MedStar Health Blog

Christina (Tina) Stanger, MA, CRA, Director of MHRI’s Office of Contract and Grant Management, was recognized as the fourth quarter 2017 SPIRIT of Excellence Award recipient. The award was presented b...

The Revised Common Rule compliance date is quickly approaching on January 19, 2018. The Office of Research Integrity and MHRI leadership are working to ensure required changes to our policies and proc...

Recently published research at MedStar investigated the link between the educational level of study participants and treatment preferences for type 2 diabetes medication. This stratification study sou...

With expected low temperatures in the single digits for the D.C. area this weekend, pay attention to the early stages of frostbite. Every year, we see anywhere from a handful to dozens of patien...

By Anne Gunderson MS; Ed.D. Over a decade ago, our nation’s healthcare sector was in upheaval following the disclosure of the Institute of Medicines report on deaths due to medical errors (IOM, 2000)....

I am a Chaplain at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, the largest hospital in the nation's capital. It is my third year at the Hospital Center (where I did my Clinical Pastoral Education training) an...