During the visit, players and cheerleaders were divided into groups and fanned out across the hospital, visiting multiple areas. Some of the players sent greetings from the doorways of patients who were too sick to leave their beds.
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Proceeds from the event will benefit the March of Dimes, which helps to support and fund programs and equipment for premature newborns who spend time in the level III neonatal intensive care unit and small baby unit at Children’s & Women’s Hospital.
Alabama’s Perinatal Quality Collaborative is a network of stakeholders that aims to improve pregnancy and infant outcomes through identifying and quickly improving problems through implementation of research-based best practices.
With the speed of innovation and changes in healthcare, there is a strong need for physicians to become lifelong learners. Coaching helps participants become self-directed learners and foster personal and professional growth and development.
Embrace the beauty and stillness of fall and allow these mindfulness practices to enrich your experience of the season!
Shelia Ross, DNP, collected pouring pitchers as she referred to beautiful vessels from around the world. Shelia poured into everything and everyone. May we all allow Shelia’s seeds of dedication to serving the world to bloom and grow in our lives.
September specials for employees include discounts on treatments and savings on skin care procedures and products. Please be sure to bring your employee badge to receive the discount.
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USA Health and the local chapter of the Sickle Cell Disease Association established a partnership in 1981 to help educate the public and provide life-extending care to children and adults with sickle cell disease in the Mobile area, Gulf Coast and surrounding counties.
Native Mobilian and local businessman Elliot B. Maisel has committed $5 million to the $200 million facility that will allow the University to graduate more physicians and enhance research and innovation.
Richard Rieske, M.D., chose to return to USA Health, where he trained because of those who played a formative role in developing him “as a surgeon and a human.”
The bell-ringing ceremony is planned each September during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, which is a time to share education and awareness about this critical health issue and to highlight the need for more funding and research.
“Shelia was the kind of person who cared deeply for her family, her work family and even people she hadn’t met yet,” said Owen Bailey, MSHA, FACHE.
