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NewsJohns Hopkins unveils $1.1B hotel-like hospital
Johns Hopkins today unveiled plans for a new $1.1 billion hospital with a "hotel-like" atmosphere, The Baltimore Sun reported. As one of the largest hospital construction projects in the country, the Read more...
High-risk women often refuse breast MRI
Medical guidelines suggest that many women who are at high risk for breast cancer receive an MRI in addition to getting a mammogram. However, many of them refuse to get the MRI, according to a new Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Lawsuit points up issues involved in firing residents
Firing residents may sometimes be necessary, but it's a risky move. In fact, Johns Hopkins was hit with a $24 million lawsuit filed by a doctor after the hospital was accused of wrongfully Read more...
'Improved documentation' key to healthcare's future
In a roundtable discussion on Tuesday focusing on the results of a nationwide emergency department study conducted by the Health Management Academy, one of the primary points talked about was Read more...
Johns Hopkins files $2M suit against Maryland health plan
Johns Hopkins Healthcare has sued regional Blue plan CareFirst of Maryland for $2 million, claiming that it owes that sum for claims made since October 2004. Johns Hopkins says that CareFirst, the Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Provider groups ask CMS to delay NPI enforcement, again; Zyrtec marketers try something new; and much more...
> Several groups have asked CMS to delay the implementation of the National Provider Identification number, arguing that no one involved is really ready to move ahead. Read more...
ALSO NOTED: VA continues to struggle with recruitment, retention; PA releases HAI report; and much more...
> Despite offering bonuses, training and other incentives, the VA is struggling to recruit and keep medical personnel. Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Game trains hospital managers on issues
A new board game developed by Johns Hopkins professor is giving hospital managers and board members a crash course in key administrative issues--and more importantly, how to resolve them. By playing Read more...
HHS shuts down MI infection-control program
Generally speaking, one would think that HHS would be in favor of having hospitals roll out simple, effective infection control programs--particularly given that CMS will soon stop paying to treat Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Whites more likely to get narcotics from ED; Female neurosurgeons sue Brigham & Women's chair over discrimination c
> A new study concludes that while ED physicians are prescribing narcotics more often, minorities are less likely to get them than whites. Read more...
| Press ReleasesMADE IN IBM LABS: New Silicon Probe Assists in Disease Diagnostics and Drug Discovery- New microfluidic probe improves tissue staining for pathologistsZURICH, Jan. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) scientists have developed a flexible, non-contact microfluidic probe made from Read more >> Johns Hopkins to Develop Medical School and Teaching Hospital in MalaysiaRelease Date: 11/02/2010 The Johns Hopkins University, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI), the international arm of Johns Hopkins Medicine Read more >> |
