New Johns Hopkins ‘Healthy Woman’ Portal Launches

As the latest addition to the Johns Hopkins Health section on hopkinsmedicine.org, Healthy Woman is filled with research and insights from faculty who not only specialize in treating women but are, by and large, female themselves. The site features content for millennial and Gen X consumers, and covers topics from mental and digestive health to fitness and rejuvenation. The portal partners with A Woman’s Journey, a longstanding source of women’s health information from Johns Hopkins.

Armstrong Institute Opens Office at Johns Hopkins Bayview

The Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality has expanded to the campus of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Directed by epidemiologist Jonathan Zenilman, this new location will support and strengthen the hospital’s clinicians, researchers and administrators who are focused on the Armstrong Institute’s mission to eliminate preventable harm, improve patient outcomes and experiences, and reduce waste in health care.

Other goals include creating an innovation hub and incubator for quality and safety projects, and funding them via seed grants; further integrating the Johns Hopkins Bayview community with the resources and training opportunities of the Armstrong Institute; and increasing the pace and flow of innovations from Johns Hopkins Bayview to the Armstrong Institute and Johns Hopkins Medicine.

Expanded Collaboration with Allegheny Health Network and Highmark

Johns Hopkins Medicine has broadened its five-year affiliation with Allegheny Health Network (AHN) and Highmark, which provide health care services and insurance to people in Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Delaware. The expanded relationship aims to support the care of patients with rare and complex adult and pediatric cancers and some organ transplant patients. It will also widen the portfolio of cancer clinical trials available to AHN’s patients, facilitate participation in medical education, and collaborate on genomic sequencing and precision medicine research.

The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and AHN launched their collaboration in 2014. It was initially designed to provide continuing medical education, clinical trials access and physician-to-physician consulting services to AHN clinicians. Johns Hopkins also has an affiliation with AHN and Highmark to provide molecular testing for late-stage cancers.

Now, Highmark Blue Card members in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Delaware will be able to come to Johns Hopkins for innovative, and perhaps life-saving, treatment for rare and complex cancers.