Clinical

AlaHA Quality Improvement Efforts Bear Fruit

Mar 24, 2020 at 04:01 pm by steve

When the Alabama Hospital Association (AlaHA) joined forces six years ago with other state associations across the country under the umbrella of the American Hospital Associat.... Read More

National Nephrology Initiative Aims to Advance Kidney Care

Mar 24, 2020 at 03:57 pm by steve

Cardiology, oncology and many other areas of medicine have benefited from remarkable advances in recent years. However, for kidney patients the standards of care have remained.... Read More

Sepsis: What patients don't know could kill them

Mar 24, 2020 at 03:52 pm by steve

Teaching people to recognize signs of a heart attack, stroke and cancer has made a real difference in improving outcomes. However, one of the most common causes of death is so.... Read More

Antibiotic Stewardship in Alabama

Mar 23, 2020 at 02:21 pm by steve

Last year, the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) investigated two Acinetobacter baumannii cases in one facility. Resistant to nearly all antibiotics, including the po.... Read More

UAB Research Team Develops Compound being used to Treat Novel Coronavirus

Mar 23, 2020 at 01:06 pm by steve

The Antiviral Drug Discovery and Development Center (AD3C) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has developed remdesivir, an investigational drug that is being used to t.... Read More