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Hospitals need national standard for infection reporting
Although surgical site infections (SSI) are "common, costly and often preventable," there is no national standard requiring hospitals to report these types of infections. What's more, states rarely
Hopkins, Lockheed partner to build safer ICUs
Safety issues in healthcare often are compared unfavorably to the solutions that the airline industry has adopted to minimize the chance of a plane crash. Now, a unit of Johns Hopkins University is
Hospitals woo private-practice PCPs into employed hospitalist roles
Hospitals are luring primary care physicians away from their private practices to instead work as employed physicians of hospitals, reports The Washington Post. Health systems, including Inova Health
Johns Hopkins to launch $10M patient safety institute
Johns Hopkins Medicine will establish a new patient safety institute using a recent $10 million donation, the hospital announced yesterday. The renowned Maryland-based hospital plans to create the
Johns Hopkins, Walgreens collaborate to improve chronic care
Johns Hopkins Medicine has entered a partnership with Walgreens to improve outcomes of patients with chronic diseases, as well as collaborate on population-based research, the companies announced
Hopkins CEO: Nurse practitioners could reduce need for more docs
Ed Miller, dean of the School of Medicine and CEO for Johns Hopkins Medicine, believes that more doctors are not necessary to handle the influx of patients sure to hit once health reform fully kicks
6 Unusual Hospital M&A Deals of 2010
In the world of hospital mergers and acquisitions, 2010 will stand out for at least two reasons: First, it will be the first time in several years that we'll see a significant uptick in M&A
Hopkins CEO: Nurse practitioners could reduce need for more docs
Contrary to the opinions of many medical prognosticators , Ed Miller, dean of the School of Medicine and CEO for Johns Hopkins Medicine, believes that more doctors are not necessary to handle the
Hopkins inks deal to develop medical school, teaching hospital in Malaysia
Johns Hopkins signed a deal today to help develop a medical school and teaching hospital in Malaysia. The agreement between Johns Hopkins University, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
Johns Hopkins acquires its first Washington-based hospital
Washington, D.C. health planning regulators approved Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System's deal to acquire Sibley Memorial Hospital, the Baltimore Sun reports. The merger with 328-bed Sibley
