Clinical Trials Also Benefit Payers

by Daniel Ford,
Johns Hopkins' vice dean for clinical investigation

Until the country’s health care reform law was passed this spring, there had been no national standard dictating how insurers should cover patients enrolled in clinical trials. The legislation now states that any group health plan has to cover the usual care for enrollees who join clinical trials. [Read More]

CARDIAC SURGERY (Heart and Vascular Institute)

Getting In While the Getting Is Good

cameron

Good timing leads to better results in stopping atrial fibrillation. [Read More]

NEUROSURGERY

On Site CT Is Outta Sight

Bydon

This winter, Hopkins became the first of only a handful of U.S. centers to adopt an intraoperative CT that's so sophisticated it would be at home in a Star Wars movie. [Read More]

SURGERY

Nancy Amato, Pancreatic Cancer patient

Pancreatic Cancer patient Nancy Amato discusses her treatment at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. [Watch video]

Under
the Dome

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

CPR Without Mouth-to-Mouth Rescue Breathing May Be Better. A leading expert in cardiopulmonary resuscitation says two new studies support the case for dropping mouth-to-mouth breathing. Read more

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Vaccine Linked to Autism. The study seeming to establish a link between the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine given to children and subsequent development of autism has been withdrawn by the Lancet, the journal that originally published it, on the basis of flaws. Listen

Suburban Hospital

When Good Health Hangs in the Balance. In Suburban Hospital's Balance Program, teams of trained physical therapists and physical therapy assistants use specially designed technology and equipment to work one-on-one with patients to help improve their balance. Read more

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August 4, 2010

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