hospitals and clinics

Dr. Morton D. Kramer, a retired neurologist who was a hunter and collected waterfowl art, died of renal failure Dec. 11 at Gilchrist Hospice Towson. The Pikesville resident was 91.

A Laurel woman planned to deliver her baby at Howard County General Hospital, but she made it only as far as the driveway outside the front door.

Several leaders from a Johns Hopkins-affiliated childrens’ hospital in Florida submitted their resignations Tuesday following a year-long investigation by the Tampa Bay Times that revealed a high rate of devastating injuries and death among the center’s young patients. 

The University of Maryland Medical System is investigating a malware attack on its network that occurred Sunday.

Sister Elizabeth Anne Corcoran, who for many was the face of Mercy Medical Center where she served as nursing director, died of heart disease Wednesday at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. She was 88.

Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson will house a new center to look for treatments and a cure for a rare genetic disease called Alstrom Syndrome and perhaps contribute to therapies for many other diseases.

Franklin Square broke ground Monday on a $70 million surgical tower, replacing old and undersized operating rooms in the community hospital east of Baltimore City.

Unionizing nurses is about collecting dues not about improving the outcomes for patients.

Town hall event during unionization campaign presents surveys of nurses indicating fears for personal safety and shortages of supplies.

Tracy Yingling receives Exceptional Service Award Attorney's office hospital

Care in a special heart surgery unit at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., became so troubled that last year one in 10 patients died and others suffered devastating complications before procedures were halted, a year-long investigation by the Tampa Bay Times found.

Dr. Robert Mahon was chief doctor at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson.

While we would agree that Harford Memorial is antiquated and by current community health care standards may in fact be obsolete, we have consistently argued that closing this hospital outright and providing what amount to scaled down services elsewhere may not serve the community’s best interests.

Hospital recognizes employees during dinner year awards service

Deanna Kopf, became a certified professional midwife after the birth of her third child at home. She says the experience was empowering and she wanted to help others to have the same exprience. Now she runs Birthwise Midwifery in Catonsville, and also trains other women to become midwives.

Christopher Lemon Carroll Hospital physician month September

A 31-year-old man died at the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center last week after initially being taken to a hospital due to medical concerns, the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services said Tuesday.

Kelly RN Thorn receives DAISY Award from hospital

A federal labor board has ruled in favor of nurses at Johns Hopkins Hospital who said officials were trying to intimidate them out of forming a union.

Conventional wisdom says Americans vote their pocketbooks. That’s why health care offers Democrats an advantage in the midterms, despite the strong economy and the shortcomings of the Affordable Care Act.

Critical-care nurse founded a network of clinical research sites, RxTrials Inc., which pharmaceutical companies contracted to supervise clinical trials.

Phyllis W. Rice, a World War II Navy veteran whose career as a volunteer at Greater Baltimore Medical Center spanned more than four decades, died Sunday from coronary artery disease at the Blakehurst Retirement Community in Towson. She was 93.

Bryan Hambley and Kiran Kuna named physicians of month

For parents of children in Carroll County Public Schools, flu season makes for another important date to put on the calendar: Friday, Oct. 12. That’s the last day to return consent forms to allow students to participate in the free flu shot clinics that will be held in schools.

Dr. Neil Novin, former chief of surgery at Harbor Hospital, died Sept. 16 from renal failure at Gilchrist Center in Towson. The longtime Pikesville resident was 88.

Doug Mackley RN receives hospital's DAISY Award

A look back at Fort McHenry's days as an Army hospital during and immediately after World War I

University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health, owner and operator of Harford County’s two hospitals and other medical facilities serving Harford and Cecil counties, announced the election of several leadership positions on its board of directors and medical team.

We do not have a health care system in this country. We have a $3.5 trillion sick care system, in which companies make massive profits providing goods and services to people who are ill. While we can discuss ways to reduce the cost of medical care, we should be talking about avoiding illness.

Laurel Regional Hospital, once considered an aging hospital, is getting a second chance. Under new ownership, the 40-year-old year hospital is transitioning into a state-of-the-art medical center to serve the Laurel and surrounding communities for years to come.

The Maryland Health Care Commission’s decision to stop reviewing the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health’s applications for a new specialty psychiatric hospital and a free-standing medical center is a logical step given the recent turmoil into which the plan has fallen.

Finding nurses to assist families with disabled children and other relatives at home can be difficult, largely because such nurses aren’t paid enough in Maryland or even as much as in neighboring states, according to the families of the disabled and companies that place nurses.

Carroll Hospital Foundation awards scholarships

Conflicts between Upper Chesapeake Health and the City of Havre de Grace, the search for a possible new site for a free-standing medical facility and special psych hospital and a request to send a modified application have caused delays in the state's approval process of the UCH Vision 200 project.

Marriottsville-based Bon Secours Health System and Mercy Health of Ohio announced Wednesday that they have completed a merger to create one of the largest Catholic health systems in the country.

They’ve created an event called “Goals for Grace,” a soccer penalty-kick shootout Sunday at the Harford Sports Performance Center in Forest Hill.

It was 60 years ago, on Sept. 2, 1958, that the Carroll Hospital Auxiliary officially formed.

The pantry will provide kosher food and a place of respite for Jewish families of patients at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson.

Theresa Flavin Carroll Hospital DAISY Award

Patients that wind up in emergency rooms because of drug use have far more types of drugs in their systems than the standard screening test used by hospitals is catching, a new study has found.

David Fox, M.D., radiology, and Ikenna Ezumba, M.D., adult hospitalist, were recognized as Carroll Hospital's May and June Physicians of the Month,

Johns Hopkins Hospital ranked third in the latest rankings of American hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.

The University of Maryland Medical System has promoted longtime executive Sherry B. Perkins to head its health system in Prince George’s County.

Gilchrist and the Nkoaranga Lutheran Hospital — which provide hospice and palliative care in the United States and Tanzania, respectively — first partnered in 2009.

Carroll Health Group welcomes new providers banham eckel

Baltimore health centers fear they could lose crucial federal funding over a proposed gag rule that would prohibit money from going to centers that perform or refer patients for abortions.

The first time I visited Druid Clinic I was 17. A friend had told me she thought she was pregnant but was too nervous to go to the clinic to take a test alone, so I offered to get tested too. Good thing I did. I was pregnant. Now, the Trump administration wants to cut funding for such clinics.

Marriottsville-based Bon Secours Health System expects to complete its merger with Mercy Health in the fall.

Cortney Rill, office representative and surgical scheduler for breast surgeon Dona Hobart, M.D., was selected as Carroll Hospital's June SuperStar of the

After nearly 25 years leading the board that manages Harford County's two hospitals, Dr. Roger Schneider has stepped aside to concentrate on his "first love," medicine, and to make way for new blood in the leadership ranks.