Grand Rounds

CMS Rule Change will Benefit Alabama Hospitals Fix to Wage Index Formula

Jun 18, 2019 at 01:07 pm by steve

With 75 percent of Alabama's hospitals operating in the red, the recent news of a proposed federal rule change to make hospital Medicare payments more equitable is a huge boos.... Read More

Grand Rounds

UAB Hospital Lauded for Seventh Year in a Row as one of America's Great Hospitals

Jun 18, 2019 at 01:06 pm by steve

UAB Hospital has been listed on Becker's Hospital Review's 2019 list of 100 Great Hospitals in America. UAB has earned this distinction every year since 2013 and is the only h.... Read More

Grand Rounds

Cindy Key Named Chief Nursing Officer of Walker Baptist Medical Center

Jun 18, 2019 at 01:00 pm by steve

Cindy Key, a nurse executive with over 35 years' experience, has been named chief nursing officer at Walker Baptist Medical Center. Key joined Walker Baptist Medical Center in.... Read More

Clinical

New Trial of Long-Acting HIV Medication

Jun 18, 2019 at 12:58 pm by steve

A new clinical trial led by the National Institutes of Health will evaluate the effectiveness of a long-acting antiretroviral therapy, or ART, combined with conditional econom.... Read More

Clinical

Using Bag-Mask Ventilation During Intubation Improves Outcomes

Jun 18, 2019 at 12:56 pm by steve

New research published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that using bag-mask ventilation during intubation improves outcomes and could potentially change the standa.... Read More