Documentation Query Response Metric is one of the DOM’s three active, FY20 clinical incentive metrics (announced in June). The Query Response Incentive Metric Only applies to faculty with at least 5 queries within the fiscal year Answering 80% of all queries within 96 hours is the threshold for all-or-nothing credit This threshold may increase in […]
Lipid Management for the Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
Posted by | Article of the WeekARTICLE: Lipid Management for the Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease AUTHORS: Erin D. Michos, John W. McEvoy, and Roger S. Blumenthal JOURNAL: N Engl J Med. 2019 Oct 17; 381:1557-1567 In 1961, the investigators involved in the Framingham Heart Study identified serum cholesterol as one of the “factors of risk” for coronary heart disease.1 Since then, […]
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Leadership
Posted by | Congratulations, LeadershipEffective September 1, 2019, three Cardiology faculty members have been named to leadership roles within the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation program. Nisha Gilotra, assistant professor, is now the medical director for Heart Failure Disease Management. Steven Hsu, assistant professor, is the medical director for Mechanical Circulatory Support. Kavita Sharma, assistant professor, is the interim […]
SOM Faculty Senate
Posted by | LeadershipThe School of Medicine’s Faculty Senate resumed for the year in September. They have focused on the new Clinical Excellence Track and Gold Book revisions as well as learner mistreatment, ethical guidelines for physicians involved in grateful patient fundraising and the SOM's policy on disclosure and professional commitments. The faculty representatives for the DOM are: […]
Director’s Reflections: Celebrating Five Years of Medicine Matters
Posted by | AdministrationSoon after I began as director of the Department of Medicine, I recognized the need for an enhanced platform for sharing information with the more than 5,000 DOM employees across multiple locations. In October 2015, we launched the Medicine Matters blog to fulfill that purpose. After a slow start, reaching just over 4,000 monthly views, […]
Epic Tip of the Week: November 1, 2019
Posted by | Patient CareMyChart: New Appointment Questionnaires Available to Send to Patients Type "promis cat" to see full list of patient questionnaires. Refer to the MyChart – Sending Questionnaires to Patients tip sheet for information on attaching questionnaires to MyChart messages, locating completed questionnaires and attaching questionnaires to future appointments. Cologuard SmartPhrase Added Automatically to Patient Instructions When […]
Bayview Research Symposium
Posted by | ResearchThe 14th annual Johns Hopkins Bayview Research Symposium will be held on Friday, December 6, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Grossi Auditorium, located in the Johns Hopkins Asthma & Allergy Center. This year’s symposium will focus on “Improving Health Care Outcomes with Behavioral Economics.” Keynote speakers will include: David A. Asch, MD, MBA, Executive […]
Segal Named Associate Editor of Annals of Internal Medicine
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchJodi Segal, professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, will become an associate editor of Annals of Internal Medicine beginning this December. Annals of Internal Medicine has been published by the American College of Physicians since 1927. It is the most cited general internal medicine journal in the world.
Therapeutic Modulation of the Immune Response in Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy
Posted by | Article of the WeekARTICLE: Therapeutic Modulation of the Immune Response in Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy AUTHORS: Stephen P. Chelko, Angeliki Asimaki, Justin Lowenthal, Carlos Bueno-Beti, Djahida Bedja, Arianna Scalco, Nuria Amat-Alarcon, Peter Andersen, Daniel P. Judge, Leslie Tung, Jeffrey E. Saffitz JOURNAL: Circulation. 2019 Sep 19; 140:1491–1505. doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.040676 Abstract Background: Inflammation is a prominent feature of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM), but […]