Johns Hopkins Hospital notables portrayed on philatelic material

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 161-167
Author(s):  
Federica Guaraldi ◽  
Davide Gori ◽  
Ralph Hruban ◽  
Patrizio Caturegli
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Nobel Prize ◽  
Johns Hopkins Hospital ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Postage Stamps ◽  
The Usa ◽  
William Osler

The philatelic medium is an extensive repository of the portraits of doctors of many nations. Using an electronic matching system to identify links between the lists of alumni and faculties register of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and that of three stamp catalogues, 14 notable persons have been identified in the philatelic record. The Johns Hopkins Hospital was established in Baltimore in 1889 and instituted the revolutionary concept of combining patient care with research and teaching. Its founder Johns Hopkins (1795–1873) and 13 among alumni and faculties have been portrayed on postage stamps and first day covers of USA, Canada, Antigua, Barbuda, Palau, Maldives, Canada and Sweden. Five of them – du Vigneaud (1901–78), Smith (b. 1931), Nathans (1928–99), Hubel (b. 1926) and Wiesel (b. 1924) – were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology. By means of the philatelic medium, portraits of Hopkins scientists and doctors, including Sir William Osler (1849–1919) and Dr Virgina Apgar (1909–74), are distributed in their many tens of thousands on envelopes sent not only to recipients in the USA but to the wider world.

scholarly journals Rapid implementation of Inpatient eConsult Programme addresses new challenges for patient care during COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. bmjinnov-2020-000557
Author(s):  
Sharon Rikin ◽  
Eric J Epstein ◽  
Inessa Gendlina
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Qualitative Feedback ◽  
The Usa ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Science Framework ◽  
Context Specific

IntroductionAt the early epicentre of the COVID-19 crisis in the USA, our institution saw a surge in the demand for inpatient consultations for areas impacted by COVID-19 (eg, infectious diseases, nephrology, palliative care) and shortages in personal protective equipment (PPE). We aimed to provide timely specialist input for consult requests during the COVID-19 pandemic by implementing an Inpatient eConsult Programme.MethodsWe used the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation and maintenance implementation science framework and run chart analysis to evaluate the reach, adoption and maintenance of the Inpatient eConsult Programme compared with traditional in-person consults. We solicited qualitative feedback from frontline physicians and specialists for programme improvements.ResultsDuring the study period, there were 46 available in-person consult orders and 21 new eConsult orders. At the peak of utilisation, 42% of all consult requests were eConsults, and by the end of the study period, utilisation fell to 20%. Qualitative feedback revealed subspecialties best suited for eConsults (infectious diseases, nephrology, haematology, endocrinology) and influenced improvements to the ordering workflow, documentation, billing and education regarding use.DiscussionWhen offered inpatient eConsult requests as an alternative to in-person consults in the context of a surge in patients with COVID-19, frontline physicians used eConsult requests and decreased use of in-person consults. As the demand for consults decreased and PPE shortages were no longer a major concern, eConsult utilisation decreased, revealing a preference for in-person consultations when possible.ConclusionsLessons learnt can be used to develop and implement inpatient eConsults to meet context-specific challenges at other institutions.

Charles David Marsden. 15 April 1938 — 29 September 1998

2012 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 203-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niall Quinn ◽  
John Rothwell ◽  
Peter Jenner
Keyword(s):  
Basal Ganglia ◽  
Movement Disorder ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Movement Disorders ◽  
Normal Function ◽  
Clinical Aspects ◽  
Publication Record ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Movement Disorder Society

David Marsden was the most outstanding UK clinical neuroscientist of his generation, making key discoveries in the neurophysiology, neurochemistry and clinical aspects of diseases of the basal ganglia, and their normal function. His legacies are the establishment, with Stanley Fahn in the USA, of movement disorders as a subspecialty within neurology, of the international Movement Disorder Society, and of the journal Movement Disorders ; his ex-students and fellows around the globe; and his research and teaching output embodied in his extraordinarily prolific publication record of more than 1360 papers, books and chapters, culminating in the posthumous completion and publication in December 2011 of Marsden’s book of movement disorders , a project he had started in 1984. All of these were achieved through the combination of his intellect and drive, his communication skills, and his forceful and charismatic personality.

Physician alert: the legal risks associated with ‘on-call’ duties in the USA

2018 ◽  
Vol 94 (1113) ◽  
pp. 411-414
Author(s):  
Zachary R Paterick ◽  
Nachiket J Patel ◽  
Timothy Edward Paterick
Keyword(s):  
Informed Consent ◽  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Patient Relationship ◽  
Risk Of Falling ◽  
Best Interest ◽  
Legal Risk ◽  
Legal Risks ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Legal Concepts

On-call physicians encounter a diverse aggregate of interfaces with sundry persons concerning patient care that may surface potential legal peril. The duties and obligations of an on-call physician, who must act as a fiduciary to all patients, create a myriad of circumstances where there is a risk of falling prey to legal ambiguities. The understanding of the doctor–patient relationship, the obligations of physicians under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, the meaning of medical informed consent and the elements of negligence will help physicians avoid the legal risk associated with the various encounters of being on call. After introducing the legal concepts, we will explore the interactions that may put physicians at legal risk and outline how to mitigate that risk. Being on call is time consuming and arduous. While on call, physicians have a duty to act morally and ethically in the best interest of the patients.

Costume and the Self-Extension: The Functions of Costume in Elmer Gantry from the Perspective of Material Culture

2010 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 474-478
Author(s):  
J.W. Luo ◽  
K. Yu
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Nobel Prize ◽  
Nobel Prize Winner ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Social Significance ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Inner Self ◽  
The Usa

As the other creation of material culture, clothes have concrete forms, and reflect the wearer’s taste and appreciation of beauty while provide certain social significance. This paper attempts to analyze the connection between the costume of the hero Elmer Gantry in the novel Elmer Gantry and his self-identity, then to discover how the novelist, Sinclair Lewis ,the first Nobel Prize winner in the USA, by describing the costume of the character, explores the different inner self-identities of one man.

William Osler and “the special field of neurological surgery”

1989 ◽  
Vol 70 (5) ◽  
pp. 759-766 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Canale
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Johns Hopkins Hospital ◽  
Surgical Specialty ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Considerable Contribution ◽  
Neurological Surgery ◽  
William Osler ◽  
Fine Print

✓ Harvey Cushing's paper, “The special field of neurological surgery,” published in the Bulletin of The Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1905, constitutes a recognized milestone in the establishment of neurological surgery as a separate surgical specialty in the United States. The main point the author wishes to make here is that the very special friendship of Sir William Osler, influencing, encouraging, stimulating Cushing at the particular time that it did (1901 to 1905), was probably the primary positive influence that made it possible for Cushing to achieve specialization in neurological surgery and to make his considerable contribution in this field.

scholarly journals Trauma niewidzialności albo dlaczego literatura ukraińska nie ma Nobla?

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 281-292
Author(s):  
Jadwiga Skowron
Keyword(s):  
Nobel Prize ◽  
Postcolonial Studies ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Short List ◽  
Nobel Committee ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Nobel Prize Laureate

The trauma of invisibility, or why Ukrainian literature has not won the Nobel prize yetThe allegation that the absence of a Nobel Prize laureate among Ukrainian writers means that Ukrainian literature is underdeveloped is unfair and ignorant. This paper points to the reasons for the invisibility of Ukrainian literature in the world. Academic works in postcolonial studies and polysystem theory prove that literature is never isolated from politic, economic and social environments. Ukrainian literature used to develop in in­imical environment; as Russian tsarist and totalitarian authorities oppressed Ukrainian writers, there was no infrastructure that would support Ukrainian literature and promote it abroad. Another issue is Western-centrism of the Swedish Academy. Statistics show that most of the laureates came from the countries of West Europe and the USA. Many times writers from the outlying areas of Europe Russia, Poland, Greece, Switzerland were awarded, but the rest of the world is almost invisible for the Nobel Committee. In conclusion, there is a short list of initiatives that are aimed at raising the profile of Ukraine and its culture in the world.Травма невидимости или почему украинская литература не имеет Нобелевской премииИногда украинской литературе закидают отсталость, чего доказательством служит отсутствие Нобелевской премии по литературе для украинского писателя. В этой статье изъявим причины невидимости украинской литературы в мире. Пользуясь постколониализмом и теорией полисистемы доказываем, что национальная литература никогда не изольована от политической, экономической и социальной среды. Украинская литература развивалась в неблагоприятной обстановке: русская царская и советская страна преследовала представителей украинской культуры. Известно, не было инфраструктуры, какая поддержала бы украинску литературу и выдвинула бы ее в мире. Другим вопросом становится европоцентризм Шведской академии. Статистики доказывают, что найболее лавреатов со стран Западной Европы и США. Иногда награждались писатели с близкой периферии как Россия, Польша, Греция или Швейцария, однако остальные районы мира почти невидимые для Шведской академии. В заключении статьи названы инициативы намерены исправить имидж Украины в мире и выдвинуть ее культуру.

Volunteering in the United States of America

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greg Schneider
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Palliative Care ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Direct Patient Care ◽  
Hospice Movement ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Hospice And Palliative Care

Hospice and palliative care volunteering in the United States of America (USA) has changed dramatically since its inception in the late 1960s. Inspired by physician Dame Cicely Saunders, the modern hospice movement officially began in the USA in 1971 with Florence Wald founding the first hospice, Hospice, Inc., a non-profit in New Haven, Connecticut. Then in 1983, the US Congress established the Medicare Hospice Benefit, whose Conditions of Participation (CoPs) mandated that volunteers must provide administrative or direct patient care in an amount that, at a minimum, equals 5 per cent of the total patient care hours expended by all paid hospice employees and contract staff. Hence, every hospice programme must have a volunteer programme in order to receive reimbursement for services rendered. The primary forces currently shaping hospice and palliative care volunteering have been regulations, care quality, skill requirements, liability concerns, and changing business objectives in a highly competitive environment.

Performing Excellence: Nobel Prize nomination networks in North America

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nils Hansson ◽  
Thomas Schlich
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Nobel Prize ◽  
Cognitive Activity ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Scientific Excellence ◽  
Nobel Prizes ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Excellent Work ◽  
Insight Into

This paper examines how scientific excellence is performed in Nobel nominations for medical scientists. Performing excellence encompasses both conducting excellent scientific work and being recognized for it. Both dimensions are closely intertwined: doing and recognizing excellent work depend on each other. Tracing nominations from the Nobel Archives in Solna, Sweden, the paper shows that Nobel Prizes are only the tip of the iceberg of networks of scientific recognition, which belong to cultures of excellence. Approaching cultures of excellence through nominations helps to understand how scientific prizes were awarded. The nominations show that science is not just a cognitive activity but also a social endeavour, and that the decision about who is awarded the Nobel Prize is also an outcome of social processes. Analysing the nomination networks thus explains to a certain extent the predominance of researchers from the USA versus Canada (and other countries). It shows, among other things, that a proactive policy of Nobel Prize nominations is part of the culture of excellence in which American scientists often participate. The mechanisms of scientific recognition as reflected in Nobel Prize nomination networks and rhetoric give insight into the patterns and the background of awarding the prize.

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