MedStar Health Blog

In collaboration with Children’s National Hospital and Johns Hopkins University, MedStar Health Research Institute will undertake a series of studies of a new device that could revolutionize our unde...

The investigator-initiated, MedStar Health-sponsored IMPROVE Trial evaluating the utility of Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging (IVUS) to guide optimization of percutaneous Coronary Intervention has en...

Funded by an R21 grant from the National Institutes of Health, our research examines the validity of a virtual reality floor maze test that could help identify early signs of Alzheimer’s diseas...

This article was written by D. Max Smith, PharmD, BCPS.   New pharmacogenetic research answers questions about genetics and dosing of the breast cancer drug ribociclib and opens more discus...

Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, our team’s research identified seven strategies to support antiracist documentation policies and improve equity in clinical encounters.   Documen...

Social determinants of health, implicit bias, and other factors impact the health of people from disadvantaged groups. Technology and policy changes can advance equity efforts. Despite nearly 40 ye...