JCDH Health Officer David Hicks, DO, MPH

Business

The New UAB Medical West Hospital

Jul 18, 2024 at 11:50 am by kbarrettalley

By Steve Spencer In 1962, John Lanier, the Mayor of Bessemer, received a $1,000,000 grant for the funding of a hospital. The 115 bed facility, owned by the city of Bessemer,.... Read More

Jefferson County Department of Health Implements Adaptive Strategic Plan for Improved Outcomes

Jul 18, 2024 at 11:50 am by kbarrettalley

By Marti Webb Slay The Jefferson County Department of Health released a new strategic plan last year that differed from the plans of the past, and Health Officer Davi.... Read More

AI in Healthcare

Jul 18, 2024 at 11:50 am by kbarrettalley

By Jane Ehrhardt “That’s one of the things that most people don’t recognize—AI is nothing more than a prediction machine,” says Donald M.... Read More

Change Healthcare Cyberattack Results in Reimbursement Delays

Jul 18, 2024 at 11:49 am by kbarrettalley

By Marti Webb Slay In February of this year, Change Healthcare was hacked, and local hospitals and practices are still feeling the results of the cyberattack. Unite.... Read More

Protect Against Cyber Attacks

Jul 18, 2024 at 11:49 am by kbarrettalley

By Jane Ehrhardt In 2023, 41 percent of small businesses were victims of cyberattack, according to a report from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center&rsquo.... Read More

Feature Profiles

Managing Chronic Care More Effectively And Getting Paid For It

Jun 20, 2024 at 07:10 pm by kbarrettalley

By Laura Freeman Chronic Illnesses take a toll. The price patients pay can be years of pain, diminished quality of life, damage to other organs, early death and the b.... Read More

Clinical

Email Masquerades and Authenticators

Jul 18, 2024 at 11:49 am by kbarrettalley

By Jane Ehrhardt “An entire national hospital network had to go back to operating on paper, and they say it all came back to someone clicking on a link in a phi.... Read More

Protecting The Brain From Cardio Clots

Jul 18, 2024 at 11:49 am by kbarrettalley

Left Atrial Appendage Closure By Laura Freeman There have been big advances in electrophysiology since Chad Colon, MD, FACE, first became fascinated with the.... Read More

Adjuvax LLC Explores Alternatives To QS21 Vaccine Adjuvant

Jul 18, 2024 at 11:49 am by kbarrettalley

By Laura Freeman After seeing the lethal potential of a worldwide pandemic and the promise of immune therapy in the fight against relentless killers like cancer, the.... Read More

UAB Clinic Integrates Behavioral Health with Physical Healthcare

Jun 20, 2024 at 07:10 pm by kbarrettalley

By Marti Webb Slay Christina Pierpaoli Parker, PhD, DBSM was doing her Fellowship at the University of Toronto when she first noticed a discrepancy in addressing beha.... Read More

Managing Chronic Care More Effectively And Getting Paid For It

Jun 20, 2024 at 07:10 pm by kbarrettalley

By Laura Freeman Chronic Illnesses take a toll. The price patients pay can be years of pain, diminished quality of life, damage to other organs, early death and the b.... Read More