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January 15, 2025
Antonissa James, Safe Babies Safe Moms patient, speaks with Seida Ibrahim, CNM, a midwife at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Data also shows the program closed the health disparity gap for Black...
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March 03, 2016Being doused with chocolate syrup is not often included in a high school lesson plan, but it was all in a day’s work at MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center’s MiniMedical School.
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February 29, 2016Thomas J. (T.J.) Senker, FACHE, has been named president of MedStar Montgomery Medical Center effective Feb.1, succeeding Peter W. Monge. Senker also serves as senior vice president for MedStar Health.
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January 23, 2016MedStar Health is in the vanguard of health systems across the country that are embracing transparency and adopting practices to immediately communicate with patients and families—and other members of the care team—when something goes wrong. MedStar has been following the principles of communication and disclosure for several years, and was asked to develop and pilot the toolkit for the Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR) program of the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). AHRQ made the toolkit available today to hospitals and health leaders at no charge to encourage transparency everywhere.
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January 09, 2016Healthcare systems must create an environment that encourages patients to voice concerns about their care by adopting strategies for encouraging reporting and for responding in real time to address concerns, concludes report.
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January 06, 2016The MedStar Health Research Institute recently awarded five new MedStar Health physician-investigators funding for their medical research projects.
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August 03, 2015
A Major and Rare Patient Safety Milestone CelebratedWashington, D.C., August 3, 2015 – The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at MedStar Washington Hospital Center reached a remarkable safety milesto...