bed oncology joint venture, links up with local technical experts at Temasek Polytechnic to explore videoconferencing as an option to save time in verifying chemotherapy cocktails. Sibley Memorial Hospital
Matthew Ladra becomes head of Johns Hopkins and Children’s National Pediatric Cancer Care, the area’s first dedicated pediatric radiation oncology program, located at Sibley Memorial Hospital. The first of its kind in Washington, D.C., the program is part of a larger collaborative cancer care initiative between Johns Hopkins Medicine and Children’s National Health System.Sibley Memorial Hospital is selected for the second time as best D.C. hospital by Washington City Paper readers. Suburban Hospital
Suburban Hospital achieves significant improvement in employee engagement, rising to the 79th percentile—the highest among all Johns Hopkins Health System hospitals. Readers of Bethesda magazine vote Suburban as having the best emergency department in the area. U. S. News & World Report names Suburban among the nation’s high-performing hospitals in orthopaedics. Suburban also ranks as a high performer in heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and knee and hip replacement.The NIH Stroke Center at Suburban Hospital earns recertification as a Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission. Suburban’s Joint Replacement Program receives recertification from the Joint Commission as well.
