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...
Medicaid Looks Home
Alabama’s nursing home industry is taking a wait-and-see stance over a plan that promises to change the way the state’s Medicaid agency pays for...
HealthSouth – Robust Recovery, Peak Performance
Jay Grinney is CEO of HealthSouth Corp. (NYSE: HLS), which owns and operates the largest network of post-acute, inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in the U.S.
Grinney...
Healthcare – Birmingham is Builder’s Launchpad
Florida-based DeAngelis Diamond Healthcare Group chose Alabama as the base for an aggressive geographic expansion, setting up, in 2011, a regional headquarters in Birmingham,...
APA Closes Doors – Alabama’s Mental Health Decline
This February, Alabama Psychiatric Services (APA) announced that it would permanently close its doors across the state, shutting 11 offices that served 28, 000 patients.
A...
UAB and Southern Research: Partnership to Speed Ideas to Applications
Frequent collaborators UAB and Southern Research are teaming up once again, this time with a partnership that will attempt to tap into the lucrative...
Department of Senior Services: Keeping Seniors Home and Healthy
The Alabama Department of Senior Services coordinates a variety of programs for senior citizens and people with disabilities that reach thousands of individuals across...
Affordable Care Act: State of the Uninsured
When President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law in 2010 — to provide health care coverage to uninsured Americans and expand...