Johns Hopkins and All Children’s Hospital Leaders Recognized as Top Experts in Patient Safety

Two leaders from the Johns Hopkins Health System were named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s list of 50 Experts Leading the Field of Patient Safety: Peter Pronovost, director of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality and senior vice president for patient safety and quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Brigitta Mueller, vice president of medical affairs and chief patient safety officer at All Children’s Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine.

Infection Expert Tapped by White House for Antibiotic Initiative

Johns Hopkins infectious disease researcher Sara Cosgrove was recently tapped by the White House to help address solutions to the ever-growing problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Cosgrove, along with more than 150 others in the field, outlined current and future contributions to antibiotic stewardship as part of the initiative. This work will be part of a federal plan to make changes over the next five years to slow the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, detect resistant strains, preserve the efficacy of our existing antibiotics and prevent the spread of resistant infections.