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Patient safety
Patient safety
Saving lives through better diagnoses
Published Oct 31, 2016
JHM launches Armstrong Institute Center for Diagnostic Excellence with $5M gift
Patient safety
Superbug solutions
Published Oct 18, 2016
Armstrong Institute awarded $16M government contract to improve use of antibiotics
Patient safety
Study: Medical errors No. 3 cause of death in U.S.
Published May 3, 2016
Diagnostic errors, medical mistakes led to more than 250,000 deaths in 2013, researchers estimate
Heart monitor and other medical devices in a hospital ICU
Health IT
Smart medicine
Published Oct 19, 2015
Hopkins Medicine, Microsoft partner to connect medical devices (and the data they generate) in effort to reduce preventable harm
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Commentary
Sick and tired?
Published Oct 8, 2015
Preventable food, sleep deprivation all too common in hospitals, Hopkins experts say / Hopkins Medicine
Survey says ...
Simple steps to better care
Published Aug 11, 2015
Survey highlights practices that consistently lead to high patient ratings of hospital care / Hopkins Medicine
Patient safety
Early warning signs
Published Aug 5, 2015
Computer algorithm could help speed detection of sepsis, which kills an estimated 200,000 in U.S. each year
Hands-on diagnosis
Published April 29, 2015
Tiny lab devices could attack huge problem of drug-resistant infections
Ebola preparedness
Hopkins Medicine develops training videos for CDC
Published Feb 18, 2015
Modules aim to help hospital emergency departments better prepare to treat patients with infectious diseases / Hopkins Medicine
AccuSpine team members
Student inventors
Undergrad team takes second place
Published Nov 18, 2014
AccuSpine undergraduate research team has won $85,000 at innovation challenges this year