Last year, the Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians launched the Johns Hopkins Medicine Clinical Awards for Physicians and Care Teams to recognize physicians and care teams who provide consistently outstanding patient care throughout all of Johns Hopkins Medicine. All Johns Hopkins Medicine hospitals and Johns Hopkins Community Physicians facilities selected their six winners after nomination and local […]
Patient Care
Meyer Opening
Posted by | Administration, Patient Care, Vice Chair ContributorsThe DOM is excited to announce the opening of Meyer 8 and 9 on Wednesday, December 14 after extensive renovations. Outlined below are the plans for these two units: Meyer 8, with its 24 private rooms, will replace H2O2. These beds will house the hospitalist patients as well as MEG patients. Meyer 9 will have 21 […]
Ambulatory Updates–Initiatives to Improve Patient Care Access
Posted by | Administration, Patient Care, Vice Chair ContributorsThere are several exciting initiatives taking place in the Johns Hopkins ambulatory setting to enhance care delivery. First, the Johns Hopkins Patient Access Process Improvement group has been promoting the use of Appointment Issue Tracker (AIT) to record issues related to the quality of scheduled appointments made by central scheduling. Benefits of AIT are: Centralized […]
November Updates from the BCU
Posted by | Patient CareIn keeping with our educational mission, the BCU recently hosted the CDC to film a set of infection prevention training videos in conjunction with HEIC. It was a great opportunity to show off the unit, meet leaders from the CDC and share our unit and expertise with a national audience. Additionally, the BCU hosted its […]
Assessing and Improving Hospital Team Communication with Primary Care Providers
Posted by | Administration, Patient Care, Vice Chair ContributorsGood communication between hospital providers and primary care providers (PCPs) prevents readmissions, medication errors and dropped treatment plans, but good communication is not the norm. Discharge summaries, a standard form for this communication, are often received late or never at all.1 Direct communication between providers during the hospitalization can be challenging to implement. Phone calls require […]
Sidhaye to Lead Cystic Fibrosis Endocrinology Clinic
Posted by | Miscellaneous, Patient CareAniket Sidhaye, assistant professor in the Division of Endocrinology, will lead a new endocrine clinic sponsored by a grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation entitled "CF Envision: Emerging Leaders in Endocrinology." The purpose of the grant is to establish a dedicated clinic for patients with cystic fibrosis that works in close conjunction with the Johns Hopkins […]
Join Us at the BCU Quarterly Staff Meeting
Posted by | Patient CareThe BCU has been busy training staff onsite, but also learning and training with other infectious disease experts from across the country. The BCU staff educator, a BCU staff member and members from Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control attended the National Ebola Training and Education Center’s (NETEC) Emerging Infectious Disease Preparedness Training in Atlanta on […]
Team Building Month
Posted by | Patient CareSeptember has been team building month on the BCU. On Friday, September 16, the Department of Nursing treated the BCU team to a night out at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The following morning, BCU team members gathered at the Appalachian Challenge Course at the Park School of Baltimore, where Will Weiskopf and a team […]
DOM Provider Satisfaction Assessment
Posted by | Administration, Patient CareThe ever-evolving demands of healthcare delivery in academic medicine have resulted in both a challenging clinical practice environment and provider dissatisfaction for some in our department. Department of Medicine leadership aims to create an environment where our providers feel valued, understand their role in the larger context of Johns Hopkins Medicine and are motivated to […]
Ambulatory Updates and Reminders
Posted by | Administration, Patient Care1) Infusion Center hours have been expanded for greater access! Dr. Sisson’s prior email: Ambulatory Services is pleased to announce that effective Wednesday, June 1, 2016, the Osler 6 IV Infusion Center has expanded its hours to 7:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Osler 6 offers an alternative site of care for same-day patient treatment […]