Three longtime hospital executives share lessons from the top
As the coronavirus pandemic raged across Alabama and around the world, it’s been a crucial year for health care leadership. Across the state, hospitals...
Southern Research gets grant to continue studying Parkinson’s
A neuroscience laboratory at Birmingham-based Southern Research has received two federal grants of almost $3.9 million to advance the research of Parkinson’s Disease and...
UAB establishes regional center for infection prevention
The University of Alabama at Birmingham has been awarded $2 million by the Alabama Department of Public Health in support of establishing the Alabama...
USA Health wins approval for surgery center in Baldwin County
USA Health has received state approval for a free-standing ambulatory surgery center at its Mapp Family Campus in Baldwin County. The Certificate of Need...
Medical Properties Trust investing $950 million in behavioral health facilities
Birmingham-based Medical Properties Trust today announced plans to acquire 18 inpatient behavioral health hospitals and an interest in Springstone LLC operations from Welsh, Carson,...
USA Health plans to expand pediatric emergency center
The State of Alabama recently committed $500,000 to the renovation and expansion of the Pediatric Emergency Center at USA Health Children’s & Women’s Hospital...
The Sanders Trust completes hospital at Fort Smith
Birmingham-based The Sanders Trust has completed the construction of Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital Fort Smith, an inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas.The Sanders Trust...
100 Years of training tomorrow’s nurses
Central Alabama Community College School of Nursing has been training tomorrow’s nurses for 100 years.“Healthcare is such a vital part of our society, and...
Nesin Physical Therapy puts family to work together in Huntsville
Janet Nesin started Nesin Physical Therapy Services in 1987. At the time, the company, which she ran out of a home office in her...
Encompass teams with Piedmont on 3 Georgia hospitals
Birmingham-based Encompass Health Corp. is teaming with Piedmont Healthcare on three inpatient rehabilitations hospitals in Georgia, two of them brand new. The two firms...