Business

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

Clinical

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

Clinical

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

Business

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

Clinical

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