Setting a New Standard in Health I/T
Dr. James Cimino, director of UAB’s new Informatics Institute, hopes to make health care...
Big Data, Big Hospital Venture
Makul Mehra, M.D., a Birmingham gastroenterologist, says he first met entrepreneur G.T. LaBorde while attending parent orientation at their children’s grade...
Strategies for Long-Term Health Care
Benjamin Franklin said nothing is certain except death and taxes. The extended epigram almost could have been: Nothing is certain except death, taxes...
Medical IT Multiplier
Tanveer Patel, named one of the nation’s top 100 entrepreneurs in February by Upstart Business Journal, has been taking strategic risks since...
Top Benefits Tips
When the Affordable Care Act (ACA) became law in 2010, some critics predicted that scores of employers would stop offering group health insurance...
Battling Big Pharma
Suing pharmaceutical companies on behalf of consumers is some of the main work of Dee Miles, a partner with the Montgomery-based plaintiff law...
The Edisons of Medicine
Vital Metrix Heart failure is an obviously important problem in health, but the equipment used to monitor the problem is complex, ...
Maestro Healer
Birmingham ophthalmologist Andrew Mays briskly walks into the examination room beaming. This is no perfunctory encounter. He appears genuinely happy to greet this patient...
Countdown to Launch of Medical Genomics
Howard Jacob, left, and David Bick will lead the team of top research scientists at the HudsonAlpha Clinic for Genomic...
Wellness on the Factory Floor
Baptist Health Systems’ Be Well program offers a multi-prong approach to employee wellness, including innovative options such as on-site primary care via a...