Beth Neal Pitman

Information Blocking Disincentives Are in Effect: Considerations and Implications for Providers

Oct 16, 2024 at 10:38 pm by kbarrettalley

By Beth Neal Pitman This article is Part 2 of a two-part series on the information blocking disincentives for healthcare providers that took effect on Aug. 1, 2024, following.... Read More
Kelly Fowler

Ambulatory Surgery Centers

Oct 16, 2024 at 10:36 pm by kbarrettalley

A Continuing Trend For Growth   By Laura Freeman Not long ago, surgery was primarily done in hospital operating rooms. This began to change as an aging population deve.... Read More

Birmingham Physician Brings New Procedure to the State

Oct 16, 2024 at 10:34 pm by kbarrettalley

By Ansley Franco Christopher DeGroat, MD, an interventional cardiologist with Cardiology Specialists of Birmingham and St. Vincent’s, recently became the first in Alaba.... Read More

All of Us Research Program Will Bring Enormous Value to Healthcare

Oct 16, 2024 at 10:32 pm by kbarrettalley

By Steve Spencer In his 2015 State of the Union, President Obama announced the Precision Medicine Initiative with the goal of one day being able to tailor medical treatments.... Read More
Tom McElderry, MD

UAB First in World to Use New Device for Electrophysiology Procedures

Oct 16, 2024 at 10:30 pm by kbarrettalley

By Jane Ehrhardt Electrophysiologist Tom McElderry, MD, with the UAB Cardiovascular Institute, became the first physician in the world to utilize a new vascular closure syste.... Read More
Birmingham Medical News November 2024 Cover

November 2024

Nov 26, 2024 at 01:11 pm by kbarrettalley

Your November 2024 Issue of Birmingham Medical News is Here!