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Managing Cancer at Work gets Gold Standard Accreditation

Thu, 10 Aug 2017

The CEO Roundtable on Cancer has accredited Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD with the CEO Cancer Gold Standard TM recognizing its efforts to reduce the risk of cancer for its employees and covered family […]

Supporting Second Victims also benefits hospital budgets

Mon, 3 Jul 2017

Saving their hospital nearly $2 million a year wasn’t the goal for Albert Wu and Cheryl Connors when they created a program to support traumatized colleagues. Wu, a physician and health services researcher, and Connors, a […]

Johns Hopkins HealthCare Solutions Executive Director Mark Cochran presents at PlanSource Eclipse

Tue, 27 Jun 2017

PlanSource Eclipse, recognized as one of the top HR and Tech conferences for large employers, welcomes our Executive Director Mark Cochran to talk about the Johns Hopkins Managing Cancer at Work program. This is just one of […]

Bartlett Specialty Dedication for 25 Years of Leadership

Mon, 17 Apr 2017

On May 1, The Johns Hopkins Hospital will dedicate The John G. Bartlett Specialty Practice. A fitting tribute to a professor and longtime chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Johns Hopkins University […]

Managing Cancer at Work Helps Employees Navigate Health and Career

Thu, 30 Mar 2017

A diagnosis of cancer can be devastating, but what happens when a person must walk the line between patient and employee? One in every two men and one in every three women will have a […]

Welltower-Johns Hopkins collaboration seeks better care for elderly patients

Wed, 22 Feb 2017

Johns Hopkins Medicine and Welltower Inc., the Toledo-based real estate investment trust whose portfolio includes a number of senior housing centers across the country, have signed a strategic collaboration agreement to create improved care and […]

“CAPABLE” Program Developer Receives Gerontological Society of America Award

Thu, 19 Jan 2017

Johns Hopkins School of Nursing professor, and developer of the Community Aging in Place—Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE) program has been awarded the 2016 Senior Service American Senior Scholar Award for Research Related to Disadvantaged […]

Johns Hopkins and Under Armour Collaborate on Health and Fitness

Thu, 19 Jan 2017

Johns Hopkins clinicians have come together with Under Armour to provide clinical and research-based guidance in four key pillars of health and wellness — sleep, fitness, activity and nutrition — to inform and empower Under […]

PICU Up! Program team awarded a 2016 Johns Hopkins Medicine Clinical Award for Physicians and Care Teams

Thu, 12 Jan 2017

Sapna Kudchadkar, M.D., and her PICU Up! clinical team were awarded a 2016 Johns Hopkins Medicine Clinical Award for Physicians and Care Teams. The annual award, given by the  Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians, honors the physicians and […]

Washington Post Article Features Johns Hopkins Managing Cancer at Work Program

Sun, 11 Dec 2016

When a family member is diagnosed with cancer, the repercussions are widely felt, not only at home but also in the workplace. Caregivers may struggle to figure out when and what to tell co-workers and […]

American Diabetes Association Published Research on DECIDE Program’s Positive Outcomes

Thu, 1 Dec 2016

Diabetes Care, a publication from the American Diabetes Association, published an article comparing the effectiveness of three delivery modalities of the Johns Hopkins Decision-making Education for Choices In Diabetes Everyday (DECIDE) Program. Research revealed that […]

Johns Hopkins HealthCare Solutions Brings Johns Hopkins Know-How to Private Industry

Wed, 30 Nov 2016

Baltimore, November 30 2016 – From the November issue of Dome, A Publication for the Johns Hopkins Medicine Family The Family Business By Patrick Smith While faculty and staff members at Johns Hopkins engage in the cutting-edge […]

Dr. David Valle Wins Award for Excellence in Human Genetics Education

Mon, 24 Oct 2016

Baltimore, October 24 2016 – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named David Valle, MD, Henry J. Knott Professor and Director of the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, with an appointment in the […]

Johns Hopkins Medicine To Manage Coastal Onsite Clinic

Thu, 29 Sep 2016

Baltimore, September 29 2016 – Johns Hopkins HealthCare Solutions, a part of Johns Hopkins Medicine, today announced the opening of its 55th onsite employee health and wellness center for The Coastal Companies. A leading processor […]

Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S., Wins Healthcare Trailblazer Award

Thu, 22 Sep 2016

Baltimore, September 22 2016 – Lillie Shockney, University Distinguished Professor of Breast Cancer and administrative director of the Johns Hopkins Breast Cancer Center received a Healthcare Trailblazer Award at the annual Women in Business Awards […]

GE Aviation to Provide Johns Hopkins HealthCare to Manufacturing Facility Employees

Fri, 20 May 2016

Baltimore, May 20 2016 – Johns Hopkins HealthCare Solutions today announced that it has signed an agreement with GE Aviation, a leading provider of commercial and military jet engines and components worldwide, to supply work-site employee […]

Discovery Limited Receives 2016 Starfield Award

Mon, 25 Apr 2016

Baltimore, April 25 2016 – Discovery Limited of South Africa won the 2016 Starfield Award for their use of the Johns Hopkins ACG System to investigate the impact of care coordination on health care costs […]

All Children’s Hospital Celebrates 90 Years and Name Change

Wed, 20 Apr 2016

Baltimore, April 20 2016 – As of April 5, 2016, All Children’s Hospital, the Johns Hopkins Medicine pediatric hospital based in St. Petersburg, Florida, officially changed its name to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. The […]

Dr. Felicia Hill-Briggs Joins Dr. Oz For Diabetes Alert Day

Wed, 23 Mar 2016

Baltimore, March 23 2016 – Johns Hopkins researcher Dr. Felicia Hill-Briggs joined a panel of experts for a Diabetes Alert Day episode of popular health and wellness show, Dr. Oz. Her appearance on Dr. Oz was […]

Johns Hopkins ACG® System Wins PCSI Award

Sat, 16 Jan 2016

The Hague, Netherlands, January 2016 – Among a crowded field of nearly 100 entrants at the most recent Patient Classification Systems International (PCSI) conference, the ACG System’s entry, “Case Finding & Population Profiling – Separate Disciplines […]

Second Victim Breakfast Seminar

Wed, 11 Nov 2015

Baltimore, November 11 2015 – While patients are the principal victims of an adverse event, they are not the sole victims. Physicians, nurses, and other clinicians who are connected to these and other care related events […]

Health Disparities Could Cost U.S. $1.24 Trillion Over Four Years

Wed, 16 Sep 2015

Baltimore, September 16 2015 – Suffering from a high rate of cancer,  and cardiovascular disease,  the 600,000 strong African-American community in Baltimore is emblematic of the kinds health disparities that plague minority groups across the nation. While the underlying […]

Johns Hopkins and Broadmead Collaborate to Create Dementia Care Centers

Mon, 27 Jul 2015

Baltimore, July 27 2015 – Cockeysville, MD – Broadmead, a continuing care retirement community in Cockeysville, and Johns Hopkins HealthCare, LLC, have reached an agreement to develop, with Johns Hopkins physicians and scientists, centers of excellence […]

Maryland Cancer Collaborative Honors Managing Cancer at Work

Wed, 15 Jul 2015

Baltimore July 15, 2015 – The Maryland Cancer Collaborative has recognized the Johns Hopkins Managing Cancer at Work Program with its 2015 Innovative Systems Change Award. This award, granted annually to programs in Maryland for their […]

Lillie Shockney Discusses MCaW, Gov. Hogan’s Diagnosis

Fri, 26 Jun 2015

  Baltimore June 26, 2015 – After announcing that he had been diagnosed with an advanced, aggressive cancer of the lymph nodes, Gov. Larry Hogan emphasized his determination to continue working throughout his chemotherapy treatment. Johns […]