June 27, 2025

Top MHA News Roundup Stories – June 27, 2025

Rethinking how to train the next generation of nurses, recognizing Maryland health care leaders, and improving how we use technology to treat patients are highlighted in this week’s top stories from MHA’s News Roundup newsletter.

University of Maryland Medical System Shifts Course on Nurse Education
Becker’s Hospital Review, by Paige Twenter

The University of Maryland Medical System, based in Baltimore, employs about 9,300 nurses. Amid a growing nurse shortage in the state, the health system is rethinking how it trains the next generation of nurses, according to Peggy Norton-Rosko, DNP, RN, senior vice president and system chief nurse executive.


This Elite Johns Hopkins Unit Is Ready for Killer Pathogens
The Baltimore Banner, by Meredith Cohn

On Thursday, a nurse wrapped in plastic protective gear peered through the shield covering her face and asked a patient how she was feeling. The female patient was lying on a bed across from her son after both had been transported to The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore in a specially outfitted ambulance from Dulles International Airport in Virginia.


Watch The Daily Record’s Celebration of 2025 Health Care Heroes
The Daily Record

As home to several renowned medical and federal institutions, Maryland is a national leader in health care research and development. The Health Care Heroes Awards honor those individuals and organizations that have made an impact on the quality of health care within the state in areas such as:

  • Advancements and Innovation in Health Care
  • Community Outreach (Organization and Individual)
  • Lifetime Achievement
  • Mental Health Heroes
  • Nurse of the Year
  • Nurse Practitioner of the Year
  • Physician Assistant of the Year
  • Physician of the Year
  • Volunteer of the Year
  • Workplace Wellness Program of the Year

The 2025 honorees will be profiled in a special magazine in the June 26 issue.


With Telehealth, Kennedy Krieger Institute Slashes Visit Wait Time by Four Months
Healthcare IT News, by Bill Siwicki

The Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, is a healthcare facility for children with developmental disabilities and neurologic problems. It is doing some powerful work in telemedicine with a program called START.


Breakthrough Video Game Unlocks New Insights into How Children with Autism Learn
WMAR, by Ja Nai Wright

A fast, engaging video game is opening new doors in understanding how children with autism learn. Researchers at Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University have developed a racing game called HaptiKart.


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