Carrie Herzke, assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine and associate vice chair for inpatient operations, was named the associate chief medical officer for The Johns Hopkins Hospital. In this part-time role, she will provide the vision for and oversight of the MCIC-sponsored and other patient safety programs at JHH.
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Sharma Elected to ACC/AHA Guideline Writing Committee
Garima Sharma, assistant professor in the Division of Cardiology, was elected to the committee for writing the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association's Guidelines for Revascularization in Coronary Artery Disease. These guidelines are slated for March 2021 release and are an update from 2011.
Match Day 2019
We are proud to present the 2019 intern class of the Department of Medicine. These individuals come from top medical schools around the world and have already shown great potential in their fields. We are honored they chose to continue their medical education in our programs, and excited to see what the next academic year(...)
Epic Tip of the Week
Inpatient - Create a Copy Feature for Discharge Medication Ordering When a provider creates multiple versions of a discharge medication order such as ordering a taper or other series of "daisy chained" prescriptions with overlapping start and end dates, use the Create a Copy Right-click on the medication order and select Create a Copy in(...)
Patient Safety Outcomes Under Flexible and Standard Resident Duty-Hour Rules
ARTICLE: Patient Safety Outcomes under Flexible and Standard Resident Duty-Hour Rules AUTHORS: Jeffrey H. Silber, Lisa M. Bellini, Judy A. Shea, Sanjay V. Desai, David F. Dinges, Mathias Basner, Orit Even-Shoshan, Alexander S. Hill, Lauren L. Hochman, Joel T. Katz, Richard N. Ross, David M. Shade, Dylan S. Small, Alice L. Sternberg, James Tonascia, Kevin G. Volpp, and David A. Asch for the iCOMPARE Research Group JOURNAL:(...)
Members of Congress Visit Bayview Comprehensive Care Practice
Last week, U.S. Reps Dave Trone of Maryland’s 6th District and Susan Wild of Pennsylvania’s 7th District toured the Johns Hopkins Bayview Comprehensive Care Practice and Emergency Department with Michael Fingerhood, associate professor in the Division of Chemical Dependence. They met with providers, peer recovery coaches and Health Leads volunteers. Congressman Trone is one of(...)
Clinical Research Scholars KL2 Awards
The Clinical Research Scholars Program is seeking applications for the 2019 KL2 Mentored Career Development Awards. Awards begin July 1, 2019. The KL2 award supports the development of individuals dedicated to a career in clinical investigation. Support is provided for two years, with an additional year supported by the nominating department/division. Applicants must be junior faculty(...)
Golden Named UVA’s Distinguished Alumna
Sherita Golden, executive vice chair and professor in the Division of Endocrinology, was selected as the 2019 University of Virginia Distinguished Alumna by the UVA Maxine Platzer Lynn Women's Center. This award was established in 1991 to honor alumnae whose contributions at the highest level in their fields reflect the spirit of excellence and the ethic(...)
Epic Tip of the Week
Inpatient - New Reportable SmartLink for Consult Team Times A SmartForm has been created for documenting consultant arrival time and complete time. Enter the SmartPhrase .CONSULTTEAMTIME in the consult note. This will pull in a SmartBlock. Click the SmartBlock Consult Team Times button at the top of the note. This will open the SmartForm. SmartForm(...)
Partnering Toward Discovery
Please join us Monday, March 11, at 4:30 p.m. in Turner Concourse/Miller Research Building’s ground floor area outside Tilghman Auditorium for another exciting Partnering Toward Discovery event. Our faculty speaker, Chulan Kwon, and our student/trainee speakers, Sean Murphy and Suraj Kannan, will present: “Overcoming obstacles toward heart regeneration: maturing stem cells into cardiac muscle.” The Partnering Toward Discovery series is a forum that showcases how(...)