November 12, 2009
Welcome to the latest JHMUpdate newsletter.
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Johns Hopkins Medicine and the health care debate
While concepts for health care reform volley back and forth in Washington, D.C., and around the nation, Johns Hopkins has quietly but meaningfully injected itself into the debate. Full story
Prized Curiosity
Carol Greider’s inquisitive nature and tenacity helped her win a Nobel, despite a learning disability.
Last month, when Carol Greider won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, she called the award “a boost for fundamental, curiosity-driven science.” It was also a measure of her fortitude, given that she has struggled with dyslexia all her life. Full story
The Journey of Jacob Puka
A student training to be a nuclear medicine technologist was once one of the ‘Lost Boys of Sudan.’
There is more that differentiates Jacob Puka from his classmates than his lilting voice and precise diction. Although he conducts radioactive scans and creates electronic reports for physicians just like other nuclear medicine technology students, his road to Hopkins seems miraculous, even to him. Full story
Under the Dome
Johns Hopkins Hospital, East Baltimore
Saved by the Bell
I had never stepped foot in Radiation Oncology—nor did I want to. But that all changed as my daughter, Rachel, 26, neared the end of her treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Full story
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
A Treatment Sum That’s Greater Than Its Parts
When administrators with the Cornerstone Clinic, a drug and alcohol treatment center at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, were seeking participants for a grant-funded study, they turned to a relatively new resource: the Johns Hopkins Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and Research. Full story
Howard County General Hospital
Hospital Recognized for Success in Attaining Paperless Medical Records Environment
Howard County General Hospital is one of only four hospitals in the state of Maryland and among the top 1.5 percent in the nation to be recognized for its successful adoption of electronic medical record (EMR) applications. Full story
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