With New Accreditation, Bariatric Center at Sibley Boosts Access to Its Obesity Reduction Services
Sibley Memorial Hospital is now accredited by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program.
News for the Johns Hopkins Medicine Family
Weekly Teleconference 'CONNECTs' Baltimore Nonprofits to COVID-19 Resources
Begun in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, a weekly teleconference of Baltimore nonprofit leaders helps organizations share information and resources.
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New Billing Codes for Outpatient Office Visits
Changes are designed to reduce time spent on electronic records and paperwork and focus more attention on health care outcomes.
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Capacity Command Center Celebrates 5 Years of Improving Patient Safety, Access
The Judy Reitz Capacity Command Center, which celebrated its fifth anniversary in January, was created to manage the flow of patients – in periods of crisis as well as normal times.
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Milestones in a Year of COVID-19 at Johns Hopkins Medicine
Timeline of a year defined by COVID-19.
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A Year of COVID-19: Loss, Learning and New Strength
Johns Hopkins responded to a global health crisis by treating patients, protecting staff members, marshaling its vast research apparatus and supporting its communities.
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Flu Cases Decline Dramatically This Season
Public health measures in place to reduce COVID-19 transmission have helped keep nationwide flu cases extremely low.
Insight
The approach includes a curriculum for virtual rehab, criteria for deciding which patients will benefit from a virtual program and digitized forms to build a database of patient information.
The technologies’ shared purpose is to prevent secondary injury such as neurological damage and to promote lower extremity muscle function, cardiovascular stability and bladder function.
Using artificial intelligence and machine learning, Johns Hopkins physicians are developing a tool to detect ear infections.
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