Getting in to see your doctor is not always as easy as picking up the phone.

In 2020, when hackers began intensely targeting healthcare, providers accounted for 79 percent of all breaches in the healthcare field, according to Fortified Health Security.

In healthcare, the number of people affected by a data breach has tripled since 2018.

"We're different than anybody else," says Trinita Ashford, MPH, executive director of ConnectionHealth in Birmingham.

If there is a textbook example of a combination being more than the sum of its parts, here is a prime case in point.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham broke ground on its replacement inpatient rehabilitation facility on May 6th.

These are unprecedented times in the construction industry and even more-so in healthcare construction.

"Medical billing is unique. It's different from any other service," says Tammie Lunceford with Warren Averett.

Hernando Carter, MD has achieved his lifelong dream of becoming a physician, and in the spirit of giving back, he wants to help extend that opportunity to other people of color who are pursuing a career in medicine.

On February 24, Russia invaded Ukraine. Since then, as we all know, they have relentlessly bombed cities into rubble, they have raped women, and murdered thousands of innocent people. Many of us feel helpless in the face of this horror.

Will the Criminal Conviction of a Tennessee Nurse Set a New Precedent?

Researchers at UAB are exploring the possibility that exercise might help improve memory in people with idiopathic generalized epilepsy.

UAB Hospital is the first in the state and only the fourth in the entire southeast to open a new surgical suite with an intraoperative MRI scanner that allows surgeons to take up-to-date images in mid-surgery.

On June 21, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an emergency temporary standard (ETS) that was designed to protect healthcare workers from exposure to COVID-19 in settings where people with COVID-19 were reasonably expected to be present.

Over one-quarter of the calendar year of 2022 is completed.

Consider this common scenario: A new physician joins your practice - whether from out-of-state, residency, or another practice.

We are all familiar with the crisis that rural hospitals are facing.

A new type of primary care clinic has opened in Birmingham focused exclusively on seniors.

Surviving a serious cardiovascular event can be frightening, as a person comes face to face with her own mortality.

Frustration can be a powerful motivator, especially when lives are at stake.

Specialty practices across the country are watching Nephrology Associates' transition to value-based reimbursement.

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published an advisory opinion recently permitting a pain management practice to retain the profits

The University of Alabama at Birmingham received nine 2022 Women's Choice Awards, including being named one of the 100 Best Hospitals for Patient Experiences.

This is the third in a three-part series on the professional liability climate and the increasing rates in Alabama. In the first article, we discussed the professional liability market in the United States overall, and detailed how rates were rising nationwide. The second installment reviewed the factors that always affect premium. To find these articles, go to www.birminghammedicalnews.com and in the right-hand column on the home page, click on blog. Once you are there, scroll down. You will find the first article on June 29 and the second one on August 19.

"Chilton has plenty of folks with diabetes and peripheral vascular disease, which results in a lot of wound care patients," says Jon Binkerd, MD, the medical director for the new wound care center at Ascension St. Vincent's Chilton.