
Johns Hopkins Medicine launched an online cost estimate tool that lets patients preview the price of medical procedures before receiving care. The platform pulls data from the health system’s billing database and adjusts figures based on a user’s insurance information. Demonstrated in a short video, the tool offers a transparent, real‑time snapshot of expected out‑of‑pocket costs. It aims to reduce surprise billing and improve financial decision‑making for patients.

The video introduces TIMS – a Technology‑Enabled Interview Management System pioneered at Johns Hopkins Medicine by ICU chaplain Elizabeth Tracy during the COVID‑19 surge. Faced with patients isolated behind ventilators, Tracy designed a brief, four‑question interview to capture each person’s...

Johns Hopkins researchers combined 3D light‑sheet microscopy, specialized optics and AI‑driven image analysis to chart more than 10 million oligodendrocytes across the mouse brain throughout its lifespan. The resulting atlas pinpoints myelin density at the level of individual circuits, revealing how...

Dr. Maie St. John, professor and director of otolaryngology‑head and neck surgery at Johns Hopkins, recounts how a childhood encounter with a facial tumor set her on a path to become a head‑neck cancer surgeon. She describes a recent case of...